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| - the staff here is very friendly, that is the only reason i am not giving a one star rating.
so i went down and used this range a few weeks ago, the facility is nice. i was the only one using the range at the time. a range officer went onto the range with me for safety, nothing wrong with that. after my range session was over the R.O. was nice enough to give me a tour, and tell me about all of the different memberships that are available.
that was the good.
now the bad.
i reload my own ammunition, one of the biggest costs in doing so is buying new brass. if you reload it is very much worth while to recover your spent shell cases, as most re-loaders do. you will also keep track of how many times your cases have been fired. this is very impotent as cases will become weak after so many loading's. so after running through a magazine i will stop, place my gun on the table, and pick up my spent cases before i go back to shooting. i have been doing this since i started reloading in 2005. i have done this at many different ranges over the years with no issues what so ever. at GVR however when i start picking up my spent brass (never crossing the firing line, or going into a lane other then my own) the R.O. tells me "normally you can't pick up your brass, but since you are the only one here i will let you" i am a bit puzzled by this, the only thing i am thinking is "hey thanks for letting my pick up MY brass that I have paid for AND STILL BELONGS TO ME" but i didn't say anything other then "ok"
so about two weeks ago i sent an e-mail to GVR in the contact us section on their website asking them about the brass pick up policy. i have yet to get a reply to my question, but i am somehow now on their mailing list, as i get info on classes they have coming up even though i never signed up to be on any mailing list.
so that brings me to today. i decide to go in and talk to them about memberships, and the brass pick up issue. i ask what the deal is with picking up brass? and i am told "well we can't have people bending over in there" ok fair enough. i ask if i can bring in a broom and dust pan, (exactly what the R.O.s use when they pick up spent cases) or a brass fetcher? both of those will let you pick up spent cases without bending over. i am told "no we would not let you bring those onto the range" the person i am talking to then goes on to tell me "look we don't want to keep your brass, and sometimes (yes he said sometimes) you can get cases back, but they wont be the ones you left" i tell him why that won't work, because i would be getting back cases that i don't know the history of. i have no way to know how many times they have been fired. not to mention the cost, and Q.C. i have into MY cases. he says "i get it i, reload too, i know what you are saying, and i agree with you, but that's the way the owner wants it" so what green valley range is doing, is if i shoot there, they are trying to force me to accept cases that may in fact be a DANGER to load again (no one knows the history remember) and force me to leave MY property that i still own. all the while not ever giving me a reason why i can't collect my own cases with any of the above mentioned tools to do so safely.
now again i have been collecting my spent cases for going on ten years now, at many ranges, not only locally but in other states, and i have NEVER had one single issue at any of them. i really want to like this place as i live less then five minutes away. the only thing that was keeping me from getting a membership is this issue. between this and the e-mail that was ignored i am done trying on this place.
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