ToneWhy do you say that? You have info to back it up or do you just have a personal problem with that range?
Tone
Just based on the trends of that place. Just as soon as somebody comes in with a round that is too hot for their liking....or brings in steel case or aluminum cased. Then, the new policy will be "they showed us brass cased ammo, but then shot up a bunch of steel cased...our new policy is that you have to use our ammo."
If someone brought in rifle ammo that was armor piercing, which is against their policy I'm sure, then that person should be banned. But instead, they now force everyone to purchase their marked up ammo.
With that kind of mentality, guns would be banned and the 2A would be dissolved in no time.
I've got 99 problems and this ain't one of them.
Buy your own range and you can set your own rules like I do.
Gangsta, you are the one that asked....
You no longer have to buy their .223, however you have to have jacketed ammo. Alloy wont work either. They will run a magnet over your ammo, as long as it is clear you can use it.
The policy changed a few months ago... around the time Point Blank opened in Carmel.Nice....when did this change?
I've had several good experiences at Tim's. Until today. I wanted to shoot one of my old .22 pistols - a prewar Woodsman that was made before HV ammo existed. I brought 3 kinds of ammo, all lead round nose standard velocity, some cci standard and two types of match grade. Tim ran over, looked at my .22 ammo and said I couldn't shoot it "because of the lead." WTF? They wanted to sell me some of their .22 jacketed ammo...which was high velocity. No go in my prewar Woodsman.
The rules say "No lead (unjacketed), armor piercing, tracer, or explosive ammunition is allowed at any time." He also checked my .357 ammo, which was partially jacketed Blazer and Fiocchi hollow points (half the exposed bullet was lead) - and those were fine. His range, his rules. I'll just vote with my wallet.
This really sucks because it's only minutes from my house. But this seems inconsistent and arbitrary. Besides, all bullets have lead in them, even the jacketed ones, right? Shaking my head...time to check out Eagle Creek.