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I figured this would be the best place to ask, how is bullrun?
Are their prices like they are listed or more like how do they work because they looked to be really cheap?
I was thinking about buying a shot gun but the only shotty range I've been to is clarks brothers and that is too far. I'm in springfield so Bullrun seems to be the closest and best choice so any info on them would be appreciated!
Thank you, Jon.
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Go down to Quantico and join the range there. Fees are a hundred bucks a year with access to a 300 yard rifle range, trap and skeet ranges, and two outdoor pistol ranges. Once a month they open up the 1000 yard range for the ambitious and have numerous competitions if you want to test your mettle.
Bull run is decent, but their hours are limited given they aren't open Mondays and Tuesdays. They're not too crowded and open through the winter which is nice.
Chingon wrote:Go down to Quantico and join the range there. Fees are a hundred bucks a year with access to a 300 yard rifle range, trap and skeet ranges, and two outdoor pistol ranges. Once a month they open up the 1000 yard range for the ambitious and have numerous competitions if you want to test your mettle.
Nope. Of course it helps. The Shooting Club, events, and training is open to everyone. The nice thing too is that it qualifies you for CMP purchases. You have to follow all transporting laws and speed limits on base. This means locks on cases and ammo separated from weapons. Show your ID and let the gate guards know you are headed to the Shooting Club.
I shoot regularly at Bull Run. For sporting clays, their prices are reasonable compared to other sporting clays courses around the country. The target setters for their sporting clays tournaments give good target presentations and most die hard sporting clays shooters I have come across say the targets are good practice targets to practice for the bigger multi-day tournaments. Overall the course is small so they are restricted by the types of targets they can set up. When the temps is "warm" in the fall, winter and spring, it can get crowded on the weekends but over the summer, it tends to die down all around because I guess people are on vacations or doing other outdoor activities or the temp is just too hot to be outside.
The trap/skeet prices for a round of 25 targets is about $1 or $1.50 higher than I think it should be. I think max should $4 per round. A lot of clubs in PA and OH seem to charge cheap prices for a round of trap compared to the $5.50 Bull Run charges. Maybe other clubs in more rural parts of VA charge less?
The one thing I don't like about Bull run is not specific space is set-up for patterning shotguns. There is a patterning plate set-up on the field adjacent to one of the skeet fields but you have to get there before they open to do your patterning. I don't feel like getting to the range at 8am on a weekend to do some test patterning on my gun.
