About 2 yrs ago I took a 21 yr old female dear friend of ours from Sweden out to Dead Zero. She had…read morenever seen, held, or fired a gun. My promise to her was if she would go to the range with me, I promised her opinions and thoughts about guns would be completely different. I spent a couple of hours with her teaching gun safety, how to load, shoot...etc. She had no concept of self-defense as Sweden will jail the homeowner that injures or kills their home invader. After several hours, Ida is now a staunch believer in our 2A and loves shooting guns. Every visit she wants to know when are we going to the range. Dead Zero was very professional and enthusiastic with this Swedish visitor and at that time she was the visitor that traveled the farthest to visit. I make a few trips there each year and love their set-up. Want a nice outdoor range with stations at multiple different lengths, visit them.

Beautiful range! Super friendly, knowledgeable staff. Clean restrooms and plenty of options to shop…read morein the pro shop!

I have visited this range several time and found they are professional and very helpful when you…read morehave a problem or trying to improve your shooting skills. Their prices are fair and you can feel safe when on the range. Highly recommend this establishment.

This is such a great place to shoot at! They are very polite and kind. I have been shooting with…read morethem for four years now! They offer shooting teams for the kids, and they have a range for people of all ages! They have a supply store, and you can rent/buy ear protection and eye coverings! Ten out of ten would recommend this to friends and family!!!!!

Great range, excellent customer service, highly recommended, Charlie is a true gentleman, he really…read moretakes care his customer's

Great range. Safety first, great amenities. Charlie Haffner is a true gentleman , and always very…read morehelpful and welcoming!

One of the best training classes I have ever taken. Tiffany and Aq truly have a passion not only…read morefor training - but for the people they train. Full of techniques and tips on how to train a 'Gateway' (new) Student.

I highly recommend taking this course for beginners and advanced shooters. Very well structured,…read morevery informative, safety driven, and fun. I could see myself taking advanced classes.

Elk training, hard working guys and classes and one on one training if needed. Very patient with…read moreme, some women are intimidated and need more guidance and confidence and that's okay! Stop by or call to set up an appointment!

From the owner: Recreational and Training Facilities offering: Archery Range, Rifle Range…read moreHandgun Range, Skeet, Five Stand Trap shooting, Paintball, etc.

Hunter was a fantastic instructor for the enhanced carry permit course and would highly recommend…read moreto anyone. Its too bad this store is about 2.5 hours away as its one of the best I've been to in a long time. If I'm in the area I will try and stop in more and make a purchase. Range is very nice, very well lit and clean. Staff is all friendly, can't think of any complaints at all.

Nice people very helpful really enjoy shopping there. Great selection. They are very knowledgeable…read moreabout all their products.

This is a nice, quiet place to go shooting. Way out in the country. There is an honor system on…read morepayment. Drive up to the mailbox, put your $10 in the box and go shoot. We had the range to ourselves most of the day. Bring your own targets and clean up your mess when you leave. Trash barrels provided. Several covered shooting positions in each range. Ours had a 20 yard pistol, 50 yard berm and a 110 yard berm. They keep the grass mowed downrange. GPS found it no problem. Sign at end of road shaped like a pistol. Been shooting here for 15 years. Wooden shooting benches on gravel. Plenty of parking. Bring a blanket or something to cover the bench with.

For anyone considering going there for the first time or new to going there, I can tell you it's…read morequite "different" from what it used to be. Going back ten years or more my wife and I were talking one day and the subject of perhaps her learning to shoot handguns came up. We had been married for a long time, and she didn't grow up around guns and had never handled or fired one. It seemed to be a worthwhile thing for her to try, and with maybe getting a carry permit if she learned how to shoot due to the times getting crazier every year. One thing led to another and I bought a Smith & Wesson .22 semi-automatic to start her out with and teach her the basics. I don't like indoor ranges and have never used one. So when looking online near our location in Manchester, TN, for outdoor ranges I came across Viola Valley and we went there. A little bit of a drive but not too bad. I met the guy Ralph that owned the property the first time we went. His wife ran a dog rescue, with some kennel buildings and fenced areas where you drive in. He was outside there and walked over to the truck to chat. First impression was he was a bit weird and not my cup of tea, but that changed as we kept going back and had several conversations with him. He seemed to have a good memory for vehicles and people that frequented the place, and since he was usually outside doing something around the kennels we'd stop to say hi or he would wave at us. A nice and interesting guy. We quickly fell in love with the place. With two handgun range pavilions and several for rifle shooting, they were spaced way apart. And it was never crowded. The perfect place if learning to shoot and having some privacy. And with no "range officer" hovering around eyeballing what you were doing. It was based on the honor system provided you were responsible and acted right, nobody bothered you. After going there for awhile we found Ralph had gotten cancer and treatments for it. And as usual with that it comes back or gets worse after thinking maybe things would be okay. At some point he sold the range property to a fellow that owns other property down in there. The "road" where you drive in is not a through-road. It runs down past some houses and large acreage with crops and animal pastures, and ends at the gun range. Ralph was still "running" the range for the new owner for a bit, until he eventually passed away. We went shooting there a whole lot when my wife discovered she loved it, and I discovered she had a nautral knack for it and became a good and safe shooter very quickly. We loved the place and I would have written a 5-star review back then. After several years we backed off from going as much. Busy with other things and the "newness" of shooting had worn off a little for my wife, although she still loved going. Not long ago we went after not having been in quite awhile. We had barely started getting our guns and ammo out and getting set up to shoot when a pickup truck came driving up. A guy leaned over and yelled out the window, "Hey, did y'all pay?". That instantly hit me the wrong way. No introduction of hey, how are you doing, I'm the range owner, I was checking the payment box and didn't see where you paid or I might have missed it, or anything civil as I would have done. Just a rude and abrubt question that sounded accusatory like we hadn't. It galled me also that we had been so often years back that we spent hundreds of dollars going there, although he had no way of knowing that. And made worse by the fact that early on when going there we had started putting our payment in an envelope when placing it in the "mailbox', with the number of people and payment amount and the make of my vehicle. I just always figured that was a good idea if a lot of people were coming and going, and we had done that this time also. The guy drove back out and came back after a few minutes and said he got it. Mumbling some crap about it was over to the side or in the back or something and he hadn't seen it. Seriously? It was in a big white envelope with my payment info written on it. I was pretty ticked off the whole time we were there after that. And from reading a couple of other fairly recent reviews here it would seem the guy is obsessed over people paying or not. We were talking about going the other day, but I really don't care to go back there. This was only one bad experience we had, and it could have been a case of the guy just not seeing the payment in the box. The thing that hit me wrong was the way he yelled out his question, with no introduction or normal civility. When I combine that with some recent Google reviews of the place I figure he's a rude jackwad, and I really don't care to patronize a place with an owner like that. And that's a real shame for us.

I was called back the same day and was asked to come back in. Bill Toy wanted to make sure I was…read moresatisfied with my purchase and wanted to make sure my issue was taken care of, and he did just that. He made sure the bolt was properly lubed and gave me a lighter carbine buffer that he took from one of his own rifles. I've put 300 rounds thru it with no issues. He made sure it was firing correctly using subsonic ammo. Thank you bill!

Expensive! But the thing that gives them a 1 star is the shooting range. You better be a marksman…read more If you're a beginner, DO NOT GO HERE ! They will charge you $5 each shot you hit over their target line. This poor girl shot over line 6 times. That's an extra $30, but instead of guiding her or stopping her, the guy yelled at her and said that 30 for ya !! I only paid $5 , but again, shooters beware if you're trying to learn.

This is really a nice place to shoot and they have the best prices that I have seen. It is always…read moreclean and safe. If I had one complaint, it would be that the workers talk too much! They want to tell you how to shoot all the time. This is an covered outdoor range that is run by the on hand staff. I highly recommend this range and keep in mind it is only open weekends.

Inexpensive outdoor ranges. Friendly and helpful staff. Listen to the Range Safety Officer and come…read morewith a friendly positive attitude and I'm sure it will be reciprocated!

Hands down the best place to go shooting - at any level. I am incredibly grateful to Wes for…read moreproviding what was an absolutely amazing shooting experience. Couldn't have imagined a better experience if I tried! I initially called to check availability and Wes was very friendly and answered all my preliminary questions. When I arrived, he took time to recommend a rental - the phoenix trinity 2011 (which was amazing to shoot) - and explained the reasoning behind that choice. All of his advice was spot on and he then took the time to explain grip, stance, safety, and answer the multitude of questions I had. He even took the time to let me practice with dummy rounds so I was comfortable reloading and knew how everything worked. At no point did anyone make me feel bad about being a beginner - despite there being other customers who clearly were much more advanced than me. The rentals are also very noticeably well maintained. Since this was my first time shooting at a range and I didn't feel comfortable being alone, he incredibly kindly contributed his time to come in to the lanes with me and make sure I was comfortable, doing everything right/safely, and answer further questions. I can't begin to express my gratitude for Wes spending so much of his time to make this experience once I thoroughly enjoyed. I learned so much and I can't wait to come back! I would go out of my way to come back to this place specifically - it's worth it. Thank you Wes and the team and Modern Warriors for providing a place people can learn and feel comfortable and happy at any level! A few notable things (there's so much more though, you really have to experience it for yourself): - incredibly kind and welcoming staff; - very wide range of well maintained rentals; - ear and eye protection - earplugs and a high tech pair of ear defenders that block out gunshot noise but still allow you to hear the person you're talking to); - immaculately clean place - like they thought of every detail; - Reasonably priced - and worth every penny!

To start, this is now Modern Warriors Franklin- What an amazing gun store/range! I'm a 1911/2011…read moreguy who competes frequently... and this store along with the Nashville location have the very best selection I have ever seen. Very rare, and high end pistols you just can't find anywhere else, incredible selection of rifles, suppressors, and gear; and the friendliest most professional staff with incredible customer service. Regarding the range, it's never too busy and very clean/professional. I'm all about voicing criticisms, but with MW; I simply don't have any. This is my go-to.