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IA, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2017 1:04:57 PM EDT
I was just curious how far many of you drive to find a decent range that allows you to shoot more then 200 yards. Or how far would you be willing to drive to get to a range with targets at say 500-1000 yards? I'm currently thinking about building a Grendel but don't have a place to shoot it within a few hours drive. Not saying I don't have plenty of places I could shoot up to 200 yards but none have anything more then that. I guess I'm just curious what some of you guys drive to find a longer range range!
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2017 1:30:19 PM EDT
[#1]
200 yards around here is tough, I drive 30 miles or 45 minutes for a formal range. My wife's family has land in OK, and while they think I'm crazy for doing so, I have a couple 500+ targets set up there, it's a 3 hour drive.
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FL, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2017 2:41:09 PM EDT
[Last Edit: Reorx]
[#2]
I have a 300 yard range about 20 minutes away and a 1,000 yard range about an hour away... and another 1 or 2 1,000 yard ranges within a 2.5 hour drive distance... To be fair, the 1,000 yard range about an hour away is not open to the public - it's private property. The nearest 1,000 yard public range is @ ~2.5 hours out from me.
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Posted: 6/8/2017 4:48:12 PM EDT
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I have a 400 yard range local but a club opened last year out to 1020 yards in MA. It's about a 1:45 drive but worth it. You just got to plan the day and go for the whole day. I can do short range stuff at home and then when I need to test loads or want practice I go for the day to the range in MA.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2017 4:57:59 PM EDT
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The range that I use goes out to 1300yds. Drive is 2:45-3:00hrs. I plan to go at least once every other month if not more, and spend the whole day there. I usually leave out early in the morning and take 2-3 rifles to practice with to make the drive worth it.
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USA
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Posted: 6/8/2017 4:59:23 PM EDT
[#5]
The range I go to that's 850 is a little over an hour
I make a day of it |
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Posted: 6/8/2017 5:12:06 PM EDT
[#6]
I have multiple 400-600 yard ranges within 20-30 minutes that have an annual membership fee of $50-$100. That's what works for me.
It's 2-3 hrs to get to the closest range that I'm aware of that goes any longer. My skills at shorter ranges still need improvement, so I haven't looked into beyond that. |
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Posted: 6/8/2017 5:14:16 PM EDT
[#7]
3-4 hours (and an overnight campout) for 1000 yards.
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Posted: 6/8/2017 5:20:09 PM EDT
[#8]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Desert_AIP:
3-4 hours (and an overnight campout) for 1000 yards. We have the Marksmanship Training Center in Northern Michigan, near Cadillac. 1000-yard UKD popup range. About three hours away. Heck, I'd ride my fucking bicycle there if I had to. |
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Posted: 6/8/2017 5:59:33 PM EDT
[#9]
I drive about 50 mins to get to my 0-600 yard range.
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Posted: 6/8/2017 8:11:49 PM EDT
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My club is 7.5 miles from my house. The rifle range has backstops, plates and target frames at 25, 50, 75, 100, 200, 300 and 400yds. The pistol range has 3 plate racks at 0 to 25yds, 1 "practice" lane out to 25yds and a 30 lane range out to 50yds with turning frames at 25yds. It also has one trap and one skeet range.
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IA, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2017 9:37:20 PM EDT
[#11]
So clearly some people are more fortunate then others! :) bad part about Iowa is that it's 99% farmland so it's hard to find a longer place to shoot once everything is planted.
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CO, USA
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Posted: 6/8/2017 10:41:41 PM EDT
[#12]
1.5 hours each way and $20 entrance for 1,000yd range. Can do a shorter range in 45 minutes but it's some off roading.
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Posted: 6/9/2017 12:33:47 PM EDT
[Last Edit: sbl23]
[#13]
8 hour drive - 4 day camping trip
ETA: 20 min from a 600yd range. |
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MO, USA
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Posted: 6/9/2017 12:36:32 PM EDT
[#14]
I'm less than 10 minutes away from a 600 yard range. Before I moved it was 25 minutes to a 200 yard range.
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NV, USA
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Posted: 6/9/2017 12:56:42 PM EDT
[#15]
20 miles to the city range for up to 400 yards.
2 miles to blm, 1000yds plus and all by myself and my own targets for a barren hilllside as a backstop. I found a good dirt berm and lay a carpet over it. Some t-posts in the ground at various distances that I hang steel off of.. |
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Posted: 6/9/2017 1:05:52 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By smashedminer:
20 miles to the city range for up to 400 yards. 2 miles to blm, 1000yds plus and all by myself and my own targets for a barren hilllside as a backstop. I found a good dirt berm and lay a carpet over it. Some t-posts in the ground at various distances that I hang steel off of.. I use BCRP. 40 min drive, 1k range. 24hour access 365 for $75. Can't be beat. One of my buddies that used to live here had NVG and suppressors out the wazzoo. We used to call the local PD ahead of time and do a bunch of night shooting. I don't know if I miss him or his toys more since he moved to TX 
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Posted: 6/9/2017 2:29:26 PM EDT
[Last Edit: popnfresh]
[#17]
I have to drive 3.5 hours to shoot over 200yds. I rent a car and get a room the night before, make a mini vacation out of it 8 or 10 times a year.
The range goes to 1062yds, many different plates at several distances, a lot of fun. He also has a course that goes to 1600yds, but you need to use his mule for it and I would need a spotter most likely....I don't like people so a spotters is out LOL. I wouldn't drive more than an hour for 500-600 yards I don't think. The 0- 200yd range I go to every weekend is 40 minutes. I really want to move to southeast AZ for a more friendly LR shooting situation. |
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Posted: 6/9/2017 2:32:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: popnfresh]
[#18]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By smashedminer:
2 miles to blm, 1000yds plus and all by myself and my own targets for a barren hilllside as a backstop. |
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Posted: 6/9/2017 7:17:55 PM EDT
[Last Edit: HighpowerRifleBrony]
[#19]
Closest midrange is the OKC Gun Club 2.5hrs away. Everywhere else is 5+hrs in each direction.
I go maybe 2-3 times per year. |
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Posted: 6/10/2017 2:40:46 AM EDT
[Last Edit: GSL]
[#20]
Takes me thirty minutes to ten minutes, depends on where I want to go shooting that day.
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IA, USA
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Posted: 6/10/2017 11:28:58 AM EDT
[#21]
So just curious then for some of you that have a good long range range fairly close... if that went away how far would you be willing to drive?
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Posted: 6/10/2017 11:49:34 AM EDT
[#22]
I'd move then to someplace closer.
The places I shoot at are not established on the grid spots either. |
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Posted: 6/10/2017 11:52:20 AM EDT
[#23]
I drive 62 miles to shoot out to 650-700.
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Posted: 6/10/2017 12:28:03 PM EDT
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Local gun club has steel out to 1250 and is 15 minutes away. The private range I typically shoot at is 25 minutes away. I have paper at 50, 100, and 200. Steel at 200, 300, 400, 500, 800. I can set up targets as far as I want out to a mile or so.
It pays to live in a flat state with no trees. 
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Posted: 6/11/2017 8:42:24 AM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By intheburbs:
This. We have the Marksmanship Training Center in Northern Michigan, near Cadillac. 1000-yard UKD popup range. About three hours away. Heck, I'd ride my fucking bicycle there if I had to. 
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Posted: 6/12/2017 6:26:51 PM EDT
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My club is 40 minutes to shoot to 300 which is just enough to do some decent match practice, but I drive 90 minutes to do 1760, and 1020 and two different ranges.
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TX, USA
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Posted: 6/13/2017 10:17:24 PM EDT
[#27]
You might be surprised what is out there. I just found out about a 600 yard local, (45 minutes without traffic factored in) range. Lone Star Gun Club in Mesquite. I have never found it on my many Google search binges.
I see people at ranges mention other ranges that open and get shut down before I get chance to shoot there. It amazes me how bullets turn 120° from the firing line and hit houses a mile away from a range.  Other places advertise on line, take payments for membership, and don't even exist..... yet???
I will be happy during what I thought was a long drive to shoot this weekend. I might get a weekday off for a shooting day  .
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PA, USA
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Posted: 6/13/2017 11:05:47 PM EDT
[#28]
Currently travel 1:15 to shoot to 1050 yards.
At prior residence, traveled 45 min to get to 550 yard range and 3 hours to get to the 1050 range. |
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CA, USA
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Posted: 6/15/2017 3:25:22 PM EDT
[#29]
Every weekend, 2.5 hours each way to load test, practice, plink, whatever at a non-public range (have to be a member, have a key, very limited membership). I have a 100yrd range less than 2 miles from me but it's public and crowded as hell with only paper targets. I can sit and wait for a lane for 2 hours and have only 100yrds, paper targets and never get to rapid fire or stand or I can drive for the same amount of time and have the whole place to myself from 10yrds to 1400yrds.
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Posted: 6/15/2017 3:37:41 PM EDT
[#30]
5 minutes to get the gun, ammo and target cam loaded on the Mule.
5 minute drive into the bottom. 5 minutes to set up. Benches at 50, 100, 200, 300, and 350. Shooting in 20. this is from the 200 yd. line.  Attached File |
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Posted: 6/17/2017 3:39:54 AM EDT
[#31]
Ehhh 7 minute drive I can shoot 1300 yards plus.
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NM, USA
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Posted: 7/15/2017 7:19:52 PM EDT
[Last Edit: haveTwo]
[#32]
About 1 hour, 15 minutes to the private range that goes to 900 for steel targets. 1k for f-class class range.
That's about 65 miles. A bit farther, but similar time for a BLM area, make sure I go deep into the area to avoid most others. There is another area a shoot mostly shorter distances, but I can shoot in some varied terrain, and the travel time depends on how bad the trail/river bed is. But I only go there if I really want to get some of roading in. Bring water, food, shovel, come along event for sure. If possible, find a friend with a winch.
Oh, and I'm doing three days straight at the range or BLM area next week. If I take her shooting, the girlfriend lets me spend the night, and it's a shorter drive by about 30 minutes for all three. I don't tell her that's the only reason I'm with her.
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Posted: 7/15/2017 7:22:06 PM EDT
[#33]
300 yard range is about 1 mile from my house. I can hear when others are at the range shooting, so when it goes quiet I know its a good time for me to head over.
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Posted: 7/15/2017 8:03:48 PM EDT
[#34]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By gsc0527:
200 yards around here is tough, I drive 30 miles or 45 minutes for a formal range. My wife's family has land in OK, and while they think I'm crazy for doing so, I have a couple 500+ targets set up there, it's a 3 hour drive. |
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WI, USA
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Posted: 7/16/2017 8:45:39 PM EDT
[#35]
5 minutes to private club with 0-100 yd rifle range, 0-600 yd rifle range, 0-75 yd pistol, 0-75 yd 22, skeet and trap. Fees went up to $45/year, but bought lifetime membership years ago.
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Posted: 7/17/2017 9:50:16 AM EDT
[#36]
I'm lucky with several pieces of family land between 5 and 20 minutes away that I can shoot anywhere from 0-1600 yards.
The closest public range to me is about 1.5 hour drive, never been though. There is also a place that holds monthly benchrest and belly benchrest matches that's about 1hr away. That got old quick though. |
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Posted: 7/17/2017 6:33:52 PM EDT
[#37]
My closest range offers only up to 200 yards. A friend invited me to a 1000 yard range about 1 1/2 hours. My 1st time shooting that far. Friggin awesome. Finally got to stretch out my 338LM. Shot my 308 too. Both banging steel at 1000 yards. Worth the drive!
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Posted: 7/19/2017 9:43:41 AM EDT
[#38]
600 yard range 10 mins from my house. But it's public and not the absolute best.
For a club, I would only be willing to drive under 2 hrs. I used to be a member of a club that was an hour away with 1000 yard range. But then I have to move to Shitsville |
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FL, USA
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Posted: 8/8/2017 8:03:00 AM EDT
[#39]
3:15 drive for 1000y range. Driving this distance for a longer range isn't as uncommon as I thought reading this thread.
The odd thing is it's a 3 hour drive of driving through huge open cow fields for 3 hours straight before getting to the 1000y range, tons of open land it's just all owned by somebody else. |
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Posted: 8/8/2017 8:24:29 AM EDT
[#40]
I use to drive an hour to a range that had a 225 yard single bench.
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Posted: 8/8/2017 9:41:40 AM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By FiveToOne:
3:15 drive for 1000y range. Driving this distance for a longer range isn't as uncommon as I thought reading this thread. The odd thing is it's a 3 hour drive of driving through huge open cow fields for 3 hours straight before getting to the 1000y range, tons of open land it's just all owned by somebody else. |
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Posted: 8/8/2017 3:25:43 PM EDT
[#42]
My primary range in the 2000s was only 30 min away. 200 meters max. Running water. Real bathrooms. Staffed kitchen with breakfast menu and lunch menu on the weekends in the A/C'ed clubhouse. Great placed until they f'ed it all up and it shutdown.
My current primary range is 40 min away, and it is 100 yards. The 'longer' range portion of the facility technically goes to 200 to 300 depending on how early you get to the range and you can lock off all the bays you're going to have to shoot over. My secondary range is a solid 1.5 hours away and that goes to 600 yards. My other 'ranges' are 1 hour away on MCB Camp Pendleton, but are only usable when the club holds matches. |
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Posted: 8/8/2017 5:41:07 PM EDT
[#43]
This thread has really made me realize just how pointless it is for me to buy a 6.5 of some flavor or something like a 338LM as I don't want to drive for over an hour to get past 600yds. I will just be happy with my 200yd range 15min away and the 600yd range 30min away and keep shooting my 308Win.
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Posted: 8/8/2017 9:58:13 PM EDT
[#44]
Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Sajer:
I use to drive an hour to a range that had a 225 yard single bench. |
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OH, USA
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Posted: 8/9/2017 7:47:22 PM EDT
[#45]
I go to a 300yd range 25 min away at a local gun club $40/yr. there is an excellent 1000yd range that military arms channel uses about 2 hr away ~$400/yr. there is a long range 1000+, i think 1 mile about 2.5-3hr away and you can pay by the day. I want to try iy, but I haven't had the time. 5+ hr driving, + a meal, gas, enough ammo to justify the trip, and a couple hours at the range.
An entire day and $150+ to put holes in paper? I like shooting, but I'll probably just keep shooting close to home, unless I find a friend who shoots long range. Make the trip more fun, take turns driving, etc. I just need to get ahold of an old classmate that farms about 5000acres. |
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Posted: 8/9/2017 10:17:04 PM EDT
[Last Edit: BigHunt]
[#46]
I was just on our family farm of 160 acres today. An hour's drive away. Instead of it being 1/2 mile wide each way it is actually four 40 acre parcels laid into end making the entire field exactly 1 mile long with a big hill at the end of the field for a perfect backstop.
I have been intending to order a few steel targets and set up an extended long-range shooting stand there for a long time. Seeing how fortunate I am to have such a wide open space available in southern Missouri in the hills makes me definitely want to get this project going. I just always assumed that long-range shooting ranges were common especially down in Texas or out west where there is lots of public land available. I guess that is the one thing we have going for us down in southern Missouri vast expanses of undeveloped land . But most of it is covered in trees and long distance shots are not common at all. |
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UT, USA
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Posted: 8/10/2017 4:01:23 AM EDT
[#47]
I'm lucky there is a shooting range that's 45 minutes away that has various sized steel targets from 150 yards to 1000 yards. The drive out to the desert is a little bit longer. It's a hour drive to my shooting spot but I can put targets out past a mile if I wanted to. There's also another range that has steel targets out to 800 yards that's a 35 minute drive. I have shot to 1000 yards almost every weekend the past few months.
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GA, USA
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Posted: 8/10/2017 5:10:09 AM EDT
[#48]
Originally Posted By Irbuffington:
I was just curious how far many of you drive to find a decent range that allows you to shoot more then 200 yards. Or how far would you be willing to drive to get to a range with targets at say 500-1000 yards? I'm currently thinking about building a Grendel but don't have a place to shoot it within a few hours drive. Not saying I don't have plenty of places I could shoot up to 200 yards but none have anything more then that. I guess I'm just curious what some of you guys drive to find a longer range range! Half mile |
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USA
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Posted: 10/28/2017 11:04:52 PM EDT
[#49]
19 mile drive to private membership range. 100, 200, 300, 500, 600, 750, 1000 and 1250yds. Future expansion to 2000yds soon.
Also has tactical pistol bays, tactical carbine bay, wobble trap and even archery if you want to go stealth. |
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Posted: 10/29/2017 7:24:27 AM EDT
[#50]
I keep the pipe line right away mowed across the back of the property. It's about 600 yards. If I want to go further I have to mow and move cows. I don't like people either so it's easier to own land. Popnfresh Hancock insurance is talking about selling some of their clear cut land. Rumor is $350-500 an acre. It be a bitch to keep the brush beat back. But they have parcels from McCurtain Co north through Leflore. But the bad part is most is rolling mountain land where you would have to shoot across valleys.
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