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Posted: 2/24/2021 8:19:56 PM EDT

[#1]

Can't learn to read the wind in an indoor range.

Posted: 2/24/2021 8:20:49 PM EDT

[#2]

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I like how more and more people are catching on now

Posted: 2/24/2021 8:22:18 PM EDT

[#3]

My outdoor range is in the backyard and the private long range range I shoot st occasionally is 10 miles.

Posted: 2/24/2021 8:22:32 PM EDT

[#4]

Only done it once, not a fan. I don't have to drive to the boonies to shoot. I just drive to the house which is in the boonies already.

Posted: 2/24/2021 8:27:59 PM EDT

[#5]

No! Out door is king !

Posted: 2/24/2021 8:44:19 PM EDT

[#6]

Backyard over living room...
I prefer outdoor and I also like the 30 minutes drive as it sort of is great to reflect or occasionally having a good conversation with your kid :-)

Posted: 2/24/2021 8:53:46 PM EDT

[#7]

Backyard range = best range.

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Posted: 2/25/2021 2:07:29 AM EDT

[#8]

Do you happen to be in swfl by any chance?

Posted: 2/25/2021 2:16:35 AM EDT

[#9]

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I don't like shooting high-powered rifles indoors or being near someone else shooting one indoors. The concussion is a lot stronger.

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Bingo. It’s hard to avoid the 7” pistol ARs with the obscene brake on them. Having your body pounded by pressure waves indoors is no fun at all.
I am a member at both indoor and outdoor ranges, and I rarely visit the indoor one anymore.

Posted: 2/25/2021 2:53:03 AM EDT

[#10]

I have to say, outdoor ranges beat indoor ranges on any day, of any week, of any year. And I don't care what the weather is doing (mostly). Training in adverse conditions makes you a better shooter. If you train only when it's sunny and between 65-75 degrees, then you won't know what the fuck to do when it's a bit colder and is raining like hell. Or when it's snowing like crazy, the wind is howling, and it's down in the 20s. Or even if it's just dark as shit outside with no moonlight.

Adversity comes when you least expect it; not when it's nice and sunny outside. If shit goes down, it'll go down at the most inopportune time. It'll be cold, or raining, or really windy, or even dark. If you haven't trained on how to adjust for those variables, then you haven't trained. Have you ever been outside, with your hands hurting because it's so damn cold? Now imagine that, but having to fire a gun (pistol OR rifle). You really can't simulate that at an indoor range. How about when it's hot as fuck and sweat is running down in your eyes? That's when shit will hit the fan.

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:01:10 AM EDT

[#11]

Sometimes I genuinely wonder how many people have never shot their guns past 25 yards.

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:08:03 AM EDT

[#12]

Ummmm.... No.

Indoor and static shooting sucks. If you're sighting in something, then they are ok. I actually like to train and shoot, so moving in the outdoors is better.

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:09:42 AM EDT

[#13]

OP lives in FL bubble.

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:12:50 AM EDT

[#14]

Nope. 300 yrd members only range 15 mins from my house.

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:15:50 AM EDT

[#15]

For shooting pistol I prefer indoor. In Florida it's climate and bug controlled. This is beneficial vindictive or state bird is a mosquito. My indoor ranges around me were open to 10pm pre covid and outdoors close at sunset which sucks in the winter.
Also I can goto in an indoor range and within 5 mins of my house and be home home quickly. My closest outdoor range is 25 miles away and takes 45mins to get there. For my good years that is a lot if time when you go 1 time per week.

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:36:55 AM EDT

[#16]

I feel like part of the western range master race with this thread

Sure I won't be able to set up and blast away at 800 yards where there isn't a human being within earshot

But I have indoor and outdoor within 20min

Indoor is great when it is raining hard/too cold, etc. Outdoor takes away a great deal of the concussion

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:37:02 AM EDT

[#17]

Now I'm not bad mouthing the OP because obviously he's super awesome and everything... but damn, has he ever starter a thread where he wasn't wrong?? I'm starting to think it's not a coincidence or bad luck.

Posted: 2/25/2021 3:52:41 AM EDT

[#18]

I only shoot indoors when I have negligent discharges.

Also OP is very wrong.

Posted: 2/25/2021 5:13:52 AM EDT

[#19]

Your indoor range is better than my 1000yd outdoor range?

Posted: 2/25/2021 5:14:29 AM EDT

[#20]

OP, indoors sucks after you join a private outdoor club. You have the blue skies and open air.
Indoors has that reverberated percussion and bad air quality/ventilation.
Plus we get our own private pistol bay at my outdoor range. No fool newbies shooting next to you.

Posted: 2/25/2021 5:18:42 AM EDT

[#21]

Both have their place.

Posted: 2/25/2021 5:32:36 AM EDT

[#22]

For pistol shooting I far prefer indoor ranges- because you can bring your target in at any time. Great for zeroing your handgun.

For rifle- outdoor ranges by a long shot. One for distance, two because a good chunk of my local indoor ranges don’t allow a larger rifle round than .22lr. That doesn’t do me (or any of us here), any good. Even if they did, none of them are 50 yds long

Posted: 2/25/2021 5:36:22 AM EDT

[#23]

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Indoor for handguns. Outdoor for rifles.

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The short and sweet to the cut of my jib.

Posted: 2/25/2021 5:59:36 AM EDT

[#24]

You must be a city boy. Haha

Posted: 2/25/2021 6:03:52 AM EDT

[#25]

They both have their place but I like outdoors more.

Posted: 2/25/2021 6:21:56 AM EDT

[#26]

Wrong. I love going out to my property out in Rockmart to shoot. Yeah it’s a drive but being out there alone. It’s quiet, relaxing, allows me to focus and I don’t have to worry about some tard shooting themselves or me being stupid with a rental gun. The indoor range I shoot at though is pretty nice. I have a membership which allows me to use the upstairs private range. The membership is expensive which keeps more of the riff raff out. The past few times I’ve gone it has been just me because ammo is like it is. Nobody is really shooting. Still though I prefer shooting outdoors. We got the membership mostly for the Mrs who doesn’t like shooting outdoors.

Posted: 2/25/2021 6:23:54 AM EDT

[#27]

The only benefit of indoor ranges in my mind is their ability to run 24/7/365

Posted: 2/25/2021 6:26:49 AM EDT

[#28]

I guess if you want to just stand there and put holes in paper at less than 25 yards, ok. Boring

Posted: 2/25/2021 6:31:37 AM EDT

[#29]

Wrong on so many levels.

If you have decent outdoor facilities you can draw from holster and engage multiple targets from different distances and you can move while training.

Indoors you are basicly shooting bullseye, better than nothing but not by much.

Posted: 2/25/2021 6:49:39 AM EDT

[#30]

You are 100% wrong in this one. I hate indoor ranges with a passion. Outdoor is better. End of story.

Posted: 2/25/2021 6:55:40 AM EDT

[#31]

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While not universally true, it’s very much so for me and I assume many others, as well.

They usually don’t require a mini-road trip out to the boonies, while outdoor ranges usually do. It’s also nice having the weather be a complete non-issue, and to have easily adjustable distance on the target retrieval system (which also gets rid of the concern over hot/cold ranges).

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Posted: 2/25/2021 7:10:18 AM EDT

[#32]

No, just no.

Posted: 2/25/2021 7:10:48 AM EDT

[#33]

I hate being inside. Especially doing outside stuff.

Posted: 2/25/2021 7:31:48 AM EDT

[#34]

Maybe for some types of handgun shooting but not really for long guns.

Posted: 2/25/2021 9:13:14 AM EDT

[#35]

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Wrong on so many levels.

If you have decent outdoor facilities you can draw from holster and engage multiple targets from different distances and you can move while training.

Indoors you are basically shooting bullseye, better than nothing but not by much.

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That is a flaw of your indoor range, not a feature.

Posted: 2/25/2021 9:15:20 AM EDT

[#36]

I hate, hate, and loathe indoor ranges. Nothing about them is good. Nothing.

Posted: 2/25/2021 9:20:13 AM EDT

[#37]

The Midwest winters aren't looking enough to force me to an indoor range. Fees, their ammo rules/cost, targets, waits, they're brass thief thieves, and worst of all,,,,,,, the clients!
I'd rather wait for a warmish day, and drive out to the gun club, I usually get out once a month in winter, and weekly (if not more) during the other 3 seasons.

Posted: 2/25/2021 9:53:11 AM EDT

[#38]

Outdoor range is so much better. I have 10 acres and have out to 500 yards. No random idiots shooting.

Posted: 2/25/2021 9:57:43 AM EDT

[#39]

God no. Just no.

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:03:08 AM EDT

[#40]

I have nearly unlimited access to several indoor ranges. I can shoot at them for free whenever I feel like it, but still do 90+% of my shooting outside.

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:05:09 AM EDT

[#41]

No. Indoor ranges suck.

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:08:12 AM EDT

[#42]

Indoor ranges are usually crowded, which I dislike.

I much prefer to go to an outdoor range.

For me the only real plus to an indoor range is there aren’t cease fires for checking targets. Seems like at least half the time at an outdoor range there is someone who wants to fuck with targets every 5 minutes.

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:14:55 AM EDT

[#43]

Backyard > outdoor private club > all others
This is at my club, my backyard range is only 50yd

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:17:09 AM EDT

[#44]

So you basically only shoot pistols?

Or rifles at really short ranges?

I wont hate on indoor ranges completely as its a nice place for certain times with pistol cal stuff

But I feel its a waste for shooting rifle beyond function checking

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:20:07 AM EDT

[#45]

I enjoy taking new shooters to the range - the outdoor range that I belong to has 25 yard pistol bays that you have all to your self.

I can take up to four guest - no paper work - no sign in - no range marshal bob messing with you...

Do not have any of the blast outdoors like you do indoors. Always the yahoo in the lane next door blasting away with a 44 mag....

The outdoor range is open 24/7/356

So I understand that the indoor ranges have their place - just not for me...

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Posted: 2/25/2021 10:31:52 AM EDT

[#46]

Does shooting from inside my heated barn count? I can get out to 350 yards shooting out the window

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:33:32 AM EDT

[#47]

It's best having your own outdoor range

Posted: 2/25/2021 10:37:14 AM EDT

[#48]

Indoor has a few advantages with climate control and it’s easier to check your targets and to run them out without calling a cold range.

That’s it.

Generally, indoor ranges suck and I much prefer outdoor especially for rifle. Much more relaxing. Indoor is okay for a quick handgun or 22 session.