Holidaying in US, any way I can fire at a range/club ?

DublinDes

I am hoping to go to America in a few months, Las Vegas and Arizona. I was wondering, is it possible to say, contact someone in a club out there and be brought along as a guest to a rifle range/club and fire a few rounds ??

I very doubtful about this, but whatever, is there possibly a range ( well a legal one anyway ! ) where foreigners can fire off a few ??

Also if I want to visit a gun shop, obviously I cannot purchase, but just to look around, buy a t shirt whatever, are the gun shop owners ok about it ?

Mellor

There are ranges in the states that allow tourists to take part.
There are quite a few in Vegas.

ironsight

Hello from West Virginia....

No Problem's at all in Vegas,

There are a number of ranges open to the visiting public, most have gun hire available and some will even be in the position to offer full auto UZI or H&K's.

One of the best is "The Gun Store" on East Tropicana, they even have internet offers on their site, sorry dont know the address, but you can look it up.

Ammo is far cheaper here than in Ireland, just kick back have fun and dont blow all your cash in the casino's, wait till you hit the gun stores

Grizzly 45

Ditto AZ.It is a class3 state,if you are in Phoenix go to Shooters World on 28th Ave 25 or 28 thousand range of street numbers.They have an indoor range[or did] where you can shoot.
In Nevada try the Desert Sands gun club outside Vegas.
And YES the US gun store owners are by and large the most friendliest and helpful lot you can imagine.Just bring lodsa money,cos you will have such a "blast" shooting various different guns we will never see here.:D

riflehunter77

DublinDes wrote: »

I am hoping to go to America in a few months, Las Vegas and Arizona. I was wondering, is it possible to say, contact someone in a club out there and be brought along as a guest to a rifle range/club and fire a few rounds ??

I very doubtful about this, but whatever, is there possibly a range ( well a legal one anyway ! ) where foreigners can fire off a few ??

Also if I want to visit a gun shop, obviously I cannot purchase, but just to look around, buy a t shirt whatever, are the gun shop owners ok about it ?

Des try this one its about 5 minutes taxi drive from the strip well from hotel new york new york if you are staying on that side of the strip. Its a great range it has a huge seclection of firearms. All the staff are either currently in the police or armed forces or ex members. The wife and i were in there about 2 years ago very welcoming and a great bit of fun to.

You can pick up t shirts there to with the gun store logo on it .

http://www.thegunstorelasvegas.com/gunrental.html

firefly08

It's a pity you're not going to Indiana; you could have visited this guy, if you dare...

http://ie.youtube.com/watch?v=ynCsFZ3AS3E

He's something of a YouTube legend now!

Kryten

Try Caswell shooting club in Mesa Arizona. I was a member there. Found them very friendly. The might even have a website so google it. They are located in a suburb of Pheonix.

macnas

I visited the The Gun Store in Vegas about 10 days ago, had a goo on me to fire a Thompson. $50 for any full auto + 50 rounds of ammo. You could fire a few $100, three gun packages too.

Had a look around the store aswell,you could buy anything from a .22 pistol to .50 Barrett ($10,000).

Overheard a husband and wife conversation at the counter, she's pleading with him, 'I don't want a revolver, I don't need a revolver'. You have to love Nevada gun laws.

WooPeeA

I don't think Arizona has any restrictions on guns at all.. 2,5 gun/person is an average there. Highest in the US as I know.

Grizzly 45

It has a few restrictions all right.Mostly about concealed carry.It's ASFIK Louisanna or Texas that has the highest capacity gun owners per head.

dimebag249

Sorry to hijack, going to Prague in a few weeks and want to fire lots of big guns. Thinking about booking these guys, but it's kinda expensive and they don't have machine guns.

http://www.topguntours.co.uk/shooting-prague.html

Anyone know where I can have some reasonably priced full-auto family fun near Prague? Also, any big gun shops where English is spoken? Hoping I can trick out the auld CZ 452 on the cheap. Thanks.

WooPeeA

dimebag249 wrote: »

Sorry to hijack, going to Prague in a few weeks and want to fire lots of big guns. Thinking about booking these guys, but it's kinda expensive and they don't have machine guns.

http://www.topguntours.co.uk/shooting-prague.html

Anyone know where I can have some reasonably priced full-auto family fun near Prague? Also, any big gun shops where English is spoken? Hoping I can trick out the auld CZ 452 on the cheap. Thanks.

Oh yeah, Czech is great place for shooting as I heard.

Grizzly 45

Mate of mine went tothe Prauge top gun tours last year.Yes they do have full auto stuff.The ammo costs alot.
Ask in Top Gun about what you need in bits,they are an all right bunch apprently,and will point you in the right direction.

dimebag249

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

Mate of mine went tothe Prauge top gun tours last year.Yes they do have full auto stuff.The ammo costs alot.
Ask in Top Gun about what you need in bits,they are an all right bunch apprently,and will point you in the right direction.

Thanks a million Grizzly, the website says the full-auto is in Nevada only, but I was thinkin that didn't make sense. Feck, it, ammo's pricey enough over here anyway. So long as it's comin out the barrel of an ak47 I won't mind paying for it.

Grizzly 45

Unless that has changed within the last12 months that they got rid of FA..But do give us an after action report when you get back.:D

Heckler

Went to a store with a range out the back while in Vegas donkeys years ago. Had never held or fired a gun before and was very surprised when they practically handed me a (dreaded) Glock with almost no instruction, showed me and a buddy (think he picked a revolver) into the backroom range and left us there with no supervision to deal with jams and the lot. All we had to do was pay the money and handover our passports. Gotta admit I was a bit terrified but enjoyed it after the first 10 shots.

On the way back out I spotted an mp5 on the wall and figured I'd have a go. Got supervision with this one. The instructor hung the man-shaped target upside down so in my stupidity I pointed out his mistake Thats because he says everyone aims for the head, can't control the muzzle lift and shoots the crap out of the ceiling. Then after firing off the first mag I turned to the instructor to get the second with the gun still raised in the firing position.:eek: Cue a very hasty hand shooting up to deflect the muzzle downrange !


Sorry. That went very OT. Point is there is no problem renting and shooting guns in Vegas !! Going mad I didn't have a go offa the thompson.........

m5ex9oqjawdg2i

You need to go here for the following reasons:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4f7wTMnWbqQ

WooPeeA

Connor Chilly Infantryman wrote: »

You need to go here for the following reasons:

That's awesome!!

Grizzly 45

+1 Full Auto Truely a wealthy mans pastime:).

WooPeeA

Yeah.. I wonder how much this pleasure cost including all those pumpkins.. :rolleyes:

Grizzly 45

Cheapest gun to run there was the silenced Ruger .22pistol.
$200 transfer tax from BATFE plus cost of the can.
Cheapest full auto gun is still a STEN MK 2 or3. Good ones cost around $3.5K plus transfer tax.After that well that depends on how much money you have in the bank,and how quick do you want to be rid of it. Top dollar there would have been the mini gun[appx $20K] or the quad 50cal set up.
Add in your ammo,for those by the crate load and sse how much you have left at the end of the week.:eek:
One lad over in the US has a Bofors anti aircraft gun at these shoots.He was paying back in the late 1980s somthing like $50per ROUND!If he could get them.Wonder how much it costs him nowadays for this fun??

Manic Moran

Grizzly 45 wrote: »

One lad over in the US has a Bofors anti aircraft gun at these shoots.He was paying back in the late 1980s somthing like $50per ROUND!If he could get them.Wonder how much it costs him nowadays for this fun??

90mm, 76mm and 57mm anti-tank guns are not overly uncommon. I've a buddy who owns four fully functional M5 tanks, he basically reloads the 37mm shells. Of course, solid shot only. Making an explosive shell falls afoul of the 1934 NFA and results in a $200-per-round tax.

However, artillery shoots are usually in Colorado or Wyoming.

I've been to Knob Creek, though... it's right next to Fort Knox. See my 'Redneck Shooting' thread.
http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055264722&highlight=redneck

NTM

NTM

Rovi

I knew there was thread I'd meant to reply to!

Anyhow, for what it's worth, the locals don't rate The Gun Store at all, regarding it as a tourist trap whose main aim is to relieve out-of-towners of whatever money the casinos haven't already.
Certainly, the one and only time I looked in, the punters appeared to be being queued up and shifted through as quickly as possible.

I can personally recommend Discount Firearms as a friendly and relaxed place, with a fine selection of goodies to play with.

Also well regarded by the locals, although I haven't been there myself, is the Las Vegas Gun Range & Firearms Center.

jjmcnulty

Hi guys,

Dose any one know of any ranges in new york (city) that allow random punters like myself in off the street?just want to kill some time while her self dose the whole shopping thing.

Cheers,
J

Rovi

jjmcnulty wrote: »

Hi guys,

Dose any one know of any ranges in new york (city) that allow random punters like myself in off the street?just want to kill some time while her self dose the whole shopping thing.

Cheers,
J

There have been a couple of threads over the years about 'walk-in' ranges on the East Coast U.S.:
Gun range in New York or Boston
shooting ranges in boston

I don't know if anyone ever came up with a place in New York City though.

This might be a good place to start looking:
http://www.wheretoshoot.org/

Grizzly 45

ASFIK there isnt one in the NYC area of Manhattan,Brooklyn,Harlem,Queens,the Bronx,Staten Island.
Courtsey of NYC being a "gun free" city.:rolleyes:You need to go to Upstate New York or south to New Joisey for any shooting ranges.

Rovi

Sticking a Times Square ZIP code (10036) into this:
http://www.wheretoshoot.org/
...and setting the search range to 5 miles and 'Rentals' returns 3 hits.
Setting it to 10 miles returns 10 hits.

This place:
http://www.westsidepistolrange.com/
...on 20 West 20th Street is 1.2 miles from Times Square, allegedly.
Non-members can rent .22 and 9mm rifles, but,:
"Assorted handguns are available for rental for those who have a valid NYC handgun permit."

Grizzly 45

Cheers Rovi.It obviously improved since I was there last time.:)
Good luck getting a NYC firearms liscense though.Hens teeth are apprently more common.