rtr Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 How far away is your home range where you usually practice? Does this distance limit your ability to practice? It's a 45 min drive each way for me, thus I can only really go once a week or so, not enough. I really wish I had one in my backyard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diehli Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 My practice range is about 10 minutes away. I don't have any excuse not to practice, but I have yet to really start any substantive program. AFA matches go, they're held at this range, a range that's 25 minutes away, a range that's an hour away, a range that's an hour-and-a-half away... you get the idea. I tend to use matches as practice... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 When I moved to texas that was a concern for me. I chose where I was going to live because the range was withing 10 minutes of my house. It is the closest I have ever lived to a good range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rhino Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I have a range within ten minutes of where I live, but I can only really use it when no one else is there. I don't like to be there when there are people I don't with loaded guns and unknown safety habits. At the end of 2003, I was going about an hour and ten minutes to get to the range to practice with twix, jimstc, and BigDave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
james h Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 the range where i practsie most is 2 hrs away so only once a month . which is a good thing considering the amount i would shoot otherwise. the club range is 15 mins but is very restrictive so i dont shoot much there only dry practise with a few live rounds. j Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Merlin Orr Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 About a 40 min. drive to the club range. Less than a quarter mile to my range. I walk to it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dwt Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 I go out the front door and walk about 50yards,home sweet home, ain't it grand. Dale Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lynn jones Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 about 25 mins Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redmercury2 Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 6.5 MILES,,<10 MINS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 About 15 minutes, and I still seem to never find the time to get over there to practice more than once a week. I know several people who driver 1 to 2 hours each way to the same range, and they seem to be there a lot more than I am. If you want to be a GM, DON"T buy an older house, with property, and allow you wife to own horses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hey QuicksDraw! Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 About 40 on a good day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BSeevers Posted January 27, 2004 Share Posted January 27, 2004 1 hour 1 bay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kevin c Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Under 20 minutes to the RRGC here in sunny NoCal. That's going. Coming back, The increase in evening traffic makes over a half hour. Working late, and having a family means practice once a week, if I can get away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SiG Lady Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 10 miles one-way. About 15-20 minutes, depending on which roadway I use. Indoor range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AikiDale Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Two ranges within 30 minutes. But I envy Dale, I want to walk out the back door and practice! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kimel Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I have a wide variety of options: One range is 9 miles (10 minutes) away and seldom available for anything but shotgun stuff on the weekends. If you don't shoot trap you suck. If you aren't one of "they gang" you suck. No berms, just a hillside. Shot there once with a member years ago and won't go back. You have to stop at the City Hall and get a key if you are a member. Not a member...no key. They don't issue keys as it is on city property. Second range is 28 miles away (about 38 minutes). 2 bays unless someone is using the rifle bay (100 yards only)...then only 1 bay as the second one is at the terminal end of the rifle bay. Currently snowed in and not easy to reach even with a 4x4. This is my "home" range. Third range is 85 miles (2 hours) away. Something like 8 regular bays, nice wide 350 yard rifle bay, covered wide pistol bay (for bullseye or non-movement stuff), toilet facilities, clubhouse, etc. Best publicly available range in the area. Fourth range is 45 minutes away (never took mileage) and is a private range owned by a friend who lets me come play. Best ammenities are zero crowds, zero idiots we don't know and a nice porch back at the house for a cold beer or four after a day of fun. Currently "Snowshoes Required" according to the owner. There used to be a ton of good, safe places to shoot around here, one of them within a mile of my house. But, the twits, morons, miscreants and generally unwashed masses befouled them and did many stupid things (shooting at houses, livestock, etc) so they are mostly all closed, fenced and posted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dajarrel Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 The indoor range I shoot at every Tuesday night is about 5 mi from home. My closest outdoor shooting club is about 10 miles. It is on school board land and we are losing it this year because they built a school about 1.5 miles away. But our club range is about 40 miles from here. Five short bays with a 40 yard bay at the bottom for longer field courses. Some of the members get there several times a month for practice but we have our matches on the fourth Saturday and the First Sunday of the month. I almost forgot, there is an IDPA club about 70 miles away that I try to shoot at a couple of times a year. dj Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Run n Gun Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I belong to two clubs. One only is 4 miles from my house and has a lot of different types of monthly matches i.e. pins, but because of draconian range rules I drive 34 miles to another club where I can REALLY practice. I’m lucky; I can shoot a IPSC match every weekend, at a different club, and never have to drive more than 40 miles, one way. Ed Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rockwell Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 Four long miles for me! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dalmas Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 40 lane indoor range is 10 min away. Bullseye practice only. Main ipsc range (1 bay) - 30 min (our "home" base where we can build any kinda stage we want) Secondary ipsc range (poss 25 bays) - 15 min away. Enourmous shooting center with everything but due to politics it's not that easy to train IPSC there. Police has most of the good time slots. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ken Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 My IPSC club shoots at a range about 8 miles away. Another IPSC club shoots at a range 30 miles away. My local indoor range is about 8 miles from where I live. And I belong to two non-IPSC shooting clubs with outdoor ranges--one 35 miles, the other 50 miles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 20 miles to my buds private range. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LPatterson Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 20 minutes to a members only rifle range with just a back stop with wheat fields all around. Back stop has 2 4x8 sheets of plywood for mounting targets, ground is pretty rutted so not really safe to try running shots. Stupid part, management wants me to move the targets around so I don't shoot big holes in their back stop. Indoor range only allows lead at 50 feet and is usually full of Bullseye shooters who think rapid fire is 1 shot per minute. The old outdoor range facility was on land leased from Pennsylvania Power & Light but they kicked us off when the lease expired Nov. Local gun clubs are building a new facility based on what Cody, WY has but because of winter there hasn't been any ground work for ranges. My USPSA club range is a 3 hour drive so I only go there to shoot matches. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill Nesbitt Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 After reading how far everybody else has to drive , I realize I am pretty lucky. It's 135 yards from the back porch to my backstop. I usually don't drive unless I take a LOT of guns. Bill Nesbitt Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimstc Posted January 28, 2004 Share Posted January 28, 2004 I have a range on my farm,so no distance to drive. My closest range which shoots IPSC, IDPA, Steel and pins is 10 minutes away. In my opinion, it doesn't get any better than this. (sounds like a beer commercial) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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