There's a club in Stoughton, $100 first year, $70 for renewal, indoor pistol range, outdoor rifle/pistol, indoor archery. Not what you are asking for , since it's a club and you aren't looking to join one at this time, but it's about 1/2 from J'ville.

the one n of janesville on newville rd had some asshats shooting over the top of the quarry wall and were hitting a house downrange on top of the usual trashing of the property. not a club fan myself. I'd rather drive 1.5 hrs to yellowstone than shoot at a club.

I'm just north of Janesville a bit, but usually end up going to McMiller's too.

Yeah I haven't really done much range-type shooting, but I don't really want to. If I want to work on my stance or learn new things, Jerry Miculek is on YouTube and instructional DVDs. I don't want to hear advice from some asshat who makes up "tips" for new shooters to sound more experienced.

I'm not a new shooter by any means, but I am not a frequent shooter. These club types draw people away.

Frankly I don't care what anyone thinks of my firearms. I just really prefer shooting out in the woods by myself or witha few friends. My family used to have a cabin on Castle Rock lake and we did lots of shooting up there. Once the FIBs move in and built million dollar+ summer homes on the lake, it drove up the property values and ruined the area for everyone who actually likes the outdoors.

Since then I have been shooting very few times. Part of the reason I bought an AR-15 (other than the fact that i've always wanted one) is because I wanted some intrinsic motivation to find somewhere new to shoot.

And I heard the same story about the rock quarry. My friends dad took us to that quarry 10+ years ago and it was great. Nice and quiet most weekdays. We brought old water bottles and paper targets and had a great time. Really bummed that place is gone. I contacted the DNR and they said there used to be some places in the woods near milton that were open to the public, but people trashed them and they cut off shooting on public land. Yet another blow to the shooting sport.

Maybe some nice local AR-15 member has a ton of farmland we can shoot on :)

A guy can hope, can't he? Oh, well. Looks like McMiller is the closest membership-free place to go. Its a nice place, at least

I'd steer clear of Madistan. Lived here all my life, you're not missing anything.

Look up yellowstone range. It's a drive but worth it if you can go during the weekdays. Look me up if you want to get together. I have some silverbear I need to test out.

ETA: I have also spent a bunch of time near Castle Rock lake. My inlaws have land off of 82 coming out of Mauston.

Rifle ranges in the area include but not limited to:

Deerfield Rod and Gun ( $45 dollars year fee). Rifle/Pistol/Trap/Archery––all out doors. Rifle range is usually empty unless it's getting close to deer season.

Deerfield Indoor Pistol Range (fee's unknown). Last time I shot there it was no fmj, no rifles unless 22lr or fires handgun ammo less than 44 mag. Handguns 44mag and below welcome. It's a busy place to shoot but decent. Run by a former Marine and Cop. Has it's own gun shop.

Stoughton Gun Club - mentioned already. Their rifle / pistol ranges are the covered bunker types. The shotgun ranges are pretty nice.

One of the best ranges in the Madison area has got to be Winnequah Gun Club. 100-1200yard rifle, metallic Silhouette Range, bulls-eye pistol, all purpose practice range, bench rest sight in range, and then it even has it's own indoor pistol range. It's pricey though.

check out wheretoshoot.org For a listing of other clubs in the area.

The problem with Winnequah is open shooting times. I went there to tour the place and was told the weekends usually don't have any ranges open because most of the range is rented out to various groups. It is also a lot of money to be a mameber there. I do agree, it is a NICE place.

I went two years ago to tour, I don't know if availability has changed much.

I will be off the first Friday in July, any interest of making it out there?

i think Ched was asking if anyone wanted to head out to yellowstone with him

Thanks for the offer, but I will be on vacation the first week of July. I need to place an order for some ammo before I go anyhow. I just can't force myself to pay Gander Mountain ammo prices. I only have 80 rounds on hand ATM. Plenty of pistol and .22 ammo though. Where do you guys buy your .223/5.56? I placed a few orders from Bulkammo.com and even after the expensive fedex delivery the WPA steel ammo is still $2 cheaper per box than the WPA at GM. Plus they have better brass ammo at more reasonable prices as well.

I looked in the EE for ammo, but I really can't drop much cash on a large ammo can until I get a new job. My current paid internship is barely paying the bills as is.

Thanks,

Aaron

I just ordered 1,000 round of This. I am interested to see if my rifles like it. I think it's $0.27 per round after shipping if you get two boxes(1,000 rounds).

Where is this? What's it like?

I live in Janesville and have been going to a friends farm out in Argyle to shoot. Don't go much though because of the distance. Would love to find a decent non-member place to shoot near by.

I hear ya there! My car got to the point where the cost to fix it was more than it was worth, and was a good down payment for a used car. So I decided I would only do minor repairs while I drive the wheels off it. The car doesn't leave town, so it's lasted about 2 years that way.