If you had joined Blue Ridge Arsenal gun range (next to Bass Pro south of Ashland) during this past year, you were probably shocked and dismayed that they had closed up shop about 5 weeks ago. It looked like the dispute between the property owner (Winding Brook Range, LLC and the renter Blue Ridge Arsenal) would be tied up in the courts for a long time to come. The GOOD NEWS is that Winding Brook has decided on their own to re-open the gun range. Even though they are a development corporation, they obviously see the huge business advantage of have the range being utilized. All previous memberships (including guest passes) will be honored for the duration of the memberships. As they get the operation up and running, it will simply be a gun range, with very little in terms of guns or ammo for sale. They DO have targets for sale. Hours right now are 12 noon to 7 PM and closed on Tuesday.
It is important to get all members notified of this turn of events. One problem is that Winding Brook does not have access to the list of 1100 members. That list belongs to Blue Ridge Arsenal. So at this time, only about 200 have found their way back. So if you know anyone who might have been a member, PLEASE give them a call.
My only involvement in this is that I am a customer who desperately wants to see the Range thrive so that I can keep using it.
Thks
I have not seen it for myself. Anyone in the area to confirm?
"Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men."
--Saint Augustine
I went and checked it out today and it's basically as stated in the original post.
They are just getting up and running and are only accepting cash currently. All previous memberships are being honored.
Although they don't have access to the memberships of previous members electronically, they do have the paper files and will be going through and contacting everyone eventually to let them know it's back open.
Jon wrote:I went and checked it out today and it's basically as stated in the original post.
They are just getting up and running and are only accepting cash currently. All previous memberships are being honored.
Although they don't have access to the memberships of previous members electronically, they do have the paper files and will be going through and contacting everyone eventually to let them know it's back open.
Thanks for the checkup Jon. It's a little far for me for a quick run, but it's a nice range. I hope they get the IDPA matches going again too.
"Though defensive violence will always be 'a sad necessity' in the eyes of men of principle, it would be still more unfortunate if wrongdoers should dominate just men."
--Saint Augustine
Yep! Shot there on Saturday. they're doing Cash only right now, but up, and operational! In truth? It's a nice lil' range. I was expecting something different, but it's actually just a nice group of guys running it.
