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Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 01:47:41
by Dreamcast270mhz
So I am based in white stone VA and our local range happens to be a gun club owned. I do not wish to join a club to just use a range or the NRA by extension, I could care less about anything they do. So, is there an indoor or outdoor range where I can just bring my Mosin and shoot? Without all the strings of a gun club?
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 11:33:58
by Vahunter
Your best bet is to find a landowner that's willing to let you shoot. I didn't even know whitestone had a gunclub.
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 12:00:23
by zephyp
Wow, you're kinda stuck out there. The closest thing that I am aware of is the range at Phelps WMA. Probably about 90 minutes for you. Outdoor, 100 yards and a decent place. Long guns only and seasonal...
http://www.dgif.virginia.gov/wmas/detail.asp?pid=17
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 15:05:50
by Kreutz
What is the rational for the NRA membership requirement? The private range near me has a similar requirement.
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:04:21
by Dreamcast270mhz
I just want to shoot my gun, I wish nothing to do with the NRA or any gun club for that matter. Without delving into my political beliefs, I don't care about what goes on in our gov't because it is a pointless mess of bloodsucking liars, and I do not forgive the NRA for the class III ban of '86
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sat, 12 Feb 2011 18:36:10
by gunderwood
Kreutz wrote:What is the rational for the NRA membership requirement? The private range near me has a similar requirement.
A lot of ranges have that requirement as when you join the NRA you get accident insurance. It isn't a lot, but it is some. There may nor may not be a political connection as well.
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:04:55
by Dreamcast270mhz
so the closest is ninety min away. hmmm
NRA.
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 05:35:32
by zephyp
Dreamcast270mhz wrote:so the closest is ninety min away. hmmm
NRA.
Maybe not, thats the closest I know of...you may be able to find more on the internets...here's a site that might help...google too
http://www.wheretoshoot.org/Find_Range/index.asp
Re: Nearby no-join gun ranges?
Posted: Sun, 13 Feb 2011 10:52:38
by CowboyT
gunderwood wrote:Kreutz wrote:What is the rational for the NRA membership requirement? The private range near me has a similar requirement.
A lot of ranges have that requirement as when you join the NRA you get accident insurance. It isn't a lot, but it is some. There may nor may not be a political connection as well.
Rivanna Rifle and Pistol Club has that requirement, too. I had asked about this previously, and apparently if everyone's an NRA member, it also lowers the club's insurance costs, otherwise it'd be prohibitively expensive.