
Originally Posted by
Martinjmpr
There are only a few indoor ranges that even allow you to shoot rifles and NONE of them allow steel-core ammo. They don't even allow steel core pistol ammo (9mm.) Basically the only way to shoot steel core is to go to an outdoor range.
There is a free outdoor range in the Pawnee grasslands, roughly 1.5 to 2 hours from Denver. There are a couple of DOW ranges I know of, one is near Hot Sulphur Springs, again 2+ hours from Denver. I've heard there is an outdoor shooting area near Keystone or maybe Breckenridge (something about the dump?) or maybe it was Frisco.
There are a few designated shooting areas in the National Forests. Again, expect to drive a fair distance to get to one (Harris Park is probably the closest, it's between Conifer and Bailey.) Sadly, between shooting accidents and mountains of trash left by Cletus Spucker's slack-jawed cousins, many of the public areas are in danger of being shut down by the USFS.