List of Indiana Shooting Ranges

[Cemetery-man]

Originally Posted by mdemetz

Their range will be closed 7/4-712 for remodeling. Also the Elkhart location(where the range is) is closed on Sundays for the Summer, except on 6/27 for the sale.

When is the best time to go there to avoid large crowds and not have to wait for a lane?

[mdemetz]

Originally Posted by Cemetery-man

When is the best time to go there to avoid large crowds and not have to wait for a lane?

(Midwest Gun Range)

Not sure. I do know Sunday and Tuesday is ladies day(shoot for free).
They also now have something going on Monday and Thursday evenings.

I went there Saturday(10/31) around 4:30. Only 2 or 3 other shooters.

[mavisky]

Fort Wayne has a couple

H&H Firearms on Coliseum is an indoor pistol range and maybe small caliber rifle

Isaak Walton on the NE side of town has rifle, pistol, and traps

In Garret there's a small one at the interstion os US-8 and IN-327. Never been there though.

[LINEOFDEFENSE]

Willow Slough in Morocco is not bad. Its free, clean, and have covered shooting tables.

[LINEOFDEFENSE]

Oh ya, forgot to say that they now have hours of operation. If my memory serves correctly they are closed on Mondays.

[4PWW9]

Here's one for the list, membership required but none better in North East Indiana.
Click the Link:
Young's Longshot Range, Inc.

[All_Clear]

Where would you guys recommend we go around the Indy area. I'm actually in Avon, IN but will travel to a good range that rents guns to shoot. Please don't say Dons guns

I'd like to take my wife to shoot durring an afternoon but we'd like to try out a few different guns.

PM me if you don't mind.


Thanks
Smitty

[AverageMidwest]

1. Pop Guns at Washington & Post rents guns to shoot on their range, though on Saturdays I'd recommend getting there by 10:30 am if you don't want to wait for an hour. Indoor range is nothing special, handguns & 22 rifles only and some of the shooters aren't what I'd call safety-oriented. But they do rent 1911s, Glocks, revolvers, 22 automatics, etc.

2. Been to Atterbury outdoor range - very nice. 7, 15, 25, 50 and 100 yard ranges, 30 lanes or so and as far as I could tell if you can carry it to a lane you can shoot it tho I didn't see any rocket launchers . NRA qualified range officer, shoot house with ammo and targets for sale, etc. If I recall right, it's $15.00 per person - shoot for 20 minutes, cease fire for 5-10 minutes with no touching of unloaded weapons and open actions so people can retrieve targets and place new ones, shoot 20 more minutes, etc. Of course if you can't shoot and hit one of the concrete baffles that are about 15 feet off the ground it costs $65! Also have separate trap & skeet range. Training, scheduled events, blah blah....see

www.atterburyshootingrange.com

3. Wyatt's in Cicero is ALMOST finished with their indoor range (March?) which is going to be one of the nicest indoor ranges around, or so I hear.

4. Most places around here aren't free - no big surprise, hard to find free ranges just like it's hard to find free lunch/gas/beer/etc. It costs money to repair damage caused by idiots, clean up brass, ammo boxes, targets, coffee cups, soda cans and all that, plus private ranges are carrying liability insurance costs out the wazoo. That's life in Indiana in the 21st century.

[All_Clear]

Originally Posted by AverageMidwest

1. Pop Guns at Washington & Post rents guns to shoot on their range, though on Saturdays I'd recommend getting there by 10:30 am if you don't want to wait for an hour.

Hey thanks, I've never been there. I'll have to check it out. Thanks again.




Smitty

[John A.]

Any 1000 yard public ranges out there?