I prefer outdoor ranges and shooting with friends, but when days grow short and foggy/rainy, an indoor range is a mighty satisfying way to spend an hour or so. I find it always best when the range is uncrowded so I try to find evenings when there’s no matches or training events scheduled because—funny as it sounds—it’s more peaceful with fewer shooters in the lanes, and that helps me concentrate on whichever drill I want to work on (or perhaps being more contemplative is a more accurate term.)
In the past, when ammo as cheap, before the shortages, I’d also make a Winter power buy to stock up on ammo/components for training during the coming year, as well as cycle through an old box of defensive loads and add a fresh box to the small armory
This made Winter a special season on my shooting calendar, and I was wondering if others here saw Winter as being a similar opportunity for a bit of shooting fun?
I have a few friends with property out in the country who have private ranges set up. It’s a drive to get to one, but better than the local ranges.
The local ranges will only allow any “drills” when they are part of a paid class. If I go and practice the requirements for a Texas LTC, I will get a tap on the shoulder from a RSO informing me “speed shooting” is not allowed.
I just shoot at our property. I dont have a range but I can do whatever I want out there i have a good natural backstop and for some reason alot of tannerite gets used. Weather is crappy, no big deal. I just shoot out the back door of the barn. Middle of winter, and its butt ass chilly, ill fire up the wood stove in the barn.
Downside is hunting season. I dont shoot from Oct-Jan. Kinda sucks but i stock up on ammo during that period
I like my outdoor range. It’s cheap. Around $100 a year or so and go as often as you’d like. I agree that indoor ranges are better when less crowded.
I finally made it to the range the other weekend. The local range has two handgun ranges with a rifle range in between. At one point I was the only one there on all three ranges. No RSO to tell me what to do. The one handgun range is short, I wanted to get some longer stuff in. So I stood all the way at the back of the pole barn used as a cover and shot through the building to my target on the range. That would probably be frowned upon (and obviously unsafe) if anyone else were there.
I get to take my grandson hunting this year i bought him a nice rifle and he is ready to go. I told him its gonna be cold with snow. He said he don’t care he really wants to learn hunting and trapping small game
