1st Trip to this range: Overall a good value and a nice enough range. It's hard to beat $6/hr. for a range fee. The shooting area is covered which is great to keep the sun off. The range officer (a senior gentleman) was friendly enough and kept an eye on things, which is all you can ask for. He was NOT looking over shoulders and being a know-it-all, which can be a problem at ranges sometimes.
One thing I found a bit odd was, since it was my 1st time there, they wanted me to start off on the 25 yard range and make sure I was sighted in accurately enough there before I moved out to the 50 yard range. I've never encountered such a thing before. But since it had been a long time since I'd even been to a rifle range, I didn't mind 'proving my stuff' on the 25 yards first. I guess they don't want people who are just godawful bad spraying bullets off target like a yahoo if it's their first time around. Not a big deal, but just be aware and don't take it personally.
The shooting benches were okay, not the best I've seen but not the worst. If you're a tall person, you may find the seated shooting position a little hard to get comfortable in relation to the barrier that runs in front of the benches. The barrier/blind is to keep yahoos from getting their muzzles up too high and lofting bullets at the neighboring land owners - again, totally understandable. But for tall folks, it can make for a bit of a hunched position to ensure you are shooting under the barrier.
Each range distance has 4 positions...with 10, 25, 50, and 100 yard sections. So if four people are already using the 50 yard positions, you're going to have to use the longer or shorter positions or just wait til their done. I agree with the other reviewer - if you're going down to the 50 or 100, make sure YOU tell the other shooters you are going down there. The way the backstop berms are set up, someone might not see you. One other head's-up ... even when the R.O. calls for a clear / cold range, he didn't go and inspect chambers. If you've got some inexperienced shooters or yahoos on the line, you might ask if he can check chambers are cleared. Also, when the range is cold, I've always seen that anyone who is not walking out to targets is supposed to stand well back of their firearms and not even approach the benches. That was not the case when I was there. The other folks there all seemed pretty experienced, so there were no issue or else I would have spoken up or talked to people directly.
So, between just those few minor things, and the limited shooting positions, the difficult fit for me at the benches/shooting barrier, I am only giving 4 starts instead of 5. BUT a good time was had, the price is great, and I will definitely travel out there again in the future - A good ol' country range - it's worth the drive! read more