I didn’t realize that they had closed. That was a good range, especially for pistols.
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I usually go to one of two places. There’s a small range where one can shoot pistols easily. It is maybe 15 minutes from my house, up right near the junction of 635 & Plano. I will go there with my daughter for a quick shoot. She lives west and I south. The other place I go is Texas Gun Experience. It’s a yearly membership but you can shoot all you want - for “free”. It’s up in Grapevine, a bit of a haul for me, but they have nice pistol and rifle ranges. It’s a clean, neat place.
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For training I go to Critical Defense Group. It’s out in the sticks. You get decent live fire training. Mac has been training Tier 1 SpecOps guys for a long time and is a good shooter and thinks through his tactical suggestions. Only issue I have is that he does not allow shoulder holsters on his range, and that’s what I wear the most - by far. So when I go I have to drag out my Milt Sparks holster and use that. It’s really fitted for a double stack pistol (229) but works adequately with my 220 SAS.
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That’s good to know about ETTS. I didn’t know they have so may bays. The range in Terrell only has about 4 20-yard pistol bays. They’ve gotten way more into shooting clays with trap, skeet and sporting clay fields, which I’m sure is a lot of fun, but I’ve never shot clays before and only have pump actions. But if I were into shotgun clay shooting, I’d just join the club less than a mile from my house. They only offer clay shooting, though.
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Yeah, I was disappointed when I found out they closed permanently. It was only 15-20 minutes away from me. Some housing developments had sprung up not too far from them. I’m wondering if that may have had something to do with it. I doubt they’d build housing on their property, though, with all the lead around there.
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I definitely need more training. The training I got from the range I belong to didn’t allow shoulder holsters, either, but that was years ago. They haven’t offered any more training since then. Either way, if there’s a pistol bay open (there are only 4 I believe) you can shoot from any holster. You’re your own range master there.
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You don’t need anything more than a good pump gun. But it does have to be pretty slick to reload and make the second shot. An auto loader would be preferable. Or a double-barrelled.
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Man, I just hate when that happens. We had a range just over the border into Wisconsin that had everything. Then they started building “developments” near by - and then the developments started complaining about the range! Like they didn’t know it was there WAY before their home was built.
There was a hunting preserve a couple friends of mine belonged to (a bit too expensive for me). THEY were smart. They bought a LARGE piece of land, created their hunting preserve in. the middle, then created a “sanctuary” ring around the preserve, so no one could build near them. The sanctuary was protected by law. Clever.
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Well, I would definitely recommend Mac at Critical Defense Group. But he’s out in Greenville, and that’s about an hour east of me, so a haul for you. He has a step system of training, so even though you’ve been shooting, you still start at Handgun 1, go to Handgun 2, then more advanced stuff. I know I learned a lot in Handgun 1, and I was skeptical it would be useful since I have shot for a long time. I have even purchased a day of training for me and the kids. Only my daughter was enthusiastic about going, but all admitted it was both useful and fun. My son-in-law, who had never fired a pistol until he met me, ended up with the fastest time holster to two hits on target at 7 yards. But then later he messed up, to be the ONLY ONE to shoot a hostage instead of the bad guy. We all laughed at that. Kind of an old IPSC target, only steel.
IF anyone is interested, I can put up his contact info, or you can goggle CDG.
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