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| - First of all, this place is not for the faint of heart. Secondly, you might spend the same amount of money here and get more thrills than burning through $100 at the blackjack tables in 30 mins.
Walking into this place is like every boy's wet dream. By that I mean every kid that has dreamed of being James Bond, in an action movie, being a secret agent, printing up fake special agent ids, etc etc.
After oogling over every display, I chose two clips for the Sig P228 and a clip of the AR15. Also picked out a target print of Saddam, and a regular to shoot at for a few extra bucks.
The range folk are all really really nice (coupled with the fact they are all strapped). They know we're here because we're not necessarily gun freaks, but more just yearning to live out our action hero dreams.
The range inside is very nice, a bit chilly (b/c of the heat from shooting rifles), so bring a light jacket. We shot the rifles while being supervised by a range guy, going one at a time (we had four people) while he stood behind us (watch out for recoil!). Burst firing 3-4 rounds at a time, my elation of the rifle lasted a few minutes, but it was worth it. Kudos to the range guy (some asian dude) for letting one of my buddies hold down the trigger and burn through half a clip (he said, don't shit yourself when you do this). Great video of my buddy doing so.
The pistols were a lot more fun in my opinion. You get to shoot at your own pace, without a guy looking over your shoulder the whole time, and you get to load your pullets into the magazine manually, a la Rambo scenes where he's putting bullets into various clips. Feels a lot more authentic.
All in all, spent about $65 on my hour of fun here. Of course, its really expensive (Milpitas Gun Club is about $25 for more rounds), but being from CA, we don't get any rifles to shoot, so this was definitely worth a day. Go here, then go to a strip club, then go win some money, and you might have just done three of the manliest things you could do in Vegas.
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