What are the target distances? Still 25 yds. max?I just got an email from them which said that they have opened 12 more firing lanes in another bulding on site.
What are the target distances? Still 25 yds. max?I just got an email from them which said that they have opened 12 more firing lanes in another bulding on site.
The only thing I've been told was that some nimrod loaded up an AR with tracers and dumped them all downrange pretty quickly, catching the backstop on fire before anyone noticed or had a chance to stop him. Yeah, I figure they'll be checking ammo a lot more, too.
I shoot there from time to time. I will say that they seem to have made a real effort to try to get shooters on the range smoothly. The folks that work there seem very nice. The store itself is fairly small. For whatever reason, they only seem to ever have about 4 1911's on display. (Maybe just better margins on other guns?)
I'd like to see a thread started on that topic. Since Ryan's isn't a range, though, this wouldn't be the right sub-forum.And while we're on the topic, let me throw in a free plug for Ryan's...
It didn't say just that it was for training, shooting clubs and to cover any over flow to cut down on waiting time.What are the target distances? Still 25 yds. max?
The additional 12 lanes are 15 yards, just enough to do a CHL class. That range is limited to handguns and .22 rimfire rifles. (I think they probably meant "any rimfire", but I'm quoting directly.)What are the target distances? Still 25 yds. max?
As as aside, I had a real "WTF?" moment there yesterday. On the right-side range, the one where full-auto is allowed and the range where they send you when you rent their slidefire rifle, I heard a range officer tell a patron "No rapid fire." How can you have "no rapid fire" and full auto/slidefire at the same time? I'm confused...
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Why would you have an RO not informed on the business operations?
Perhaps, but then a better correction would be "You're not hitting your target. You need to slow down and stop the rapid fire until you are." instead of just barking a generic "No rapid fire!" at the guy.Perhaps that one single shooter was unqualified for rapid fire.
Keep in mind that the majority of people only take the time to fill out reviews when they get upset or pissed off about something. Then there is a smaller number of people that had such a wonderful experience that it was worth commenting on.What's interesting is the high standard deviation in ratings. People seem to either love or hate the place.
I've never heard or overheard a conversation nor seen a sign that formally defined "rapid fire" at SGA. In the case I cited, though, the guy fired about 20 rounds from what sounded like a semi-auto .22LR at a rate roughly equal to "pulling the trigger as fast as any normal human being possibly can".How did they define "rapid fire"?
From now on I buy everything from Carters Country: