I have a couple questions for anyone who has been out to the new Carolina Sporting Arms shooting ranges on South blvd in Charlotte. . I have friend that wants to make a range trip but doesn't really have the schedule to load up and go out to the country for the time. I didn't find the answers on the Store's website. I have copy and pasted some of their information in the post it is marked by quotes.
When looking over Carolina Sporting Arms(CSA), they have two pages on their website
http://www.csaguns.com/csa-shooting-range.html and the second more in depth page
http://www.csaguns.com/range-rules.html I was unable to find what the rates were per hour and what they charge for rental guns. I also searched some on their Facebook and youtube videos but they weren't much help ether. So that's the biggest question, with the rifle range being the biggest draw dicating the rest of activities for that side of town for the day.
Does any know what the going rate per hour is and if they break up the charges in say 15 minutes(1/4 an hour) billing cycles or its a few minutes over you buy the next whole hour?
What type of firearms do they have for rentals? Assuming with everything being new-ish I'm hoping some might not be so severely fouled with buildup like other some ranges that have cleaning issues with rentals. Given that can be a pro/con perk for testing a firearm to see how it functions in a "ka ka in the fan scenario" where cleaning may not be as regular as we would like/need for those types of purchases reasons We're generally looking at maybe renting renting a full auto or C&R type offerings along the lines of say something fun and classic Sten (semi or auto) , Rasheed , etc. The trip will be more of play then a serious training/practice trip.
Are there any issues between going between the upstairs rifle and down stairs pistols on the same billing clock time card? No starting a new hr after 15-30 minutes in one to rotate out if crowded. Other than time window where the up stairs/rifle range section is limited by hours for operational use. Website info below shows
- Mon - Fri 12pm - 1:30pm & 5:00 p.m. - Close
Those hours are effective all six days we are open.
* If the upstairs range has been turned on to accommodate an overflow of handgun shooters, then we will allow rifles and shotguns on tho the upstairs range at that time.
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And the main/regular downstairs pistol range hours are
CAROLINA SPORTING ARMS RANGE TIMES
- Mon -Thur 10am - 7pm - Friday 10am - 8pm - Saturday 9am - 6pm
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Most of the rules seem fair,straight forward and hoping for good range officers. Brass collection is the reasonable of only your own.
The last question comes from there type of bullet/projectile used
ALL ammunition must be jacketed. No armor piercing, steel tip, steel core, steel shot, bird shot, BBs, buck shot, tracer, incendiary, gas, or explosive ammunition is allowed in the range.
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Which pretty much rules out testing a shotgun out. Which also has me a little worried about separating out the ar ammo. Doing to such a wide mix of ammo.
I also didn't notice a caliber limit, if .308 /7.62X51mm was allowed? But I can't bring my red Ryder, what will i do if Black Bart Shows up?
Anything extra I missed and/or another thread I should read?