private ranges?

[mr_dove]

Anyone belong to now or ever belong to any of the private ranges in the area?

I'm looking for a good club to join but having trouble joining because information about the clubs is very hard to come by. Even the ones that have web sites seem to list very little about the club and the range.

I'm looking at the Clear Creek club but the Buffalo Creek one is looking good as well. Price is a factor but I'll consider any of the clubs.

I'd love it if we could get some informatin/reviews about the varying clubs around. I've been posting reviews of some public ranges but its difficult to get info about private ranges without being a member.

lets hear it guys.

[Marlin]

Most of us spend too much on Ammo to join private range's. [jump] :lol:

[Marlin]

Of course if you think about it , we have our own private range. :wink:
At least we the only one's there most of the time. :roll:

[Marlin]

:lol:








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[Marlin]

Seriously though, I think there are a couple of guy's that belong to the one up in Weld county. I can't remember who though. :)

[Rickyj]

I always wonder how people can get so many posts. :wink:

[Marlin]

Talent, Ricky :D

[mr_dove]

what about me? I posted a serious question and now there there are 6 useless responses. (7 including this one).

[bbadmin]

I don't belong to any private ranges. I used to belong to the Pikes Peak Gun club in Colorado Springs. That was over a year ago. I'll try to write down what I remember about it.

The range is located about five miles East of Colorado Springs off of Hwy 94. If you can find Dragon Man's you can find this place. You turn right (South) off of Hwy 84 at the bottom of junk yard hill, and go about a 1/4 of a mile. The range is on the West side of the road.

Lots of trap and skeet ranges, and a sporty clays setup. A 25 yard pistol range, a 100 yard rifle range are also there. They say its 200, but it can't be 'cause I can see that far.

Membership is about $100 a year with a family membership being a little higher. All rifle shooting is from wood bencshes, paper targets only. The pistol range had just been finished when I left and I've never used it. On top of the membership fee you pay $5.00 a visit. They supply target stands, you supply the targets.

They like surplus guns, but aren't sure about black rifles. They are mostly a sedate shotgun crowd.

Porta-potties down by the rifle and pistol range, real bathrooms and a small clubhouse at the entrance just behind the shotgun range. No covered shooting positions, and no lights for night shooting. The range is closed on Mondays or whenever there is nobody there. There are no Range officers, shooters take care of themselves.

Its not a bad place all-in-all. I just never got out there enough to make it worth my while to stay a member.



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[Hoser]

Most likely too little or too late, but did you check into the Aurora Gun Club?

try www.arouragunclub.com

I shoot IPSC and 3-Gun there 2-3 times a month.

Hope this helps a little.

[meatpopsicle]

I have been a member of the Frontier Sportsmens Club for several years and my dad has been a member for over twenty. They limit their membership (currently somewhere around 700) based on first-come, first serve. Applications are Due starting March 1st and ending March 31st. They take the first X applicants based on the date the post office processed the letter.

It's current location is in the Falcon area (do you see the big read & white radio tower? It's behind that) but have bought a large chunk of land farther south out on Squirrel Creek road.

The new facility is supposed to have measured ranges out to and including 1000yds.

The current range has a mx lane at 300yds.

If you can't deal with shooting at specified targets, paying attention to range rules, and cleaning up after yourself, please continue to go to public ranges.

They have a fairly simple web site: http://www.frontiersportsman.com/
but that should answer most questions.

it costs $60 a year and they host CMP shoots and have other matches as well.

[meatpopsicle]

oh yeah, this is for "shooting" not "blasting". I go to the woods (Nat'l Forest) and find a secluded spot for that!

I can remember going there when I was little with my dad and there was nothing but some cows in a neighboring field.

Now it's almost in a neighborhood. Therefore, they are very strict about where and how people shoot.

[coloradojc]

I belong to several private ranges.
#1 Publo West nice ranges never crowded and the most choices of ranges around. A several year wait but well worth it.
#2 Frontier lots of members and a small range but not to crowded usually.
They have purchased a large track of land south of the springs but it will be awile before it gets going down there. Time to join that one is now as they had alot of folks not renew this time.
#3 Buffalo Creek. Very nice range with full pits with a 200, 300 and 600 yard line. You can shoot 22's from the 600 yard line and pistols behind the berm, Plans on a 100 yard range going in also in a few year.
very low membership with no waiting. Targets are included in the membership and the place has a cabin to use plus other things also.
Best $65 a year you could spend.

I hope that helps
Jon

[KarlPMann]

Buffalo Creek is up in the mountains in western Douglas County. It's on CR126 about half way between Deckers and Pine Junction (US285). It's a nice range, but kinda far for people in the Springs. Karl.

[coloradojc]

Yes Frontier is like 20 minutes for me as I live down in sercurity by the post office also.

Buffalo creek is like between 1 hour 20 minutes to 1 1/2 hours depending on trafic and mood (speeding or not up the canon).

On the weekend 17th of may I believe a few of us are having a camp out at buffalo creek. Sat will be fun shooting followed by a barbeque and then on Sun we are going to have like a 30 or 40 round fun match.
We have the range reserved for this so its all ours for the weekend.
We will get up there on Fri and folks can come in Fri night or sat and camp out and shoot or just for sun if the wish or what ever they like.

It is set up as a fal club event but if you would like to come and shoot your ar15's I think that would be allright also. but for th ematch it will be only ar15's and fals.

If you want to go let me know or go to the fal site and under colorado get together let Jerry Corley know.
I think we all tried to have it last year but cancelled due to weather but this year rain, snow or sunshine its on!

Jon

[jerrymrc]

Well Jon was almost right. I have not posted since there is a "club" shoot that conflicts.

I have the BCGC range for the 14-15 of May. 14th is fun/shoot/BBQ and watch the NASCAR races on the dish with camping.

The 15th is a FAL 40 rd match. 10-10-10 rds @ 200 and 10 @ 600 yards. There is no fee for the match and there will be prizes. It is going to be a very laid back match.

[Marlin]

Depend's on the flexibility of whoever want's to show up, it's down south anyway. Throw out a few detail's and Maybe We could see what We could do. :)

[jerrymrc]

Well I will try. Saturday is going to be a fun day. sight in, shoot Ect. We will go from the 200, 300, 600 yard lines. Afternoon will have more of the same and we will go up on the berm for some pistol shooting.

The BCGC is going thru some changes and this is one of the events to start it off. In the plans are a 100 Yd range and a Pistol range. There will be days in the future that we will be open to the public.

The match on the 15th is a FAL only match. Starts at 10 AM.

The Saturday shoot is open to whatever you want to bring. The BBQ is free and provided by me. The files is down at the moment but should be up in a few days. Alot of info is there. Back tomorrow. :D [/url]

[ronin223]

I am a member of the Golden gun club which is actually in watkins,CO which is not the far from DIA or SE aurora. It is a pretty good place to shoot while there is about 700 members ( I think) you rarely see more than a hand full on the weekends except when there is a black powder match.

[mr_will]

i just sent application and money for royal gorge gun club down in canon city
the wait for pueblo west is insane, i wont live in this state that long to become a member probably.
i was lookin for somewhere that i can shoot at a decent distance and not charge an arm and a leg and ran accross the place in canyon, i am in pueblo west, so canon is the same as driving to springs. i drive to springs almost every day for work so a change is good

[Asha'man]

I am a member of the Golden gun club which is actually in watkins,CO which is not the far from DIA or SE aurora. It is a pretty good place to shoot while there is about 700 members ( I think) you rarely see more than a hand full on the weekends except when there is a black powder match.

My neighbor was telling me about that place the other day, it sounded pretty kickass from what he said. $40/yr and you get a key to the gate, and can shoot pistol to 500yds, is that right?

Brian

[MuzzleFlash]

I can assure you that the Golden Gun Club is way more than $40 a year. I'm a member too. It has very pricey dues. First year, expect to plunk out over $300 with the initiation fee. They have a big mortgage note they are paying off thanks to Pete (I'm pro-gun, really!) Coors throwing them off their original land near Golden (they began life as an employee club).

Membership is $155/yr. If you don't work off your bond, you'll shell out well in excess of $200 per year. Some of the land they are on now used to belong to the Watkins Gun Club. The trap and skeet ranges are pretty sorry compared to what I got used to at TSSC/Buckley AFB. The concrete flatwork is busted up and the skeet houses don't seem to be calibrated very well. Unlike Buckley, they are open to the public and are lighted. There is a charge for both members (discounted) and non-members to shoot skeet and trap.

The rifle and pistol ranges are for members only. They are pretty nice. Most are covered and have nice, sturdy concrete shooting benches. I like being able to shoot out to 500 meters. Full auto is OK in pistol calibers on weekdays. You do have to be cleared ahead of tiime with OW, the club president. This is informal policy, not in the rules. They prefer you don't go FA on the weekends. You might freak out the kids and families. It's also pretty distracting to the black powder match shooters :)

It's kind of wierd to shoot rifles north towards I-70. You can see the cars in the distance. They don't allow 50 BMGs for that reason. No holier than thou bias, just liability concerns if a round goes off-range.

A big parcel of land sold north of them. Don't know the details, but I thoroughly expect it to get developed, given the proximity to DIA. They may have to move again.

[MuzzleFlash]

CCCSC in Dumont is the other range I belong to. It's located west of Idaho Springs, a stone's throw from I-70 - literally. Bluker1 should be real familiar with it :).

It's a great place to go shooting when it's snowy and cold. They have enclosed shoot houses on some bays. The disadvantage is there are no long 200 yard+ ranges. I have driven I-70 past that place for years and never noticed there was a range there.

Here's a pic taken recently:
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f9/luv2ski80007/GunFun/1919Browning/c17ddce6.jpg

[Hyunchback]

Cherry Creek Gun Club on Clinton Street in Denver is a private gun club with a long history and an active membership.

The new website is:http://www.cherrycreekgunclub.org

I'm a member there and can state that I've gotten a lot of value out of the experience. The membership is knowledgeable of firearms and includes both active and former military, active and former LE officers and civilians from every walk of life.

The membership isn't cheap but you get a place that isn't cheap, either.

There are two 10-lane indoor pistol ranges and an underground 100 meter rifle tube.

There are no hours of operaton. Members are free to come, enter the building and use it, clean up after themselves and then leave. Be that 3 in the afternoon on a weekday or 3 in the morning on Christmas day. The exclusions are for scheduled events which usually aren't much of a problem and are known well in advance.

22 LR long guns can be fired on the pistol ranges (not 22 Magnum). Those of you with 22 LR uppers or other adapters can fire your long arm right there at ranges out to 25 yards.

If someone wants to check the place out I can bring in guests. I need to limit the number of guests to those whom I can realsitically monitor so bringing in 20 people to shoot is not an option but one or two at a time could come in with me to try the range out and get a feel for the place.

If you live in/near Denver this is one place you should consider joining.

[MuzzleFlash]

Hyunchback

Is the rifle tube well ventillated?

[Hyunchback]

Hyunchback

Is the rifle tube well ventillated?

I would say yes, it is.

The board has been working hard and spending money to make sure ventillation is taken care of. Naturally there is more ventillation on the pistol ranges where up to 10 lanes can be firing at once.

The board is well aware of the dangers of lead and other airborne toxins and are doing what they can do minimize exposure in our enclosed spaces.

[Boots]

For the folks up North, there is the Pawnee Sportsmens Center. It is located East of Windsor, on Weld County Road 71, between Hwy 392 and Hwy 14.

It provides Trap, Skeet, Sporting Clays, Rifle, Pistol, and Cowboy Action shooting ranges. They are currently enlarging the ranges to include 2 rifle ranges, one 25 to 250 yards and the other is up to 100 yards. Plus 3 pistol ranges 10 to 50 yards. Membership is $125/year but it is also open to the public ($10) on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

Boots