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Old 08-24-2010, 03:10 PM   #22
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Wicen's is great. Went there one time and had an awesome experience. It does cost about $30 the first time you go, but that's it!

Membership is $15-20 and they give you a sign-off badge. So, they watch you shoot on each range you want, and when they see you know what you're doing they sign you off and you don't need supervision for future visits. And, all of the employees were extra friendly and will tell you things about your own guns that you didn't even know. They even go out of the way to take your gun apart and make sure everything is cranking fine internally so there are no chances for problems if you're uneasy/unsure about your own equipment.

After you pay the one-time membership fee it's only $5 per range you want to use. So, if you're only doing pistol... you pay 5 bucks, clay-pigeons... 5 bucks, rifle range... you get the idea.

So, if you do all three you're looking at 15 bucks, or as low as 5 if just one. Plus, they have a wide variety of targets on site to buy and they allow anything but fully-automatics. Only rule with semi-auto is wait 3-5 seconds between shots.

I went during the week and had a very helpful experience due to the lack of other shooters there, but I'd imagine they pick up on weekends.
that's a big problem for me and many other people. i'm not at all interested in '10 ring' shooting, but rather defensive handgun techniques. to blindly limit all shooters to one shot every 3-5 seconds is just stupid. if you're acting irresponsibly and shooting erratically, then yeah you should be limited or just removed from the premises. if you're double tapping within a few inches at 5-7 yards, why the limit?

seems a lot of ranges are only interested in broad 'bans' on certain weapons (NFA items) or techniques rather than allow those same things for the people who know what they're doing, and that sucks. lol
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