Places to shoot near DIA/Brighton/Commerce City?

[Uberjager]

I've checked the sticky and poked around google without any luck. Do you guys have any recoomendations? Is the firing line my best bet? Thanks in advance!

[jtw22]

I'd be interested as well

[Sawin]

Nothing public out that way... Wish there was.

[bennice]

You'd think that with all the nothingness out here that there'd be at least a couple spots, but no such luck.

[cstone]

Check WHAC (http://www.wildlifehunters.com/) Get on the waiting list now and two or three years from now you will have a place.

Friends who have land that will allow you to shoot are most valuable.

Be safe.

[bennice]

Check WHAC (http://www.wildlifehunters.com/) Get on the waiting list now and two or three years from now you will have a place.

Friends who have land that will allow you to shoot are most valuable.

Be safe.

I moved out not too far from there earlier this year and got on the waiting list.

I'm currently trying to find out who owns some of the land around here to ask permission to shoot, but haven't had any luck yet.

[Greenflash]

Check out Colorado Clays. 144th and Lanewood. They were in the process of putting in a pistol/rifle range last time i was there... Not sure what ever came of it, been a while since i visited.

[bennice]

According to their website, the pistol and rifle ranges were supposed to be coming in 2012.
A bit behind schedule perhaps, but it looks like they're still on-task, which is great news.

[Sawin]

I emailed Colorado Clays on Friday last week and received a call back within a couple hours. The gentleman (I forget his name now), told me that they were delayed but will resume progress once the ground thaws out and should have 10x 100yrd lanes for rifle, and 10x 25yrd lanes for pistol, sometime late spring 2013.

[Ghosty]

Anything in Thornton too? (I know LONG SHOT). I hate having to drive to BFE Aurora or Lakewood, ugh. Makes it so I don't get enough practice in that I'd really like to.

[Caithford]

I emailed Colorado Clays on Friday last week and received a call back within a couple hours. The gentleman (I forget his name now), told me that they were delayed but will resume progress once the ground thaws out and should have 10x 100yrd lanes for rifle, and 10x 25yrd lanes for pistol, sometime late spring 2013.

As I understood it back in October, the delay was due to building permits. They changed the design later in the game and had to get the permits approved to continue construction. They got the approval and as mentioned are waiting to resume construction once the weather breaks.

[fj605]

I was out at Colorado Clays a couple weeks ago for a trap shoot, and asked the pistol and rifle ranges. They said as soon as the weather warms up (no chance of freezing) they'll finish the ranges.

[soldier-of-the-apocalypse]

I'm also a member of WHAC but it took me almost 2 years to become a member because the waiting list is long and I would have to assume its even longer now. But I do know some super secret spots east of brighton if you drive the backroads long enough you might find them. Also there was talk of Colorado clays opening a pistol and rifle range but I haven't heard anything, you might give them a call.

[DeusExMachina]

Join CRC. No waiting list. CHEAP as hell. The best facility I've ever been at, as well.

It's in Byers. If you're east of Denver at all and not far from 70, it'll take you a little under an hour to get there. Worth it.

[screagle2]

I'm also a member of WHAC but it took me almost 2 years to become a member because the waiting list is long and I would have to assume its even longer now. But I do know some super secret spots east of brighton if you drive the backroads long enough you might find them. Also there was talk of Colorado clays opening a pistol and rifle range but I haven't heard anything, you might give them a call.

Those "super secret spots" are owned by someone out here, that might not appreciate your not asking.?????

[cysoto]

I'm also a member of WHAC but it took me almost 2 years to become a member because the waiting list is long and I would have to assume its even longer now.

I am the range manager at WHAC and we have stopped adding names to the waiting list because it has become waaaaaayyyyy too long. Hopefully Doug from Colorado Clays will complete his pistol and rifle ranges soon because we are in desperate need of more shooting areas. Last time I spoke with him (about two weeks ago) he said that he was hoping to have the ranges in operation by the end of this Summer.

[screagle2]

I've checked the sticky and poked around google without any luck. Do you guys have any recoomendations? Is the firing line my best bet? Thanks in advance!

Please read ALL of the above about hunting, shooting and landowner preference.

[funkymonkey1111]

Have you looked at the Golden Gun Club in Watkins? That's dang close to DIA--in the flightline, actually

[KTM Rider]

I know this is an older thread, but I visited Colorado Clays last weekend after seeing their booth at the Outdoor Expo and speaking with the owners for a few minutes. Their 100 yd rifle range is completed and it is pretty nice. They offer a covered shooting area with a space heater above each bay for those cold days and it is semi-enclosed. They have a video target viewing system. It's $20 per hour and you can take as many rifles as you want as well as switch over to the 25 yd pistol range with auto retrieval system. They told me that as long as there is no line, you can stay longer. I know they weren't clock watching last weekend because I was setting up a scope and stayed for over 90 minutes and used both the pistol and rifle areas. First target is free and then they charge $1 per additional target, or you can bring your own and they will put it up for you. The RO will meet you outside and check your ammo (no steel ammo allowed), and go over the rules and they we're actually quite friendly during my first visit. While I was there, I think the most rifle bays being used at any one time was four or five, so it wasn't too busy. The pistol range was a tad busier, probably had 6-8 bays being used at its peak.

Also, they will let you keep your brass, but a lot of it does tend to go beyond the red line, so I'm going to get a brass catcher for my next trip. They sell surplus brass for $5 per 105 of .223 and $10 per 105 of .308 and you can go through the bins and pick out what you want if you want to take the time. They had other calibers, but I didn't check the pricing.

All in all, it was a good experience and I will be going back for sure!

[yz9890]

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[sampson]

Any verification this is blm land?

Don't want to piss off any landowners. Thx in advance

[yz9890]

Any verification this is blm land?

Don't want to piss off any landowners. Thx in advance

I was sent there by a couple of guys at the base that had been shooting for a couple of years. I'm not really sure how to verify it. If it is private, it's had the hell shot out of it for quite sometime and no one has posted anything. That's certainly not definitive though.

[Snowman78]

Any verification this is blm land?

Don't want to piss off any landowners. Thx in advance

The only way to find out for sure would be to contact the BLM:
From the BLM website:

If you have specific questions on areas that may be appropriate for target
shooting please contact the BLM field office with jurisdiction over the area you
wish to visit.

For a map of the field office boundaries, address and
telephone numbers please visit the BLM Colorado Home Page at: www.blm.gov/co (http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en.html)

[yz9890]

Please remove the direction, GPS, and map. You were shooting on a private land. Per Arapahoe County...
http://parcelsearch.arapahoegov.com/PPINum.aspx?PPINum=1977-00-0-00-367 <-- then hit the parcel map.

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I know at least 3 members with land in that area who use them as private range.. they wont appreciate finding tresspassers on their land. Unfortunately, there is no BLM land in that area.

There you go.