Shooting ranges

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kgs

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I am curious about shooting ranges in places other than my home state of Michigan. Some of my questions are:

1.) Do you shoot at public or private ranges? And, who oversees the daily operations?

2.) What distances are you able to shoot?

3.) What are the typical rules of the range. (single load only, etc....)

4.) Proper transportation of firearms to and from the range.

Please feel free to add more if you want. And for those of you in Kalifornia, I am very curious to know more about what you guys have to deal with.


kgs.
 
My home range is the Central Florida Rifle and Pistol Club.

1. Private range - overseen by elected committee and range officers

2. The 'front' range has 25, 50, 100, 200 and 300 yard ranges with covered firing lines. There is also a 'plinking' range (about 15 yards). The 'back' range houses about a dozen action shooting bays with numerous props including a full street front with doors, windows etc.

3. No full auto - otherwise you can do most (safe) things. If you have a 'back range' pass (you have to be an approved action pistol competitor) you can do all the draw from holster, rapid fire, movement stuff you want. Shotguns are OK on these ranges too (birdshot only on steel targets).

4. No special rules about transportation except that holstered pistols are not allowed on the 'front' range (don't ask me why).

It's a great club with lots of competitions every month (IPSC, IDPA, Cowboy, IPSC and 'tactical' 3-gun, smallbore rifle, highpower, bullseye etc.).
 
KSG
The fore mentioned range sounds awesome, compared to what I have available now.
I shot Competition in Colorado for 5 years until the gungrabbers grab out range. We shot, High Power, IPCS, NRA Action pistol, SSA and a few others. I have been An NROI certified range officer (a great course for all) and was also a range officer for our club.
During a competition you were cocker and locked, if not shooting and found with a loaded chamber....you lost your membership.
Dropping any gun you were disqualified, loaded or not.
We had 5 50 yard pistol Berms
100-300 yard rifle range with deer all over, don't even think about it...the cops would have been there in a heart beat. We had pet deer that would hide at the range, safe haven I guess.
In 5 years at that range we only had 3 mishaps. 2 faulty reloads, one was a squibe and the other a double charge. Both were 45's and one I was involved in. Sear on a double barrel shotgun was bad and both barrels let loose at the same time. I am just a little guy, and my hat went flying and I was back stepping fast as the RO grabbed the weapon.
transportation was not a problem as long as the guns weren't loaded.
Single shot, loaded round, you must be from Europe. I have heard they have some very strange laws there and Japan. when shooting IPSC I carried 64 rounds of 45 acp, action pistol 36 rounds. Pin and steel matches were just fun and you had what you wanted. 12 gauge shotgun with 6+1 and one just for fun. I run that stage 6 times in one day for charity. 30 rounds of mag #4 buck broke every blood vein in my shoulder, I was black and blue for a month.
That was the good days then i moved back to Utah. I found a group of shooters so we shall have to see what happens next. Otherwise shooting in Utah is a next singular sport unless you count the target and your gun as a particapent.

Karsten
 
Here's where I shoot

Winchester Canyon Gun Club in Santa Barbara County, California. Visit the web page

http://hometown.aol.com/wcgc2/index.html

There's also a place nearby in the national forest where people go and set up targets or shoot up stuff. Guns must be transported unloaded here, with ammo/loaded mags stored separately from gun.

Regards.
 
Semi Private range..$50.00/yr. Members have exclusive use on week ends. 10 benches/100yds. This range is poorly supervised and used only to shoot a few test rounds.Closer than my personal range

North Carolina 1000yd.Rifle Club at Hawk's Nest Rifle range.
$40.00/yr. Run by a range master, no loads or bolts in the rifles until signal given to sight in rifles 10 minutes before shooting for score.

Personal range..100 - 300yds rifle/pistol range/two benches and a five station sporting clay range...for family and a few friends. I know. Mike:)
 
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