Every range is different. A new or experience shooter must always read the “Do’s and Don’ts”. Some locations are stricter than others. In my travels, once the range staff gets familiar with you, they tend to loosen up. Safety protocols are a must , whether it’s a supervised or unsupervised location. Etiquette is everything. Positive attitude. I see a lot of frustrated shooters at some locations because they don’t respect the house rules. Remember we are all guests in their house. House Rules are House Rules.
Good to hear from you again. You are correct. Along with basic gun handling rules, situational awareness is also important - seeing how others handle their weapons. I am all in favor of letting an RO know to watch any "Cowboys" on the range for mishandling of firearms or other range infractions. At the range where we met, all the ROs do a very good job of keeping folks safe.
Thank you. I appreciate your contributions to the channel. I have gotten to the point where I will not go to the range, except to video a range session as early as possible, to either the gun club that I belong to or my favorite outdoor range on weekends. Too many guns, and too many people. Too many guns I can deal with. Too many people, 99.9% of them I do not know, nor do I know their level of knowledge or expertise with a firearm, does not make for a pleasurable day at the range for me. At my gun club, I am usually there when they open on a Saturday, lessening the number of people that come to shoot. My gun club knows me and, unless a patron is shooting a long gun, divert them to the other side of the range. The outdoor range I usually frequent as soon as they open (0900 hours) early in the week for the same reason - lessen the number of shooters. It makes life easier for me to shoot and film without worry about getting shot while doing so. Most of the regulars I know, and know that they are responsible shooters. Regardless of what range I am on, I try to gauge the competence of other shooters. If I don't feel comfortable being around them, I hold off on what I am planning to shoot and film until they finish with what they are doing.
@ ya, I agree, I usually shoot each week with two other friends, we only shoot on weekdays, weekends are too full, I’ve seen some questionable folks shooting than and just stay in my car. Outdoor range is locked with members having a fob to access, indoor is access by card key, indoor open it when I want, outdoor has set hours. Another club that I was a member is wide open, too many walk-on for my so I dropped that membership. The club I belong too requires new members to attend safety class/ range review before allowing access, good process.
@@Bill-jv5eg The outdoor range, a public range, requires that patrons have either a hunting or "Sportsman's" license before they can register to shoot on any range (pistol, shotgun, and rifle). They must then watch a range safety video. Aside from at least two ROs on each range, that's about the extent of it. It seems that hunting season draws the most folks to the rifle range where they usually shoot only a handful of ammunition to check scope settings and then leave. One Sunday, the range recorded 145 people shooting at various times. I was not one of those.
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Every range is different. A new or experience shooter must always read the “Do’s and Don’ts”. Some locations are stricter than others. In my travels, once the range staff gets familiar with you, they tend to loosen up. Safety protocols are a must , whether it’s a supervised or unsupervised location. Etiquette is everything. Positive attitude. I see a lot of frustrated shooters at some locations because they don’t respect the house rules. Remember we are all guests in their house. House Rules are House Rules.
Good to hear from you again. You are correct. Along with basic gun handling rules, situational awareness is also important - seeing how others handle their weapons. I am all in favor of letting an RO know to watch any "Cowboys" on the range for mishandling of firearms or other range infractions. At the range where we met, all the ROs do a very good job of keeping folks safe.
Great idea for this video, we all assume shooters know the rules of the range. Well done!
Thank you. I appreciate your contributions to the channel. I have gotten to the point where I will not go to the range, except to video a range session as early as possible, to either the gun club that I belong to or my favorite outdoor range on weekends. Too many guns, and too many people. Too many guns I can deal with. Too many people, 99.9% of them I do not know, nor do I know their level of knowledge or expertise with a firearm, does not make for a pleasurable day at the range for me. At my gun club, I am usually there when they open on a Saturday, lessening the number of people that come to shoot. My gun club knows me and, unless a patron is shooting a long gun, divert them to the other side of the range.
The outdoor range I usually frequent as soon as they open (0900 hours) early in the week for the same reason - lessen the number of shooters. It makes life easier for me to shoot and film without worry about getting shot while doing so. Most of the regulars I know, and know that they are responsible shooters.
Regardless of what range I am on, I try to gauge the competence of other shooters. If I don't feel comfortable being around them, I hold off on what I am planning to shoot and film until they finish with what they are doing.
@ ya, I agree, I usually shoot each week with two other friends, we only shoot on weekdays, weekends are too full, I’ve seen some questionable folks shooting than and just stay in my car. Outdoor range is locked with members having a fob to access, indoor is access by card key, indoor open it when I want, outdoor has set hours. Another club that I was a member is wide open, too many walk-on for my so I dropped that membership. The club I belong too requires new members to attend safety class/ range review before allowing access, good process.
@@Bill-jv5eg The outdoor range, a public range, requires that patrons have either a hunting or "Sportsman's" license before they can register to shoot on any range (pistol, shotgun, and rifle). They must then watch a range safety video. Aside from at least two ROs on each range, that's about the extent of it. It seems that hunting season draws the most folks to the rifle range where they usually shoot only a handful of ammunition to check scope settings and then leave. One Sunday, the range recorded 145 people shooting at various times. I was not one of those.