This review is for the shooting range. Written by the shooter, my husband:
If you want to shoot targets 15 yards away in an indoor range with scopes on your rifle, then there are plenty of shooting ranges in the City of Las Vegas that you can go. If you really want a challenge and shoot 200 yards in an outdoor range, this is the place for you. I was looking for a range with 300 yards, but this is the closest to that at 200 yards. They are working on a butt for 300 and 400 yards, but those are not available now.
Setup:
Show up 15 mins before your reservation time. You have to pay online and book the reservation before you can go out to the range. There is no walk-in shooting available. You will have to sign a waiver and have your ID scanned. It's all done quite easily on IPads. There are 2 structures, one for the office and the other for guests. The second structure has washrooms, sofa, coffee, TV etc. Both structures are clean.
You will be walked out to the shooting line by the staff assigned to you. The firing is done in a shed where the weapons are also stored. The packages are in sold in 3 gun segments. For a 3 gun package, its $150. For a 6 gun package, its $250. The website says you have to select a hand gun as one of the 3 guns, but the staff said that was not necessary. The safety briefing is given there, and another safety officer is present. The weapons are all available for you to select at the shed. It includes the standard AR-15/M4, AK-47, Steyr Aug, MP5s, shotguns, and handguns etc. I did not see a full list of al the weapons available on their website. I did not shoot any hand gun so I cannot speak to the selection of that type. The guns available were promoted as the types used in movies. eg. Al Pacino's Scarface and his M16 with the M203 grenade launcher. However, some guns were noticeably absent. For example, a Moisin Nagant was available to shoot as a sniper rifle only, but no M1 Garand was available. As well, no FN GPMG machine gun was available to shoot, but .30 Browning was. I would definitely say a better selection of popular and historically significant weapons could be available. But I am nit picking here.
The shooting shed, is divided into 2 sections. On the right side, is the 100 yard range. Full automatice fire from the assault rifles, sub machine guns, shotguns, etc. is only available at this 100 yard range. On the left side of the shed is the 200 yard range. There is a shorter 30-40 yard range for handguns. No paper targets are available, so there is no souvenirs to take home. All shooting is done on steel plates suspended on chains. Small packages of explosive are distributed on a berm 100 yards from the 200 yard steel plates. If you hit one of them, it will cause a small explosion. Neat.
Good:
Good selection of assault rifles, sniper rifles, hand guns, and full auto heavy machine guns.
Availability of a 200 yard range.
Good staff and very safety conscious.
Shooting the sniper rifles from a sitting position was very stable and accurate.
Bad:
Its expensive
Only 10 rounds are given for each Assault rifle. NOt sure how many for shotguns and hand guns. 5 rounds for sniper rifles. They really should have given more ammo for the price they charge, but I understand ammo is expensive now.
At the 100 yard range, the only position you can shoot at is standing up. This is the least stable of the positions. I asked about a prone or sitting position but these were not available.
The weapons are all quite well used. Rifling in some of the barrels is probably no good anymore. Which might be why its was restricted to 100 yards.
All the assault weapons are a set at full auto. Some have bursts mode, and very few have single shot capability. The end result is you go thru your ammo fast if don't watch your trigger pull. I don't like this at all. I would have preferred single shots if possible. But the selectors on the weapons have been disabled.
The drive is long to get out there, and the last 3 miles is a dirt road.
Would I do it again? Maybe. The cost and the drive out there is a deterrent. Also, the limited number of rounds and insistence on making their semi and assault weapons full auto did not sit well with me. But very glad to have that experience. read more