Shooting Ranges
Setting up a Shooting Range
Opening up a shooting range can be quite the undertaking. However, the benefits can easily outweigh the costs, making it a good investment for you and your community. Before making…
How to Start a Shooting Range Business
If you are a gun enthusiast who enjoys teaching others, a shooting range might be the right business for you. While you must obtain a number of licenses and permits,…
Basic Steps for Building a Personal Outdoor Shooting Range
Start with the space Where does one start when it comes to building their own shooting range? You start with the space or land, you want to ensure that where…
Best practices at the gun range
Gun handling and marksmanship are perishable skills with a short shelf life. Everything about gun handling and marksmanship comes from fundamentals and you can never stop working on those fundamentals…
Ways to keep shooting range neighbors happy
Useful tips to help ensure community acceptance When you hear of a range closure or failure of a new range to receive approval, the events are often familiar: It starts…
Things to remember for keeping a clean and healthy shooting range
Stewardship Plan with environmental stewardship in mind. Before you design, build, redesign, or modify a shooting range, plan from the very beginning so it conforms in all ways to the…
Range Building
How to Start a Gun Range Business
An indoor or outdoor shooting range can be a lucrative business if you are the kind of person who can operate under strict federal, state and local regulations, including safety,…
Shooting range building guide
When you set your sights on building a shooting range, there’s a lot of ground to cover. As you determine how many acres for an outdoor shooting range will be…
Indoor and outdoor range comparison
There are two types of shooting ranges: indoor and outdoor. Both have benefits and drawbacks. Using a combination of both is ideal for the outdoor hunting enthusiast. A variety of…
Private range ventilation and filtration
Firing range air filtration presents two key challenges, centering on the protection of both people and equipment. In addition to removing hazardous contaminants generated by firearm discharge, air filtration systems…
Key features of a well designed HVAC system
The key features of a well designed HVAC system include: Correct Air Pressure and air flow within the room environment Consistent Heating / Cooling / Filtering Loads throughout the annual seasons Efficiently…
Building an outdoor shooting range
In the case of an outdoor range, noise is definitely an issue. Safety is an important concern as well. It’s important to take the time to review all public ordinances…
Laws & Regulations
Regulations for Starting a Shooting Range
Once a range opens for business, it’s up to the owners to enforce a myriad of regulations so the facility runs smoothly and offers members the safest, most enjoyable sport…
Safety rules and regulations for gun ranges
All firearms must be holstered or cased in unloaded condition while going to or from the range. Eye and ear protection MUST be put on before and during the use…
Shooting range etiquette for shooters
When range rules get broken, it’s usually because of the lack of education and the lack of practice of proper techniques. Fundamental Safety Sometimes even experienced shooters get too comfortable…
Fire Arms
Understanding the Handgun Manual of Arms
I have written before about action types and trigger types, but now we need to discuss the Manual of Arms. This refers to the actual operation of a gun, sometimes called…
Instruction, Fundamentals, Equipment, Practice
Let’s assume you learned (or are learning) to shoot a pistol for purposes of self defense (that is the usual reason). The problem for most people is that they are…
Basic Shooting Skills
Basics. They can be boring to teach and tedious to practice. But, the basics have to be mastered and practiced to enhance your odds in a tough situation. If you…
Air Gun Safety Tips
We are going to discuss some of the precautions you will want to take when using and cleaning your air rifle. Keep in mind, these safety tips are good for…
Air Rifles – An Overview
There are many different types of air rifles available on the market today. On this article we’ll go over some major type of air rifle available and discuss the differences…
Gun Cleaning Tips
1. Understand how to safely take apart your gun. Today’s pistols are rather easy to disassemble, but if you’ve got any questions make sure and read the manual. The last thing…