Last year I had a good friend come in from GA and took him to several ranges throughout DFW. I took him to Alpine where we shot at just about every range they had and had a great time.
This year he came back bc of wanting to do what we did last year so it only made sense to go back. It isn't close at all for us to go from my place as the trip takes 1.5 hours to get there so three round trip. Packed everything up and when we got there I didn't bother to look at any signs that is until I got right up to the rifle range. Plain as day a new sign says NO FMJ!
WTF!? When we went there last year there were no restrictions on ammo as long as it wasn't a tracer or incendiary or other type more dangerous ammo. So all I had packed for the long guns was well... FMJ!
I was livid to say the least after all of the effort and now wasted time it took up to get there. So we shot pistols, bought nothing else and left pissed off. Had to drive all the way back to my area to go to Eagle just to run the AK's and function test and fire the AR-10. We didn't have enough time to get to another FMJ range to then get there, set up and shoot before it got to be traffic hell.
I got to tell you guys I am so tired of the changes, BS rules, and shitty RO's at ranges in the DFW area. Why is it that we cannot have a good and normal place to go to exercise our rifles with ordinary ammo is beyond me. Each and every one has some bizarro rule or more that hinder the use of our firearms. IF they don't some assholes will get them shut down for a whole variety of reasons.
So now I have added Alpine to my list of to avoid bc I would have to invest in ammo I don't use in these rifles and refuse to pay extra just to shoot there. Plus they charge far too much for paper...damn. I really liked that place and was going to make it my go to bc they had a couple trap setups.
So watch out for Alpine and their FMJ rules and whatever else they decide to add to keep paying customers from going.
This year he came back bc of wanting to do what we did last year so it only made sense to go back. It isn't close at all for us to go from my place as the trip takes 1.5 hours to get there so three round trip. Packed everything up and when we got there I didn't bother to look at any signs that is until I got right up to the rifle range. Plain as day a new sign says NO FMJ!
WTF!? When we went there last year there were no restrictions on ammo as long as it wasn't a tracer or incendiary or other type more dangerous ammo. So all I had packed for the long guns was well... FMJ!
I was livid to say the least after all of the effort and now wasted time it took up to get there. So we shot pistols, bought nothing else and left pissed off. Had to drive all the way back to my area to go to Eagle just to run the AK's and function test and fire the AR-10. We didn't have enough time to get to another FMJ range to then get there, set up and shoot before it got to be traffic hell.
I got to tell you guys I am so tired of the changes, BS rules, and shitty RO's at ranges in the DFW area. Why is it that we cannot have a good and normal place to go to exercise our rifles with ordinary ammo is beyond me. Each and every one has some bizarro rule or more that hinder the use of our firearms. IF they don't some assholes will get them shut down for a whole variety of reasons.
So now I have added Alpine to my list of to avoid bc I would have to invest in ammo I don't use in these rifles and refuse to pay extra just to shoot there. Plus they charge far too much for paper...damn. I really liked that place and was going to make it my go to bc they had a couple trap setups.
So watch out for Alpine and their FMJ rules and whatever else they decide to add to keep paying customers from going.