88 Tactical Ventures Announces Future Locations in 16 Cities Around the Country

[Refrigerator27]

Saw this on reddit on the Indianapolis page, anyone heard about this? They plan to have a range, store, restaurant, gym, VR area, Outdoor rec area (including Pickle ball), and event area. I can’t find any info of when this would maybe happen. Just looks like they announced several cities they plan to expand into. Could be years away.

Looks to me as if RangeUSA had a baby with Applebee's but LA Fitness was actually the dad. What do you guys think?

88 Tactical & City+Ventures Announce Future Locations in 16 Cities

88 Tactical & City+Ventures Announce Future Locations in 16 Cities Around the Country. 88 Tactical partnered with City+Ventures in 2017.

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[ACC]

I love the concept and hate the name

 

[Tactically Fat]

I love the concept and hate the name

Definitely somewhat....suggestive. Especially coupled with an Eagle in the logo.

 

[Dingleberry]

I love the concept and hate the name

The 88 only means something to white trash prison gangs. Doesn't mean it has the same meaning here.
I mean American Indians wore swastikas long before Nazis made it taboo.

 

[LeftyGunner]

I love the concept and hate the name

Yeah, the name is unfortunate, especially paired with that right-facing eagle.

This same group also faced some controversy for a map they had featured prominently in one of (maybe some of?) their locations. It was a topo map with elevations marked at several peaks. The highest peak in the center of the map was marked with elevation “1488”.

When called out about it, 88 tactical immediately removed the image and claimed it was not intentional, they had simply picked a popular topo map from shutterstock.

The image can, in fact, be found there:

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Was it intentional? Are they trying to dog whistle to racists?

Idk, maybe. The way they responded to the 1488 controversy seems genuine enough, the explanation plausible enough…

…but, the eagle, 88, 1488, these are all well worn neo-nazi tropes, specifically chosen for their plausible deniability when confronted about their meanings.

Its sort of the “let’s go Brandon” or “Black Lives Matter” for racists.

My bet is it’s just meant to troll leftist fear-mongers and drum up publicity, which it seems to be doing pretty well.

 

[erasure]

My bet is it’s just meant to troll leftist fear-mongers and drum up publicity, which it seems to be doing pretty well.

I love the name exactly for this reason.

 

[Ark]

Looks like something way too expensive for the Midwest. I never shoot indoors if I can avoid it.

 

[Refrigerator27]

Looks like something way too expensive for the Midwest. I never shoot indoors if I can avoid it.

This is what I said. A gym membership is $25-$50/month. A range membership is maybe $50/mo. No idea where they are getting the $200/mo figure from.

I will say while I also only try to shoot outdoors, I know people who only exclusively shoot indoors since their only experience is with handguns.

 

[Ark]

This is what I said. A gym membership is $25-$50/month. A range membership is maybe $50/mo. No idea where they are getting the $200/mo figure from.

I will say while I also only try to shoot outdoors, I know people who only exclusively shoot indoors since their only experience is with handguns.

Gym plus unlimited lane time is $125/individual. I guess it would depend on how much you shoot and work out. Still pretty steep for me.

 

[breakingcontact]

Oh, they BOUGIE!

 

[Frosty]

Gym plus unlimited lane time is $125/individual. I guess it would depend on how much you shoot and work out. Still pretty steep for me.

Ouch! I work out at home, can rent a lane nearby for like $7 an hour.

 

[jwamplerusa]

Yeah, the name is unfortunate, especially paired with that right-facing eagle.

This same group also faced some controversy for a map they had featured prominently in one of (maybe some of?) their locations. It was a topo map with elevations marked at several peaks. The highest peak in the center of the map was marked with elevation “1488”.

When called out about it, 88 tactical immediately removed the image and claimed it was not intentional, they had simply picked a popular topo map from shutterstock.

The image can, in fact, be found there:

Topographic Map Stock Vector (Royalty Free) 307215581 | Shutterstock

Find Topographic Map stock images in HD and millions of other royalty-free stock photos, 3D objects, illustrations and vectors in the Shutterstock collection. Thousands of new, high-quality pictures added every day.

www.shutterstock.com

Was it intentional? Are they trying to dog whistle to racists?

Idk, maybe. The way they responded to the 1488 controversy seems genuine enough, the explanation plausible enough…

…but, the eagle, 88, 1488, these are all well worn neo-nazi tropes, specifically chosen for their plausible deniability when confronted about their meanings.

Its sort of the “let’s go Brandon” or “Black Lives Matter” for racists.

My bet is it’s just meant to troll leftist fear-mongers and drum up publicity, which it seems to be doing pretty well.

Man, I'm out of the loop...

 

[LEaSH]

Man, I'm out of the loop...

88 is a reference common to neo nazis: the eighth letter of the alphabet is H. So imagine what HH stands for. You'll see that number tattooed on prison gang members, mostly.

The 14 before the 88? I don't know what AD stands for.

 

[IUKalash429]

Kinda seems like they're packing too many amenities into a single building. "Jack of all trades; master of none."

I don't really like RSOs as it is, and I definitely don't want to deal with some roided-out Chad who's only filling in on range duty because they're short staffed.

 

[ditcherman]

Looks to me as if RangeUSA had a baby with Applebee's but LA Fitness was actually the dad. What do you guys think?

Between this and “roided out chad” this thread has potential.
Keep ‘em coming.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Man, I'm out of the loop...

88 is a reference common to neo nazis: the eighth letter of the alphabet is H. So imagine what HH stands for. You'll see that number tattooed on prison gang members, mostly.

The 14 before the 88? I don't know what AD stands for.

Huh. Learn something new every day. I guess I’m a nazi and didn’t know it.

 

[GodFearinGunTotin]

Gym plus unlimited lane time is $125/individual. I guess it would depend on how much you shoot and work out. Still pretty steep for me.

If this thing were next door to me, I don’t know if I could get $125 worth of use out of it in a month.

 

[Ark]

If this thing were next door to me, I don’t know if I could get $125 worth of use out of it in a month.

If it was next door to me and I could buy 5 months for the winter when most of my daily exercise has to move indoors, maybe. And I didn't have to burn an hour of gas each way to go to an outdoor range.

 

[12many]

88 is a reference common to neo nazis: the eighth letter of the alphabet is H. So imagine what HH stands for. You'll see that number tattooed on prison gang members, mostly.

The 14 before the 88? I don't know what AD stands for.

From the Anti-Defamation league website:

The number is frequently combined with another white supremacist numeric code, 14 (shorthand for the so-called "14 Words" slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children") in the form of 1488, 14/88, 14-88, or 8814.

It should be noted that 88 can be found in non-extremist contexts. The number is used by ham radio operators to mean "hugs" or "hugs and kisses."

 

[Frosty]

From the Anti-Defamation league website:

The number is frequently combined with another white supremacist numeric code, 14 (shorthand for the so-called "14 Words" slogan: "We must secure the existence of our people and a future for white children") in the form of 1488, 14/88, 14-88, or 8814.

It should be noted that 88 can be found in non-extremist contexts. The number is used by ham radio operators to mean "hugs" or "hugs and kisses."

Well I guess this confirms I’m not a white supremacist cause I’ve never heard of any of this crap!