Practical Shooting Range Business

[Pekka]

Or do you call it tactical?

Anyway, I just had an idea of building this nice range (I won't bother you with my crappy PSP skills). We'd have falling targets and solid targets, and weapons from handguns to assault rifles. There would also be moving targets, as there would be defensive shooting range also (you'll be in foxholes and start shooting with your buddies to different kind of targets).

There would be mandatory safety lessons before letting anyone enter.. the usual safety procedures.

Now, is there any state that would allow this kind of business for lets say.. a guy like me to put up?
There would be guns acquired and all, so I think we'd need to have lots of permits. Are there states that are not very uptight about giving those permits?

It would be for serious folks who want to train and keep their skills, people who want to learn tactical shooting, and maybe for fun. Also there could be a range for 100% fun, like flag games for paint guns...

Anyone interested getting in business?? .

[Dis]

uhh, are you going to be using real bullets? That's a liability suit waiting to happen.

[Kramerman]

Two words

tex as



and yes many permits will be needed. and by signing release forms, liabilty suits would be all but nullified

[Pekka]

Of course real bullets. That's the whole idea. There shoudln't be much of problems, after mandatory safety and shooting lessons, and good instructions, there is only one person allowed in the range anyway. Otherwise it's suit waiting to happen . If someone shoots themselves inside the range, well that's Darwinism. The instructions did cover how you are supposed to carry your gun, how to point it, how to handle it. If you accidentally shoot yourself, it means you broke the rules.

[Dis]

how to clean up all that lead? I guess like regular shooting ranges. I always wonder how they clean all that crap up

[Pekka]

Kramerman, I figured so, because they're legal even here. Though permits are next to impossible to get . But on positive side, there would be NO legal problems if someone decided to let's say trip and shoot their own brains to the ground. One thing I like about this country.. it's not all bad..

Anyway, I have some concepts how to make a good one.. for serious and for fun looking people. Make it a good business... yeah. Guess where the company parties will be held after bars close down?! Better be in good relations with the rest of the workers I guess.

[Pekka]

Dissident, well, you can't go as freely as you'd think. There is certain route you are supposed to walk and there would be pointed places where you actually do the shooting. We can't let people go wild on the range anyway, that's bye bye permits I guess. Collecting is not a big problem.. There's a job for someone right there!

[Pekka]

There would be also night shooting, you'd get to shoot targets when it's dark with .. what do you call them? Bullets with light? That's a cool experience for people whjo haven't done it, or it's been a long time. That's pretty cool. Maybe.. just maybe even sniper course... that would be pretty awesome.

[Dis]

tracers- that'd be cool

[Pekka]

Yeah tracers.. it's quite beautiful at night.. I mean when you don't have to be in real situation! So it's nice and fun..

Naturally, since when newbies come in the first time they wont' be allowed to start shooting right there, and everyone would have to listen the mandatory basic safety lesson anyway, there'd be a small restaurant too. Nothing fancy.. and a coca cola machine. After hard days shooting, it's coca cola time. I'm telling you it would be cool.

And the sniper course, no you couldn't move with the rifle at all. YOu'd be on your stomach, and shooting targets. Your choice, for newbies easier targets and closer, for hardcore snipers, they'd be falling targets and in longer distances.. Good fun for the whole family.

[Pekka]

I bet it could be really popular, or popular enough to be profitable.. teaching tactical shooting with handguns is good for self defense courses as well. We could get some folks come in 'protect your home and family' theme stuff like that... be prepared.. some crap like that. People will come....

Oops forgot one of the main weapons.. the shotgun .

[Sprayber]

Maybe you could give group discounts so like a whole gang could come in and polish up their tactical skills.

Sounds like if you were serious about that you would need to have your business located a bit out of any large city so that you could provide a large area. Either that or you would have to limit the amount of people on the range at any one time. Is this an indoor thing you are talking about or outdoor. If you came to the south you would do well to change your theme to more of a hunting thing instead of the tactical. I just think you would make more money off of hunters than you wouldbe militia men.

[Kramerman]

not necessarily. Ive heard of a place/course on television that does a very simliar thing to what Pekka is proposing. i dunno how well its doing, but it is basically a bunch of different ranges where they teach all sorts of shooting for just gun enthusiests and 'defense enthusiasts' alike. They have just basic ranges where you can just shoot, as well as tactical ranges (a mock city street with pop up targets) and competetions and stuff to see who can be the most accuarte in the fastest time and stuff.

[Zkribbler]

There's businesses like that here in California. Major clients are Japanese tourists...who like really big guns: 9 m.m. automatic pistols; .44 magnums, that kind of thing.

[General Ludd]

Originally posted by Zkribbler
There's businesses like that here in California. Major clients are Japanese tourists...

I never thought them the type.


With the way they snap off camera shots, I'd hate to see them witha gun.