Range silliness

H

houndawg

New member
Went to an indoor range in Bensenville, IL (Gun World) yesterday. I was in the middle of strapping on my holster when when of the employees told me I couldn't wear a holster in the range. He told me I had to be a cop and display my badge. Dumbest thing I ever heard. What kind of range doesn't allow holsters? I ended up having to run out to my car and grab my Correctional Officer badge so I could pin it on my belt. Not a cop badge, but it made them happy. Then I was practicing double taps. The range officer ran up and told me rapid fire wasn't allowed. I told him I was doing double taps, not uncontrolled rapid fire as is prohibited in the range rules. The range officer, a kid no older than 18, gave me a dumbfounded look, said, "Oh," and walked away.

Just wanted to tell my story. BTW, this range is just outside of Cook County, which might explain things a bit.
 
What probably happened was in the past was some idjit was working from a holster and put a round into the floor.
I have seen this before at other ranges.
 
One range I was at only allowed ONE bullet in the firearm at a time. Period. No exceptions. Outdoor range too, in the middle of nowhere. Crazy.
 
It's reasons like this that I have my own range set up here and don't bother with the ranges in town. Yeah, I got to dig through the snow to find my brass in the winter, but it's my rules and none of this "worry about liability" clubhouse BS stuff.
 
That is near my house! I was thinking of getting my BIL to take me there. Can you rent AR's there? The range out here in Des Plaines is handguns only, that just won't cut the cake for me.
smile.gif
Someone had said Gun World is one of the better ranges....well for Cook county anyway. Is the place big or is it a small range? I've got the bug I need to get to the range!
biggrin.gif


------------------
Sandys' Homepage
RKBA forums
We are as one as we all are the same fighting for one cause -Metallica
 
Next time Michelle and I go to the range I will request that she not load more than one round per magazine...just to remind her what magazines are for and why '94 restrictions got to go.
 
Miss Demeanors

There is a nice range in Winthrop Harbor on sheridan rd, just south of the WI border, it may be a bit of a drive for you, but may be worth it.
 
The range I work at (Shoot Straight, Apopka, FL) doesn't allow drawing from holsters either. The reason is safety. Range safety is an issue of the lowest common denominator. You might be highly trained and used to speed draws from holsters. Most people are not. Somebody who isn't experienced can and probably will put a bullet into the floor or their leg. Worse, somebody comes in with their new Miami Classic shoulder holster and shoots the poor guy behind them. I realize that it isn't as good as training for real life but the operative word here is safety. I see some truly amazing idiots. But since they don't have "IDIOT" tatooed on their forehead I have to wait until they do something stupid before I can confirm my suspicions. Our rules are in place to try and make sure that their stupidity doesn't hurt somebody else who is there behaving responsibly and having a good time.
 
Gee, the range I go to allows, no requires, full auto fire. I can't wait to get back. LOL

------------------
Ne Conjuge Nobiscum
"If there be treachery, let there be jehad!"
 
What kind of holster?

Vertical hip?

Shoulder?

Crossdraw?

I had to toss a guy off the range one day because he had been told no drawing from a shoulder holster (DUH!).

Few minutes later the range master tells him again, NO drawing from a shoulder holster as he's strapping the SH on.

About 20 minutes later, he's speed drawing a COCKED & LOCKED 1911 from his shoulder holster in a crowded range.

I told him "Ok, you were told the rules several times, you violated them, you're off the range."

He tried to make a stink about it, so the Range Master pinned on his sheriff's badge and told him that he could leave quietly, or leave in handcuffs in the back of a police car.

That did the trick.

Some people are just too stupid for words, and it is THOSE people who require rules to be in place and to be enforced.

The range where I worked never had a firearms-related accident while I was there, and it was in part because of the enforcement of the rules.

Lord knows that people tried their darndest to screw with that safety record, though.
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Dennis Olson:
One range I was at only allowed ONE bullet in the firearm at a time. Period. No exceptions. Outdoor range too, in the middle of nowhere. Crazy.[/quote]

So you admit it, then! You're not really Dennis Olson, you're Barney Fife!
eek.gif



------------------
"There's not much comfort in the fact that crime is down 6 percent. So instead of 100 criminals targeting you, now there are only 94. Whoop-dee-doo." -- Paxton Quigley
 
Ok, I have to add one..

At my club here in Mass, we have an outdoor range. This guy was shooting a .22 rifle and pistol with his son. He came over to see what I was shooting and started to tell me how he used to be a crack shot. His son was shooting the rifle which had a scope mounted and he was going on about how having a scope was cheating and how he used to be able to throw a Coke can out to 50 yards and he'd say: "which O do you want me to put it through". Ok, so I just shrug it off and think about my target sitting 25 feet away. But then in the next breath he asks me if I know how to sight in the rifle scope, cause they can't hit a thing with it... Jeeesh

At least up until now, there were no safety issues, until he starts walking out onto the range while it's hot! Everyone has to scream for the line to clear and when he gets yelled at he's says: well everyone stopped shooting.. We figure the worst is behind us, until he says: I'm clear(loud enough for only me and him to hear) and walks onto the range AGAIN! Of course, the guy at the other end of the line with the 8mm rifle isn't going to hear that, so we all scream to clear the line again while he's 15-20ft downrange.

Finally, to top it off, he was just a plain jerk with his kid, bossing him around to hurry up and get the target downrange so everone can shoot. Jack*ss.
 
The range I am "forced" to use due to the other's closing has a rule of no rifles in cases.

OK.

I showed up with a rifle in a paper sleeve. The best things I have ever found for storage. Floppy and weigh nothing and a texture somewhat like cloth. They said no rifles in cases before I got to the gate. I was going to remove it anyway.

I took the sleeve off, wadded it up and put it in my back pocket. Completely in the pocket. RO saw me do that and told me very loudly "NO GUN CASES ALLOWED".

They also have a rule of only one shot per second.

Fortunately, they DO allow the geeks to come in and shoot "gangsta" style while they remain meekly in the house.

I go there as seldom as possible.

2 weeks ago I did as always and took a gun off the line when they called for a halt to go check targets. Had always been their policy to take guns off or check targets.

THIS TIME, they changed the rules to taking guns off line when everybody shooting.

No wonder there are accidents.
 
J.B.

No range officer. I've only been to a couple of different ranges in my life and I've never seen a range officer. This is a private range, don't know if that makes a difference.
During organized shoots, they have someone run the line, but other times members follow the rules and everyone pays attention. Many times, I've even had the place to myself!
This past winter, I went up in the snow and went through 100 rounds with my Vaquero, seemed like no one around for miles...
 
<BLOCKQUOTE><font size="1" face="Verdana, Arial">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Lavan:
The range I am "forced" to use due to the other's closing has a rule of no rifles in cases.

[/quote]

What's the purpose of that rule? Do they prohibit handguns in cases as well?
 
The prodcut of me living in California all my life is that I don't see the holster rule as all bad. The 2 indoor ranges I frequent have no holster rules. One has a Cop exception, I don't know about the other one. The outdoor ranges I go to all have RO and are very safe. That I think is the product of litigation.
Saw one kid get yelled at because he made a move down range before the RO said that the range was clear. Even though all the fire had been checked the RO was about ½ a second from annoucing that that range was clear.


------------------
It ain't mah fault. did I do dat?
http://yellowman.virtualave.net/
 
The county-operated range at Coyote Point in San Mateo, CA, has a no "assault weapons" rule. This was in effect as early as 1996 (probably earlier), before BS-23, even though all of the listed "assault weapons" were/are legal to own. They also have a no centerfire handguns rule, and there is a plywood shield in front of the benches with oval holes in it, just above benchtop height, that forces all rifles to be shot from the bench - no standing, sitting, etc.

The city-operated range in Albuquerque, NM, has a large, uncovered range for public use. The range with the shade structure over the fring line is for police use only. There is no police presence there.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top