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Echo5Oscar · 09-03-2006, 10:04 PM

I've been shooting for a long time, but I grew up in the sticks (Sierra Nevada's really), and never had occasion to use an indoor range.

Today, I went to one with my brother to try out a few pistols they had, and in each lane, there was a sign that read,
"
NO RAPID FIRE!

DUE TO DAMAGED TARGET
HANGERS WE NO LONGER
ALLOW RAPID FIRE.
NO EXCEPTIONS

A FEE OF $25 WILL BE
CHARGED FOR ALL DAMAGED
TARGET HANGERS.
"

Now, it seems to me they could have left out the first two parts, and let those of us that can hit the paper train how we want, but since this is the first time I've used an indoor range, I was wondering if this is common.

one-eyed-fatman · 09-03-2006, 10:07 PM

Indoor ranges blow, unless it's freezing outside.

Scrondar · 09-03-2006, 10:11 PM

Both ranges I shoot at (one indoor, one out, both in Cent. Calif.) forbid rapid fire. Not a big deal in my view, though occasionally I am in the mood to empty a mag in a few seconds. It doesn't help that adjoining the outdoor range is a LE range, from which you can hear RF constantly.

I should add that the indoor range I frequent does allow silhouette targets, but the owners don't run the ventilation system continuously (power is expensive!), so I avoid it if I can. It kinda sux when you have to stop shooting, go out to the desk, and ask to have the fans turned on.

docrice · 09-03-2006, 10:19 PM

The range I go to has the following rules:

1) No headshots
2) No rapid fire (3 seconds between shots)
3) No double-taps

Sucks, but maybe my range caters to a younger audience who don't shoot well. Who knows.

Echo5Oscar · 09-03-2006, 10:22 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by docrice

1) No headshots
2) No rapid fire (3 seconds between shots)
3) No double-taps

No head shots? How ridiculous is that?
hmmmm....

What if you hang your target upside down?

Son of Norway · 09-03-2006, 10:55 PM

I've never been to a range that allowed rapid fire. God bless BLM land.

Spitfire · 09-03-2006, 10:58 PM

Rules in Miami: dont kill anyone

dasanii19 · 09-03-2006, 11:04 PM

Thats lame, ive been wanting to shoot at an indoor range but not so much now..

Tomcat088 · 09-03-2006, 11:24 PM

The indoor range that I go to is awesome. They do allow headshooting, which sometimes freaks some of the target shooters there out (I have a story about it here in a few). They do allow rapid fire, but they do say if you damage the hangers then you'll be charged for them. The hangers are covered by some iron that is kind of pyramid shaped, really triangle, but I have to give you a 3d idea of it. So I really don't see how you could damage the hangers, because you can see where the things have taken hits and it didn't do anything. They don't want you shooting out of your lane to someone else's target and it will get you throw out since it is unsafe. They also don't allow you to draw from holster and start shooting, like quickdraw style. Other than that, there's no worries. I'd recommend the Patriot Firearms range to anybody in the lubbock area that wants to shoot at a nice and clean indoor range that is owned by a really nice fellow.

Now for the story: I was at the range right after I got my new pistol. It is a carry piece so I wanted to get familiar with it, and get used to the idea of shooting at a person or something shaped like them (I had never shot at silhouttes before that. So I started shooting and got warmed up, then after shooting out the X, went to town on the area where the heart would be and then the headshots. Apparently they have some female training class on saturdays because there was quite a few women learning how to shoot pistols with like .22's, .38's and the occasional 9mm. I brought the target back to mark my latest group and get a new silhoutte when the women looked over at me. It was funny because some of them were kind of really wide eyed, and others just kind of shoot their heads like I was a psycho. Anyway, I found it pretty comical, because hey if that's what that pistol is gonna be possibly used for, then I better be able to make the shot.

Zim · 09-03-2006, 11:31 PM

The one indoor range we had in Reno I don't think it had many rules. Of course I believe it was closed for not having proper ventilation.

09-03-2006, 10:04 PM	#1
Echo5Oscar XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: California Posts: 177	First Trip to an Indoor Range I've been shooting for a long time, but I grew up in the sticks (Sierra Nevada's really), and never had occasion to use an indoor range. Today, I went to one with my brother to try out a few pistols they had, and in each lane, there was a sign that read, " NO RAPID FIRE! DUE TO DAMAGED TARGET HANGERS WE NO LONGER ALLOW RAPID FIRE. NO EXCEPTIONS A FEE OF $25 WILL BE CHARGED FOR ALL DAMAGED TARGET HANGERS. " Now, it seems to me they could have left out the first two parts, and let those of us that can hit the paper train how we want, but since this is the first time I've used an indoor range, I was wondering if this is common. __________________ "Truth is treason in the empire of lies." -Ron Paul, in the Preface to The Revolution, A Manifesto.

09-03-2006, 10:07 PM	#2
one-eyed-fatman XDTalk 10K Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 10,192	Indoor ranges blow, unless it's freezing outside. __________________ corporate America's logo: If at first you don't succeed lower your standards and beg the government for bailout money. Our governments bought and sold by corporate America like pigs going to market. I'm waking up at the start of the end of the world. http://home.houston.rr.com/gunpics/images/one%20eye.wav

09-03-2006, 10:11 PM	#3
Scrondar XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 220	Both ranges I shoot at (one indoor, one out, both in Cent. Calif.) forbid rapid fire. Not a big deal in my view, though occasionally I am in the mood to empty a mag in a few seconds. It doesn't help that adjoining the outdoor range is a LE range, from which you can hear RF constantly. I should add that the indoor range I frequent does allow silhouette targets, but the owners don't run the ventilation system continuously (power is expensive!), so I avoid it if I can. It kinda sux when you have to stop shooting, go out to the desk, and ask to have the fans turned on. __________________ Quite an experience to live in fear, isn't it? That's what it is to be a slave. - Roy Batty None are more hopelessly enslaved than those who falsely believe they are free. – Goethe Last edited by Scrondar; 09-04-2006 at 06:58 PM.

09-03-2006, 11:04 PM	#8
dasanii19 XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Nevada Posts: 3,518	Thats lame, ive been wanting to shoot at an indoor range but not so much now.. __________________ MY NAME IS SUE!!! HOW DO YOU DO!!! "I started out with nothing, and I still have most of it."

09-03-2006, 11:31 PM	#10
Zim XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Reno,NV Posts: 542	The one indoor range we had in Reno I don't think it had many rules. Of course I believe it was closed for not having proper ventilation. __________________ My pistols XD 45 tactical XD 45 service compact XD 9 service XD 40 sub-compact Springfield 1911-A1 G.I. Beretta 92fs Sig SP2022 Walther P22 Ruger MKII S&W 640 NAA .22 magnum Vengence isn't a valid motive. Revenge is a emotional response. No, not vengence. Punishment. Sic vis pacem Parabellum.

09-03-2006, 10:19 PM	#4
docrice XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Northern CA Posts: 391	The range I go to has the following rules: 1) No headshots 2) No rapid fire (3 seconds between shots) 3) No double-taps Sucks, but maybe my range caters to a younger audience who don't shoot well. Who knows.

09-03-2006, 10:58 PM	#7
Spitfire XDTalk Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Florida Posts: 61	Rules in Miami: dont kill anyone

09-03-2006, 11:24 PM	#9
Tomcat088 XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Lubbock, Tx Posts: 688	The indoor range that I go to is awesome. They do allow headshooting, which sometimes freaks some of the target shooters there out (I have a story about it here in a few). They do allow rapid fire, but they do say if you damage the hangers then you'll be charged for them. The hangers are covered by some iron that is kind of pyramid shaped, really triangle, but I have to give you a 3d idea of it. So I really don't see how you could damage the hangers, because you can see where the things have taken hits and it didn't do anything. They don't want you shooting out of your lane to someone else's target and it will get you throw out since it is unsafe. They also don't allow you to draw from holster and start shooting, like quickdraw style. Other than that, there's no worries. I'd recommend the Patriot Firearms range to anybody in the lubbock area that wants to shoot at a nice and clean indoor range that is owned by a really nice fellow. Now for the story: I was at the range right after I got my new pistol. It is a carry piece so I wanted to get familiar with it, and get used to the idea of shooting at a person or something shaped like them (I had never shot at silhouttes before that. So I started shooting and got warmed up, then after shooting out the X, went to town on the area where the heart would be and then the headshots. Apparently they have some female training class on saturdays because there was quite a few women learning how to shoot pistols with like .22's, .38's and the occasional 9mm. I brought the target back to mark my latest group and get a new silhoutte when the women looked over at me. It was funny because some of them were kind of really wide eyed, and others just kind of shoot their heads like I was a psycho. Anyway, I found it pretty comical, because hey if that's what that pistol is gonna be possibly used for, then I better be able to make the shot.

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