Why do some indoor ranges not allow steel case ammo? I wish i knew that before i purchased a 500 round box of it.
Why do some indoor ranges not allow steel case ammo? I wish i knew that before i purchased a 500 round box of it.
He said steel CORE ammo, not steel cased. Steel core (vs. lead core) can penetrate a backstop. As far as steel cases are concerned, there's always the brass factor mentioned above that the ranges get $$$ for recovering and selling. I haven't seen a range that doesn't allow steel cases, but I don't shoot indoors.
What's really sad, is that my post is oriented towards the clerk at the range. The range masters are usually cool as hell...
I seriously can't wait to get my own land.
What is it with range employees? Atleast here in San Antonio, they are flat out rude jerks. I'm getting tired of if quite frankly, I've already stopped going to one a mile away from my house because they don't know how to treat a customer, and now the one a few miles away that I go to pulled the same crap last night.
Now, i'm not talking about rapid firing or something and getting yelled at, I mean just paying at the counter or asking a question they act like an ass. I realize you're sooooooo cool if you work at a gun range, but give me a break. If I acted like that for a second in any retail position i've been in, I would've been fired in a week, if even that long.
With the NFA items, alot of ranges don't want to deal with the ramifications of illegal weapons, and some of them may not even like them (suppressors, etc.). There are alot of Elmer Fudd's out there that get all worked up when you start getting into tactical stuff, and they'd just assume see no AR/AKs on their range, much less any stamp collection variants.
X2I shoot at the bullet hole in San antonio and the older skinny guy on the pistol range is very nice and I breathe a sigh of relief if he's working when i go. The mid aged fat guy is kinda crude when i bring females but other than that he's OK... but their counter guys are real Gem's... they always seem dead in the eyes and just pissed off if you need to buy anything.
JOe
I threw someone out yesterday for handing loaded firearms to their girlfriend
I shoot at the bullet hole in San antonio and the older skinny guy on the pistol range is very nice and I breathe a sigh of relief if he's working when i go. The mid aged fat guy is kinda crude when i bring females but other than that he's OK... but their counter guys are real Gem's... they always seem dead in the eyes and just pissed off if you need to buy anything.
JOe
My whole gripe with ranges is that I can not practice any real life, draw from holster, double tap or any other real life defense situation. So, I have to pay a fee to the range and STILL can't do anything but slow fire/plink there. The indoor range I use to go to in Phoenix use to let us shoot full auto, suppressors and anything, up to 30.06. If they could see that you were a idiot or noob, they would stop you and tell you why they stopped you.
I would, at least, like the chance to prove I am not an idiot.
Target Master does not insist you use their ammunition, but they do have some restrictions on what types can be shot there. Shooting there may seem to be expensive ($15 per day per shooter, plus targets) but that is the basic rate. There are a number of options available to members (who pay a yearly fee) that can significantly reduce the cost for each session. There is even a special "Gold" membership for very frequent shooters that does not charge a range fee at all (it's a fixed charge that allows you to come and go as often as you want, but you'd need to shoot several times a week to make it pay).Last but not least I've been to Target Masters in Garland off of Jupiter I think. Its an indoor place and its expensive, if I remeber correctly we had to use their ammo, but not completetly sure about the ammo. Nevertheless, it was a pretty expensive day using their range. The employee's were all super nice and answered all my questions with no problem.