U.S gun ranges.

[walshie 2,804]

I've tried a 9mm semi-auto on a gun range in Phoenix, so I've been eager to try a .40 and .45 cal ever since. We're in America next week for a couple of weeks so it'd be rude not to. I did a quick google search to see if there were any ranges anywhere near where we're going and....I guess mrs w will be going shopping for an afternoon (or two). 

 

[David.evans 5,323]

Dust give her a few hundred dollars for shopping 

land get round them all and meet her back at the airport lol

Have a great time mate 

Atb 

[walshie 2,804]

Pew! Pew! Pew! 

[Gooner 143]

Be rude not to visit

[Gav 1,708]

You want to be in LA ,vegas way for ranges, they literaly are 10 a penny and go the whole hog on everything uoto .50bmg pal

[walshie 2,804]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

You want to be in LA ,vegas way for ranges, they literaly are 10 a penny and go the whole hog on everything uoto .50bmg pal

No I don't. 

 

[Meece 1,957]

2 hours ago, walshie said:

I've tried a 9mm semi-auto on a gun range in Phoenix, so I've been eager to try a .40 and .45 cal ever since. We're in America next week for a couple of weeks so it'd be rude not to. I did a quick google search to see if there were any ranges anywhere near where we're going and....I guess mrs w will be going shopping for an afternoon (or two). 

 

When I've been abroad,  Turkey, Spain,  Cyprus,  Greece it has been very difficult to find shooting grounds  or gunshops at all. When I've tried to find anything online, there is not much info and when I have asked locally in the hotels I have been met with complete no knowledge of shooting sports to out in Turkey the person at the reception asked me if I wanted to kill someone ? they said "we can't have that sort of thing going on here " ! .

Out in Turkey the hotel even f****d off out of it some Muslims wearing Burkas going down the slides in the swimming pool for shouting out " Allahu Akbar, for fear of frightening the western guests !!  we'll  not have that sort of thing going on here " !

Eventually they contacted the sports department in Ankara but the nearest shooting ground was some way off.  Then A lad porter at the hotel  spoke up and said that there were two gunshops in the nearby town of Manavgat. Armed with a rough map of their location in the town on an envelope I got on the dolmus and found the two shops. Unfortunately I don't speak either Turkish or German which is widely spoken in Turkey and they didnt speke English but they were very friendly and we sort of communicated in gun speke of guns and hound.    I took some pictures of the shop and cartridge brands that they stocked which are different to here.  I did  manage a round of clays on Crete but that was only because the hotel manager said that his brother shot there and found out the location and days that they shot. Even so it wasn't easy to find the ground. I asked in a shop at the top of the road and the bloke didn't know where the shooting ground was and I  sort of stumbled upon it by accident.  The range was massive and catered for all sorts from archery to Airguns, handguns, rifles, and all sorts of clay shooting disaplines. The people there were very friendly and accommodating.  I was asked if I had any shooting I.D. which I didn't but they still let me shoot.  If I were to go again I would take my FAC and SGC as some sort of proof. They were looking for something like international clay pigeon membership ?? It's a pity that there isn't something like trip advisor on shooting facilities but I don't suppose that any tourists goo to places like this to shoot. The wives wouldn't reckon much on disappearing off shooting and leaving them on their own.

Ps I've nust been trying to find a link to the shooting ground on Crete but lots of stuff but no real direct link.  The place was kind of like Bisley and they have international shooting matches like Fitsac but not easy to find info about or to find. I'd love to shoot everywhere but it ain't easy to find the info for anywhere abroad.

Edited April 17, 2019 by Meece

[Deker 3,453]

My lad recently went whilst on honeymoon and had the time of his life....

He had the chance to try a MiniGun as well but the price was daft, something like about $400 for about 10 seconds.

Enjoy yourself, I'd love to give it a try!

[Gav 1,708]

21 minutes ago, Deker said:

My lad recently went whilst on honeymoon and had the time of his life....

He had the chance to try a MiniGun as well but the price was daft, something like about $400 for about 10 seconds.

Enjoy yourself, I'd love to give it a try!

That honeymoon certainly took the smile off his face though

[walshie 2,804]

First range I went to, mrs w said she fancied a go too. We hired a Glock 23 in .40 S&W, 200 rounds of ammo and had a go. Here's my first go from 7 1/2 yards.

Worryingly, mrs w who has never even held a handgun before produced this as her first effort.

My second go produced a bit better grouping.

We shot a few targets each then used up the rest of the ammo between us on the last target. (I think the groin shot must have been one of hers.)

 

[walshie 2,804]

Another state, another range was calling. This time she dropped me off for an hour or so while I had a go of a .45 and she went and bought stuff. I used a Wilson Combat 1911, apparently worth well over $3000, but didn't seem to help my shooting. Quite a heavy gun, more recoil than I was used to and at 9 yards this time. Still great fun to shoot, but now I've tried the 3 calibres I was interested in, 40 S&W is my favourite.

 

[ChrisJones 7,973]

Nice one, mate!

Did you have a manufacturer preference?

[walshie 2,804]

12 hours ago, ChrisJones said:

Nice one, mate!

Did you have a manufacturer preference?

Well last time i tried a Sig P320 in 9mm and this time a Glock 23 and a Wilson combat 1911. I've read the Wilsons are all pretty much custom guns so another one might be quite different to the one I tried. As all 3 were different calibres, it's hard to call a favourite, but I think the Sig just edges it. Especially now they have fixed them so they don't go off if you drop them. Glocks are a decent nice handling gun but 1911s are just too big.

Fave manufactuers: Sig, Glock, Wilson.

Fave Cals: 40, 9mm, 45. 

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Pistols are fun. I miss shooting a friends n29 in 44m. It was minute of rabbits head at 25yards with 3/4 power loads.

 

I would of hunted with it if I could of.

[Sausagedog 7,381]

Hope his face heals soon Deker, hot brass is painful