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| - A little about me for perspective - shooting for 20+ years, competitor in practical steel/rifle silhouette/bullseye, extremely safety conscious and competent shooter.
In short, the range is decent but the staff will treat you like an absolute inconvenience to them. They will be rude, condescending, contradict themselves and generally leave you feeling like a trespasser who paid a fee. The facility itself is a 4 star, the staff deserve a -3. Seriously, the staff is so rude my wife - an Air Force veteran so no stranger to guns btw - refuses to go because of the RO's.
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Here's the good:
Large facility, well maintained, large variety of ranges and events, safe, one fee no time limit.
Here's the bad:
90% of the RSO's are incredibly rude and unhelpful. There's a couple nice guys, but most will treat you like you were trespassing in their yard and shooting, rather than like a paying customer.
There are not enough shields to catch brass for each station on the main range, so you're going to get showered.
In order to qualify to use the other ranges like long range or pistol bays you must shoot a whole bunch of matches (no one will ever give you a straight answer - small bore was 3 for me, pistol is like 20 but no one will tell you this)
Even as a member, when asking any sort of questions as to qualifying you'll get the whole "Go ask him, go ask her, no ask him" nonsense. The. You will be treated like crap for asking questions as if you interrupted a family dinner.
Once you have those other range privileges, you will not be given ANY direction or expectations. You will, however, be screamed at by a rude RO for an arbitrary infraction - case in point - I was sighting in my pistol at about 9 yards. I was using a target stand that was on the ground already, instead of the ones buried in the dirt. An RO came over and freaked out and made me feel like I was shooting at other people and how I was supposed to know I was not allowed to do that. #1 Why was the stand there then? #2 Why was I not given ANY information at all? #3 Why at the rimfire match which qualified me ON THAT RANGE was a repeatedly engaging targets as close as 5 YARDS???
No one responds to their emails. Each division has a director who you are supposed to be able to contact. I have never ONCE received a reply to a question regarding procedure, rules, etc.
I get it that these guys must get frustrated dealing with dummies who don't listen, like seriously, "Don't touch guns during ceasefire" is pretty easy to understand but EVERY single time some idiot gets yelled at. However, this is the job you chose. Do not take it out on me, and do not treat me like a bother. You are not the only game in town.
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