Bottom line up front - don't let your man use your "free" rental on Ladies' Night @ DFW Gun Range - $40 charge on a "free" rental.
My fiance and I went to the DFW Gun Range last night, where they advertise "Ladies Night" on Tuesdays, free shooting, free rentals from 4PM until 9PM. We have been looking forward to this since we saw the ad at their shop.
We went into the range before 4PM, and by a little after 4, we were in the range, prepping up to shoot. I shot two pistols, the Springfield Rangemaster 1911 (The beavertail bit me and it's not ambidextrous) and the Sig Sauer 1911 (It was awesome) . The Sig was the first one I shot, and it was a delight. I shot 2 rounds with the Rangemaster, but the Beaver tail was a bit too long and was tagging my fleshy space between my finger and my thumb too much.
My fiance asked me what was wrong because I told him that I did not want to shoot the gun again. (We both double bag, so communication can sometimes be a bit tricky. Plus, I had not quite figured out what it was that I did not like about the Springfield right then.) He told me to go and ask if the ammo was sold by the box or by the bullet. He said that if it was by the box, then we would shoot up the box, and if it was by the bullet, we would turn the box in. I went, they said "By the box." So I went back in, and told him. He asked if I wanted to shoot anymore, and I said no. I had run through a box already with the Sig, so I was done. (New shooter, still getting used to everything.)
My fiance shot some rounds through one of his guns, a Kel-Tec with a folding stock that is a picky ammo queen. (Guess what she likes best? Cheap Wal-Mart Federal!) He found a round-nosed load that works like a charm, so he was pretty happy about that.
While I was in the store, I ran into some of my friends from my temple, and we were delighted to run into one another there. I told them about JPFO, which they did not know anything about. I was happy to relay the information.
My fiance told me that we were being pulled off the range so that others could shoot that were waiting. I was fine with that, it was free, so how could we complain? We had been there almost 90 minutes at that point. We went to check out, where I was expecting to have to pay for ammo. We were charged 74.30. Yes, you read that correctly. My fiance was charged for a gun rental fee because I asked him to shoot two rounds through the first gun, and he finished my box in the other since we had to purchase the box. We have nothing at home to run the ammo through. He was charged 40.00 as a gun rental fee.
I am irritated beyond comprehension right now because of this, as well as a number of other reasons.
My fiance and I went to the DFW Gun Range last night, where they advertise "Ladies Night" on Tuesdays, free shooting, free rentals from 4PM until 9PM. We have been looking forward to this since we saw the ad at their shop.
We went into the range before 4PM, and by a little after 4, we were in the range, prepping up to shoot. I shot two pistols, the Springfield Rangemaster 1911 (The beavertail bit me and it's not ambidextrous) and the Sig Sauer 1911 (It was awesome) . The Sig was the first one I shot, and it was a delight. I shot 2 rounds with the Rangemaster, but the Beaver tail was a bit too long and was tagging my fleshy space between my finger and my thumb too much.
My fiance asked me what was wrong because I told him that I did not want to shoot the gun again. (We both double bag, so communication can sometimes be a bit tricky. Plus, I had not quite figured out what it was that I did not like about the Springfield right then.) He told me to go and ask if the ammo was sold by the box or by the bullet. He said that if it was by the box, then we would shoot up the box, and if it was by the bullet, we would turn the box in. I went, they said "By the box." So I went back in, and told him. He asked if I wanted to shoot anymore, and I said no. I had run through a box already with the Sig, so I was done. (New shooter, still getting used to everything.)
My fiance shot some rounds through one of his guns, a Kel-Tec with a folding stock that is a picky ammo queen. (Guess what she likes best? Cheap Wal-Mart Federal!) He found a round-nosed load that works like a charm, so he was pretty happy about that.
While I was in the store, I ran into some of my friends from my temple, and we were delighted to run into one another there. I told them about JPFO, which they did not know anything about. I was happy to relay the information.
My fiance told me that we were being pulled off the range so that others could shoot that were waiting. I was fine with that, it was free, so how could we complain? We had been there almost 90 minutes at that point. We went to check out, where I was expecting to have to pay for ammo. We were charged 74.30. Yes, you read that correctly. My fiance was charged for a gun rental fee because I asked him to shoot two rounds through the first gun, and he finished my box in the other since we had to purchase the box. We have nothing at home to run the ammo through. He was charged 40.00 as a gun rental fee.
I am irritated beyond comprehension right now because of this, as well as a number of other reasons.
- During our shooting time, there was a large group of people in the first set of lanes. There were at least 8-10 people clustering around two people who were taking turns shooting, to the point that any person in the higher number lanes was having to bump past all of these people. That is dangerous to have so many people in one area of the range. They were pretty distracted as well, since they were taking videos of one another shooting.
- The loudspeaker system was being used for non essential functions while we were shooting. One of the "announcements" that was made was one employee asking another about work and shift information. When I hear the PA, I automatically tune in and listen, but the constant messages that were announced made me disregard the PA system after about 15 minutes.
- We were pulled from the range lane when the paper that we signed said that time was limited to one hour on Fridays and Saturdays. If you are going to charge us full price for a rental, full price for the ammo, and not state Tuesdays time is limited, then you are decreasing LITERALLY my bang for the buck factor.
