Hi All,
I am located in Alexandria, VA and so most of my target shooting is done at the Arlington-Fairfax Izaac Walton League range. This range, with a maximum of 100yds, is a great facility and us NOVA shooters are very lucky that it is available.
I use the A-F IWLA range to do most of my load development. This load development is mostly for my Colorado elk hunts. Since I sometimes encounter shot longer than 100yds on these elk hunts, I like to do a little target shooting at 200yds and 300yds just to check bullet-rifle performance at these longer ranges. However, 200yd and 300yd rifle ranges are quite scarce around NOVA.
I know there are at least one private club in my area (Fairfax Rod and Gun) with longer ranges, but I shoot the longer ranges so infrequently that I hate to pay all the fees to join a club just to shoot one day a year. I also know about the Quantico Shooting Club on the Quantico Marine Corp Base, which has a beautiful shooting range (as you would expect of the USMC), but it has a looong waiting list and I hear that the long-range shooting facility is infrequently open.
I usually drive the 100 or so miles to one of the WMA's in West Virginia with a 200yd range, but it is limited to only 200yds.
Can anyone suggest a location within about 150 miles of NOVA that has both 200yd and 300yd public rifle ranges?
In a worst-case scenario, since I already know of a 200yd public range within a few hours of my house, can anyone recommend a facility that has a 300yd public range?
TIA!
--shinbone
I am located in Alexandria, VA and so most of my target shooting is done at the Arlington-Fairfax Izaac Walton League range. This range, with a maximum of 100yds, is a great facility and us NOVA shooters are very lucky that it is available.
I use the A-F IWLA range to do most of my load development. This load development is mostly for my Colorado elk hunts. Since I sometimes encounter shot longer than 100yds on these elk hunts, I like to do a little target shooting at 200yds and 300yds just to check bullet-rifle performance at these longer ranges. However, 200yd and 300yd rifle ranges are quite scarce around NOVA.
I know there are at least one private club in my area (Fairfax Rod and Gun) with longer ranges, but I shoot the longer ranges so infrequently that I hate to pay all the fees to join a club just to shoot one day a year. I also know about the Quantico Shooting Club on the Quantico Marine Corp Base, which has a beautiful shooting range (as you would expect of the USMC), but it has a looong waiting list and I hear that the long-range shooting facility is infrequently open.
I usually drive the 100 or so miles to one of the WMA's in West Virginia with a 200yd range, but it is limited to only 200yds.
Can anyone suggest a location within about 150 miles of NOVA that has both 200yd and 300yd public rifle ranges?
In a worst-case scenario, since I already know of a 200yd public range within a few hours of my house, can anyone recommend a facility that has a 300yd public range?
TIA!
--shinbone