What Is Your Favorite Shooting Range?

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I'm curious about where folks like to shoot. What's your favorite range, and what makes it stand out for you? Is it the outdoor scenery or the indoor facilities?
 
My favorite is Strickland range in Daytona Beach. I can shoot black powder and unmentionables. It's owned by the city. They treat the black powder shooters as equals to any shooter. The range officers know their stuff and treat everyone equally and do not think they are superior in any way. They help if there are issues with the firearms and can help, if not busy, shooters with aiming, targets, repairs, etc.
 
Wife and I shoot at the Dixon Wildlife Management Area in Georgia, a few miles south of Waycross.
A Georgia fishing or hunting license is all that's needed, there are no fees to shoot other than that. Run by the State of Georgia.

The closest decent range in Florida is run by FWC at the Osceola National Forest. That is free. It's also 65 miles one way from our farm.

I detest indoor ranges, and the big outdoor range in Jacksonville, Gateway, is expensive and snobbish. Not my cup of tea.

Actually, I can shoot in my back yard if I wish, but I don't like disturbing people.
 
I'm very fortunate in that I'm staying with family & they allowed me to put a 400yd shooting range in with a built in shooting bench along the back side of the property. So it's a short 300yd trip in the golf cart to get to my shooting bench.
I'm sooo glad that I don't have to deal with public range BS, & having to pay to do it.
I have a neighbor coming over in an hr & I'm getting him shooting his muzzleloader that he hasn't touched in the last 15yrs. I shoot quite a bit, I do a lot of bullet testing & load development here.
 
anthony powell said:
My favorite is Strickland range in Daytona Beach. I can shoot black powder and unmentionables. It's owned by the city. They treat the black powder shooters as equals to any shooter. The range officers know their stuff and treat everyone equally and do not think they are superior in any way. They help if there are issues with the firearms and can help, if not busy, shooters with aiming, targets, repairs, etc.
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" unmentionables " lmao
They are guns/firearms annnd absolutely NONE OF THEM are " unmentionable "!
 
Shoot Straight in W Palm Beach great selection of guns and good range (and not big on Gun rental )
Bass Pro Shops in Davie,,small range I feel very safe there,,,(No rental guns)
 
rice paddy daddy said:
Wife and I shoot at the Dixon Wildlife Management Area in Georgia, a few miles south of Waycross.
A Georgia fishing or hunting license is all that's needed, there are no fees to shoot other than that. Run by the State of Georgia.

The closest decent range in Florida is run by FWC at the Osceola National Forest. That is free. It's also 65 miles one way from our farm.

I detest indoor ranges, and the big outdoor range in Jacksonville, Gateway, is expensive and snobbish. Not my cup of tea.

Actually, I can shoot in my back yard if I wish, but I don't like disturbing people.
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I actually live about 10-15 min from the range at Osceola National Forest.
But I've never gone there to shoot at it. I have over 400yds of shooting range in the backyard, and I can & do, shoot deer, turkey, coyotes, bobcats & these damn armadillos out or the fam rm or front doors.
 
Ninering62 said:
I actually live about 10-15 min from the range at Osceola National Forest.
But I've never gone there to shoot at it. I have over 400yds of shooting range in the backyard, and I can & do, shoot deer, turkey, coyotes, bobcats & these damn armadillos out or the fam rm or front doors.
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I've shot a ton of armadillos. Usually use a SBR 10/22 suppressed, but my last few I shot with a pellet rifle. It's actually louder than my 10/22.

Range I go to is Bunnell Range. Far from perfect, but it's 10 miles from home, and I don't have to drive down miles of dirt/sand road.

Last armadillo from a few weeks ago I shot from my front door. For the record I shut the door before it started flopping around.

 
I drive out (60 mi R/T) to "Triple N Ranch" about midway to Melbourne. 50ft/25yd pistol ranges, 100/200 yd rifle ranges. Run by FWC, decent RSO's and very safe (1 minor whoops since 2017). Firing line/ benches not all shot up like most public ranges . $12.90/ day unless you want to shoot clays which are about $50/hundred+$cart fee.
 
WooD 714 said:
I've shot a ton of armadillos. Usually use a SBR 10/22 suppressed, but my last few I shot with a pellet rifle. It's actually louder than my 10/22.

Range I go to is Bunnell Range. Far from perfect, but it's 10 miles from home, and I don't have to drive down miles of dirt/sand road.

Last armadillo from a few weeks ago I shot from my front door. For the record I shut the door before it started flopping around.

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Thanks for the video.
Now it's a " good armadillo "!
Them lil bastards can really make a mess out of your property quick, fast, & in a hurry. I put a round through every one I see, then use them for predator bait
 
Does anyone know of a 800-1000yd shooting range in north Florida?
I have a cpl longrange smokeless muzzleloaders & I only have a 400yd shooting range in the backyard. I just found out who owns the property adjacent to my shooting range & it just so happens that he has a new inline muzzleloader that he knows nothing about & needs some help with it. I'm the guy to go to for that. I'm hoping he will let me roll the 4' wire fence back & use a 10' wide path across the back of that 200yds to set up a table & chair to shoot from there. Increasing my range to 600yds. I'm going to have the neighbor that I'm currently helping him get his TC Encore dialed in, & knows that guy to bring him over one day & I'll help him with his muzzleloader & just hope that he will be cool With letting me do that.
But I'd love to take these smokeless muzzleloaders out to 1000yds.
 

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