I'm a member of a large range that has 6 separate ranges . 3 of them have 30 lanes each and on the weekends there is often a waiting list in the mornings . Mostly because the weekends are also the days many of the ranges have competitions going on so you often only have half the lanes available until about noon .
Anyways , there has been 2 guns stolen in the 5 years I've been a member while the range was open and there are RSO on every range. With the main 300yd range having at least 3 ( often 4 or 5 ) with any other having no less then two . The RSO can't watch your stuff because they don't know who has what . These are all out doors ranges with gun racks behind the line that are quite full on busy days . You'd have to have some big ones but I figure it would not be hard to steal a gun from the range . The best place to keep your guns ( other then your car ) when down range checking targets . Is on the shooting bench . Although when the range is cold you are not to handle ANY firearms . The shooting line is completely off limits so if someone grabs a gun off a bench , IT IS NOTICED . While if you grabbed one off the rack and put it in a case real fast . You'd get a few stink eyes and maybe someone says something but your chances would be much better off a rack .
I was shooting one day with my dad there and a few friends . My friends wanted to go shoot some pistol and so did I . So I left most of my stuff down at the main range ( 2 AR's , 308 target rifle ) and my range bag , rest etc with my dad at the bench next to his . That very well may have been the dumbest thing I've done at the range next to shooing a bee away with a loaded 1911 . Nothing was stolen or anything but all I could think about when shooting pistol was the firearms I left down the road about 250yds away . Not likely to happen again .
Anyways , there has been 2 guns stolen in the 5 years I've been a member while the range was open and there are RSO on every range. With the main 300yd range having at least 3 ( often 4 or 5 ) with any other having no less then two . The RSO can't watch your stuff because they don't know who has what . These are all out doors ranges with gun racks behind the line that are quite full on busy days . You'd have to have some big ones but I figure it would not be hard to steal a gun from the range . The best place to keep your guns ( other then your car ) when down range checking targets . Is on the shooting bench . Although when the range is cold you are not to handle ANY firearms . The shooting line is completely off limits so if someone grabs a gun off a bench , IT IS NOTICED . While if you grabbed one off the rack and put it in a case real fast . You'd get a few stink eyes and maybe someone says something but your chances would be much better off a rack .
I was shooting one day with my dad there and a few friends . My friends wanted to go shoot some pistol and so did I . So I left most of my stuff down at the main range ( 2 AR's , 308 target rifle ) and my range bag , rest etc with my dad at the bench next to his . That very well may have been the dumbest thing I've done at the range next to shooing a bee away with a loaded 1911 . Nothing was stolen or anything but all I could think about when shooting pistol was the firearms I left down the road about 250yds away . Not likely to happen again .