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| - I will NEVER go back to this range. If you don't want to read my lengthy complaints, read this: Go to Caswells off the 60 in Mesa.
Some background, I am an experienced shooter (14 years) and a decorated Navy sharp shooter.
I like going to the desert to shoot because in my experience, staff at ranges and usually arrogant dicks. C2 did more than exceed my expectations.
Before I walked in, I read their signs to be sure I was meeting their rules walking in open carry. My firearm was clear, though within seconds of walking in, I was approached by a staff member, "before you walk in, will you be sure a round isn't chambered?" First, I did this. Second, how does he know I didn't do this because he asked me to clear before I walked in. I will never unholster my weapon in public unless I intend to fire, and if he wanted me to clear when I walked in, he could have asked me politely when I entered. I apologized, for whatever I did that wasn't as expected and went about my business.
When I got to my lane, the range officer noted that the target retrieval device wasn't working properly and moved my to a different lane. I was all ready to shoot, so before I moved, I dropped my clip,cleared my weapon, moved the ammo over to the lane and then came back for the gun. When I did that, the range office said, "you were supposed to holster your weapon." I was somewhat confused, so simply apologized and he further said, "I just told you that."
I was wearing two sets of hearing protection and whatever this guy muttered to me, was clearly missed. He was very rude about it after my apology for missing that, when I clearly made an effort to be safe my moving the loaded clip in a separate trip from the empty and cleared gun.
I popped off two boxes of ammo, and thought about buying another 50 rounds, so I asked him, "how much do you sell ammo for?" Instead of, "what size?" or "what are you looking for?" The jerk in the most annoyed and matter-of-fact tone of speaking said, "that depends on what caliber." After my purchase I was getting ready to go, my personal items were on a bench behind me and I again made sure the range officer was to see I moved my empty clips separately from the gun to the bench behind me. As I did so, he straight yelled at me, "anytime you are back here you have to holster your weapon." I was confused because I thought he meant 'back here' as back at the lanes, from the store, and you cant fire a weapon in the holster... I then figure out we was referring to back here as behind the yellow line. When I asked for clarification, he thought I was being smart with him and spat more attitude at me.
Essentially, This was my first and last experience at this range. I feel that I was targeted as I saw multiple safety violations for other patrons, though this guy for some reason wanted to hold me accountable for all of the unknown (published or spoken) rules of their range.
Go to Caswells off the 60 in Mesa.
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