Members-only Silver Creek Range has got to be the most affordable, and just downright coolest gun range in the Mobile area, if not the entire state of Alabama. Located in a very beautiful part of Chunchula on 162 wooded acres, it's surprisingly affordable too: $300 per individual, or $500 for the family rate. (And, within reason, you can bring guests too.)
Silver Creek Range is also an outdoor range, which is better if you're conscientious about lead, etc., and it has it all: 9 independent ranges with multiple berms, from long-range (1,000 yards) to a tactical pistol/rifle range, using both metal and paper targets. They also hold regular competitive matches.
It's also got 2 Porta Potties, and is handicap-accessible. Plus, as my wife would tell you, it is a very female-friendly range, which isn't always the case at other ranges. Heck, it's just a friendly range, period. My wife forgot the magazine to her AR-15 her first time out there, and a very kind individual let her borrow his so we didn't have to turn around and go all the way back home to get it.
In fact, when my wife, a gun novice, initially went looking for a range/instruction, she found prices ran over $1,000! But after becoming members, Jeff Stone, who owns and runs Silver Creek Range, spent over 2 hours with us, and particularly my wife, showing her how her AR worked and teaching her the proper way to shoot it. She had purchased her 1st AR at Jeff's shop, Stone Arms, Inc., with the promise that he would train her on it, and let's just say he underpromised and overdelivered!
Jeff could've charged $1,000 or more for his expertise like some ranges do. But I think he saw an opportunity to not only fill a gap, and help a woman foray into the world of guns, which can be tricky for women to do sometimes, he also just clearly loves what he does. And the members could not be kinder or more helpful, especially if you're new.
Additionally, Jeff took his time with us *on a Sunday* to not only instruct my wife on her new AR, but also to help her with a semi-auto and a revolver she didn't even purchase at his store. I mean, does this man ever even take a day off? He probably had a million other things to do, but he took the time to help her out. And if that's not service after the sale, I don't know what is! That's the kind of man Jeff is, and that's the kind of camaraderie you get when you join Silver Creek Range. It's worth every penny! read more