Places to shoot near Colo Springs ?

[Winn]

The only place that I'm familiar with is the "south shoot area" outside of Woodland Park. Not sure if that is currently an option, but even if it is I'd like to find someplace closer to the Springs.

Any suggestions would be apprecited ...

Thanks.

[ChunkyMonkey]

A quick search under 'Places to Shoot' section would reveal http://www.ar-15.co/threads/14787-Compiling-list-of-ranges-for-Map-need-help
Click on the map. Plenty of places in the Pike Nat Forest - take a leisure drive in the weekend - you'll 'hear' the shooting ranges. :)

[Zundfolge]

Well there's Dragonman's (http://www.dragonmans.com/) out east of town (I don't like shooting there and it's not free but it is open to the public).

There are a few members only places in the area. I'm a member at Frontier (http://frontiersportsman.org/) which has a range out by Falcon and one down by Fountain. They're cheap ($75/yr with no per-day fees) but there's a waiting list to become a member and membership doesn't open up until February but overall its a nice club.

Up north of town is Ben Lomond Gun club (http://www.blgc.org/). Don't know anything about them other than what's on their web site.

Pikes Peak Gun Club (http://www.pikespeakgunclub.org/) is apparently a good place for trap and clays (although I believe they have other ranges too) but they're a member's only range.

Whispering Pines (http://www.whistlingpinesgunclub.com/) is the only indoor range in the area (but it's a member's only place too)

The free range up Rampart Range Road has been closed for a while now (and even if the range hadn't been shut down it would be closed right now because of the Waldo Canyon Fire).

The county is planning (http://www.gazette.com/articles/shooting-143369-range-joint.html) on opening a public range as a joint venture with Fort Carson (it's past the end of October and I don't think it's open yet but I don't know).

There really is a dearth of places to shoot around The Springs that are open to the public.

[mtnrider]

The county is planning (http://www.gazette.com/articles/shooting-143369-range-joint.html) on opening a public range as a joint venture with Fort Carson (it's past the end of October and I don't think it's open yet but I don't know).

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I don't think they have done anything with that yet? I was in and out of gate 20 today (where the site is supposed to be) and saw the sign that said "Future home of shooting range". Didn't look like anything has been done yet?


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[Flatline]

I don't think they have done anything with that yet? I was in and out of gate 20 today (where the site is supposed to be) and saw the sign that said "Future home of shooting range". Didn't look like anything has been done yet?


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When the armory on carson was doing their safety/gun registration day thing they were still on the old small arms ranges and they didn't mention when the new one would actually open.

[Winn]

A quick search under 'Places to Shoot' section would reveal http://www.ar-15.co/threads/14787-Compiling-list-of-ranges-for-Map-need-help
Click on the map. Plenty of places in the Pike Nat Forest - take a leisure drive in the weekend - you'll 'hear' the shooting ranges. :)


Ugghhh ... I was looking for that forum, but didn't see it. Must have kept scrolling right past it.

[mtnrider]

If you do use any of the National Forest "ranges" please. please, pick up after yourself. Some of those areas have become nothing more then a big trash dump now and if that keeps up we are going to lose it all.
Everytime i go up I always bring out every thing I shoot and all my spent brass. I also fill up a garbage bag or bucket full of everybody else's shit that they left laying around. It's really disgusting that people can't pick up after themselves. Some areas literaly have thousands and thousands of empty shotgun shells littering the ground, it looks really bad.

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[Hoser]

They have moved a bunch of dirt and it looks like most of the heavy lifting stuff is done.

I am guessing all that is left is some buildings, parking areas and backstop work. Being a govt project, I am betting 3-5 more years...


I don't think they have done anything with that yet? I was in and out of gate 20 today (where the site is supposed to be) and saw the sign that said "Future home of shooting range". Didn't look like anything has been done yet?

[HoneyBadger]

Being a govt project, I am betting 3-5 more years...

Hoser, your wisdom always impresses me. [LOL]

[rondog]

I can't say enough good things about Ben Lomond Gun Club.

And I can't say enough bad things about Dragonman....

[sabot_round]

I don't think they have done anything with that yet? I was in and out of gate 20 today (where the site is supposed to be) and saw the sign that said "Future home of shooting range". Didn't look like anything has been done yet?


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Are you sure it is at gate 20 or gate 19? When I read the proposal they referred to gate 19.

[Holger Danske]

Pikes Peak GC has rifle and pistol ranges too.

[hammer03]

PPGC is open to the public too, it's pay per use. Members get a discounted rate according to their website. http://pikespeakgunclub.org/MembershipFees.html

[mtnrider]

Are you sure it is at gate 20 or gate 19? When I read the proposal they referred to gate 19.

I saw the sign on the right as I exited gate 20. The east gate that goes over to Mesa Ridge

[Winn]

So I'm still wondering ... is the south shoot site (outside of woodland park) still open, or not ?

[Holger Danske]

PPGC is open to the public too, it's pay per use. Members get a discounted rate according to their website. http://pikespeakgunclub.org/MembershipFees.html

Yes. Im a member. Its $5 day for the rifle range and I think $8 day for non members.

[mtnrider]

Yes. Im a member. Its $5 day for the rifle range and I think $8 day for non members.

So whats the place like. I've never been there, could you give a quick review? How crowded is it etc? What are the rifle and pistol ranges like, what kind of targets etc. Thanks.

[Circuits]

Since when I go to shoot, I shoot full auto, I mostly wind up at Dragonman's unless some friends and I are up to head out into the national forest.

BLGC has nice facilities, but at 90 minutes drive each way, it's just too far.
PPGC doesn't allow full auto.
Frontier only allows auto at the south site, not the closer (to me) falcon site, and has a waiting list anyway.

[Winn]

Since when I go to shoot, I shoot full auto, I mostly wind up at Dragonman's unless some friends and I are up to head out into the national forest.

BLGC has nice facilities, but at 90 minutes drive each way, it's just too far.
PPGC doesn't allow full auto.
Frontier only allows auto at the south site, not the closer (to me) falcon site, and has a waiting list anyway.


Which national forest spots do you recommend?

[wobly]

The Ft. Carson/El Paso County range was supposed to be done at the end of October, as was stated before, but it isn't done yet, for whatever reason. To locate it, if you are about to enter gate 20, you would turn left (South) just before getting to the security checkpoint. There is a white and red "bar" gate that will be the entrance to the road. It is about 600-700 meters down the road. The idea is that you won't have to enter Ft. Carson to get to the range and thus, won't have to register your firearms on post. I drove by and checked it out the other day and they had just sprayed the green "topsoil-holder-in-place-stuff" all over it.

[baglock1]

So I'm still wondering ... is the south shoot site (outside of woodland park) still open, or not ?

If by "open," you mean shooting is allowed, then yes, it is open. I was out there in late November and it was the same old same old. If by "open," you mean drivable, I have no idea. Given the weather we've had in the Springs, I'd guess there's 6" of snow or more out there right now. I really have no idea though.

Take a 4wd and thermal socks. You'll be fine.

[NightCat]

PPGC is open to the public too, it's pay per use. Members get a discounted rate according to their website. http://pikespeakgunclub.org/MembershipFees.html


"Note: Non-member Rifle and Pistol shooters must be accompanied by an active club member."

[Dlesh123]

Read in the paper the other day that they now plan to open the new shooting range south of gate twenty, Jan 23 , 2013. We will see.

[Inconel710]

Here's the updated article on the Fort Carson/El Paso County range -

County target shooting range nears completion (http://www.gazette.com/articles/county-149230-shooting-complex.html)

[JVC]

The new Fort Carson range is great news. It is about time shooters in Colorado had a public facility as good, or better, than the City of Phoenix's Ben Avery range.

[muddywings]

Carson Range Homepage:
http://www.elpasoco.com/CMSC/Pages/default.aspx (http://www.elpasoco.com/CMSC/Pages/default.aspx)

[wobly]

Cheyenne Mountain Shooting Complex Facebook page. https://www.facebook.com/CheyenneMountainShootingComplex?fref=pb

They open 24 Jan after the "ribbon shooting" and will have free shooting from 1:30-4.