WOW!!! By what you all have said I'm curious as to the prices of their firearms?
Think of it as more of a training range and not some outdoor yahoo place.
Sorry Im late to the game... Accidentally posted in a similar thread. I Would love to Get Tim's answers if he is still lurking.
First, welcome to INGO! Hopefully my questions dont come off as too crass.
The rules are an interesting read.
1: Curious about the logic behind no cast lead? Why not ban steel cased ammo while you are at it? On the surface it seems about as logical.
2: Only in-house targets? I cant even bring my own proper targets like I do at pretty much every other range I go to? I can understand not wanting paper plates and other makeshift targets, but in-house only? I think Don's is the only game in town that stoops to that level of money grabbing.
3: How do you deem a round "military"? Based on caliber, what gun its being fired out of, or the manufacturer of the ammo the person brought in to shoot? (PMC Bronze .223 in the range bag is OK but surplus 5.56 is not) If someone were to show up with an AR57, are you going to actually have the relatively obscure ammo on hand to sell at a reasonable price, or will you have to say "you cant shoot that here."?
4: And no holstering/unholstering for ANY reason? You are saying I have to unholster my carry weapon before I leave the house, empty it and place it into a different carrying case? (after all I cant handle it in the parking lot according to the rules) I can understand no practice draws, but to say my pistol cant come out of the holster even when I am standing in my assigned bay preparing the weapon to shoot, then returning the weapon to its holster before I leave the bay at the end of my session seems a bit over bearing. So does that mean I cant point my revolver at the floor to reload it since pointing my gun anywhere but down range is bad? (which I assume is part of the no holster rule and you are so adamant about even cased guns being pointed the right direction at all times)
I think I'll pass unless those rules are clarified/tweaked a bit.
But good luck to you! We can use another range in town.
Additional- I've followed this thread with all the discussion about carrying and practice and holstering, and etc, etc. I carry and probably should practice. If nothing else I'll practice just drawing from an IWB holster. Personally I think allowing "practice" is just begging for a negligent discharge or worse. As a business that has to buy insurance I'm sure such an event would be tough on the bottom line.
They ABSOLUTELY intend to stop you from doing this. They have the same rules there for everyone, and if they let you do it then they are gonna let that first timer do it. They arent unarming you at all, they said you can carry in the store just dont unholster. So carry something different while your practicing with your EDC.Oh, I understand about drawing from the hip not being allowed. But as I read the rules, I cant even shoot my EDC at their range without disarming myself before I reach their facility and placing it in a carrying case, unloaded. To me that is unacceptable.
I wont begrudge a range for not allowing the practice draw and shoot. I FULLY understand that. Thats what a simunitions facility or an IDPA range is for. But to tell me that I'm not even considered safe to EVER remove my loaded weapon from its holster, even in the safety of my bay and then reholster my loaded weapon at the end of my session for the drive home is frankly, offensive. They go out of their way to say "you may have your loaded gun, but it NEVER comes out of the holster", "you may not holster a loaded weapon", "you cant handle guns in the parking lot.", and "if you want to shoot a gun it must be brought in unloaded and in a case". Thats pretty clear cut right there that they dont truly welcome those that EDC because its impossible for us to NOT break the rules. They obviously only want casual, non-carrying customers to shoot the guns they keep in the nightstand there. If not they would have made a rule of "no taking practice shots from a holstered starting position." and not gone out of their way to stop EDCers to practice with their EDC. (without jumping through all kinds of hoops to make them happy)
They may not have intended to stop their customers from walking in, removing their EDC in the bay, prep the pistol with target ammo, spend their hour shooting, then reload with the defense loads, reholster and walk out, but they sure did.
They ABSOLUTELY intend to stop you from doing this. They have the same rules there for everyone, and if they let you do it then they are gonna let that first timer do it. They arent unarming you at all, they said you can carry in the store just dont unholster. So carry something different while your practicing with your EDC.
Thankful every day that I have a 50 yd range in my backyard so I don't have to put up with such BS.
Same here, I can walk out my door and shoot from the holster and do whatever I want all day long.
Ill stick with my personal 150yds + behind the house!