Shooting range wedding?

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1911Alaska

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Anyone here ever heard of someone having a wedding at a shooting range? Me and my fiance are trying to plan are wedding out and I came up with that idea.

Good idea or bad? Why?

Gonna give the local shooting range a call in the morning and see if it would be possible. Its an outdoor range with a handful of buildings throughout and 1 big one to meet at.

What kind of things should I mention to the range operators?

I got things down that there would be no alcohol, no felons or anyone who cannot legally handle a firearm due to a crime, will clean up after ourselves.
What else?
Thanks!
 
Sounds pretty cool. You know what would be awesome is if after you kiss the bride, you two turn around pull out some full auto rifles or an Uzi or something and destroy the hell outta your cake :eek: lol it would make my day if you post a video of this actually happening. Congrats btw
 
There is a sporting clays club in Tampa that does that - they have a large covered pavilion they use/rent for all sorts of events, even ones with no shooting. Folks rent it out, so it must be OK.
Be kinda cool - get married, go shoot some sporting clays, come back and have a reception/party/feast
 
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There is no rules about weddings at our club range, don't really see a down side.

You want a wedding at the Newcastle WY range give me a call, I'll make the range available.
 
Six responses, and no one has made a comment about shotgun weddings?
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Dang it, Vanya!
I had just logged in to do that when you posted.
Might not be safe to mention that though if the bride is armed.

So I guess people that have their wedding at a range will consider themselves big shots?

:D
 
(Just getting around to it Vanya - sounds of Dale rooting around for an old joke.)

In my youth we had so many shotgun weddings in my home town the local chapel was nicknamed 'Winchester Cathedral.'
 
Marriage is such a serious and solemn covenant that it cheapens it to do it as a shooting range. However, folks do all sorts of things.

Jerry
 
Six responses, and no one has made a comment about shotgun weddings?
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When I got married we invited a state trooper friend of ours. He was on duty at the time of our wedding, plus he had a trainee.

So during the wedding, I had a trooper standing to the rear, one on each side of the door, every since, my wedding was considered a shotgun wedding.
 
Marriage is such a serious and solemn covenant that it cheapens it to do it as a shooting range. However, folks do all sorts of things.
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Those are my sentiments as well. A wedding is not all about fun and games, or even what two people do in sharing a mutual hobby. When marriages go bad, people get deeply hurt - often more than just the two who made the mistake. If my daughter decided to let some guy convince her to do something whimsical for her wedding, I'd be disappointed and hurt.

Now, after you've been successfully married for 10 years, if the two of you want to celebrate your 10th anniversary at a gun range - sounds like fun for the whole family!
 
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A wedding is not all about fun and games, or even what two people do in sharing a mutual hobby. When marriages go bad, people get deeply hurt - often more than just the two who made the mistake.
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This is very true, but I doubt that where a marriage takes place is a good predictor of whether it will go bad.
 
Oh yes !!!

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I think that would be fantastic and presents all kinds of ideas. I can just see the bride's maid, packing heat. I have asked myself why I didn't think of this and it would do no good as my wife wouldn't go for it. ..... :cool:

I have been to two weddings at rendezvous and a Shaman officiated. Lots of Sage and BP smoke filled the air. Bride and groom were in full buckskin as well as others. One of my gifts, was matching RB bags trimmed with bone-beads. ..:)

Be Safe !!!
 
When I got married we invited a state trooper friend of ours.
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One of our guests - a good friend - was a lieutenant with the local sheriff's department at the time, and later a police chief of a medium-sized town. He made a joke out of handcuffing us together at the reception, and no doubt intended to let us loose after a few minutes, but I managed to rotate my thumb towards my palm enough to slip out of his cuffs. I will never forget seeing his eyes get big when my new wife then went up to him with the cuffs dangling from her wrist and me missing.
 
Why not? A few years ago at the Battle of Monmouth reenactment we had a Revolutionary War wedding, I have attended a Civil War wedding, and I'm sure there have been Cowboy style weddings.
Just as long as it's not a shotgun wedding.
 
Instead of throwing the bouquet the bride could use a hand thrower and launch a clay pigeon (appropriately decorated of course). All the single gals would have shotguns. First gal to break the pigeon would be the next one married.

(Yeah. Like this idea doesn't have the potential for utter disaster - but it's just a humorous idea - not meant to be taken seriously, says Dale backpedaling quickly.)
 
Our Rod & Gun here is a very popular place for wedding receptions. Give the ranges a call & see how they're set up for this. Not all can do catering & so on though so check on facilities.
 
The important thing is not where you have it, but to take your vows seriously. The wedding itself is usually a gigantic waste of money and has absolutely nothing to do with whether or not the marriage will be successful. I worked the day I got married, took a shower, and was married a couple of hours later. It was a small wedding with a few friends and most importantly, 23 years later we are still very happily married.
 
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