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Originally posted by captain127:

If you are truly focused on what you are doing, a stray case bouncing off& you shouldn’t even be noticed.

A man of singular focus? I will aspire to be John Wick.


Thee is an outdoor range about an hour away. It’s just not convenient.

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Originally posted by btgoanna:

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Originally posted by fwbulldog:
Went to Red’s indoor range in Austin today.

Have you tried Range USA in Round Rock ?

I found it better ventilated than Reds , and generally cleaner a d better managed when I visited.

I think the partitions were better so less chance of stray casings.

I went there earlier this week. It’s nice. I may become a member there, since it very close to where I work.

Agree it’s a lot cleaner than Red’s. Last time I went to Red’s it was under $15/hour. Now it’s $20.


It’d be cheaper to get the membership at Range USA, and then try to go early or off peak.


Eagle Peak outdoor range is an hour away. I like going there occasionally.

Another complaining about the noise at a gun range thread. SMH. This isn't a golf course where everybody is supposed to be quiet.

I have done a good deal of shooting at indoor ranges that had full power rifle cartridge machine guns and allowed rifles up to just short of a .50 BMG (8100 ft. lb. muzzle energy). You have to learn to focus on your own shooting and "tune out" the other shooters. If you learn to do this you will find yourself not hearing them. It also helps to use the highest noise reduction rating ear muffs you can find; add ear plugs if you wish. Electronic muffs are superfluous because of the near-constant noise. I have also not seen any that have the NRR of the best conventional muffs. You can also try to go during less busy hours, on weekday mornings for example.

The noise, casings and smoke are indeed distractions but should be welcomed as a seasoned shooter.

Targets in RL won't be static, you'll have multiple things going on and having some stress in your indoor shooting isn't the same but it's adding elements for you to overcome.

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Originally posted by egregore:
Another complaining about the noise at a gun range thread. SMH. This isn't a golf course where everybody is supposed to be quiet.

I have done a good deal of shooting at indoor ranges that had full power rifle cartridge machine guns and allowed rifles up to just short of a .50 BMG (8100 ft. lb. muzzle energy). You have to learn to focus on your own shooting and "tune out" the other shooters. If you learn to do this you will find yourself not hearing them. It also helps to use the highest noise reduction rating ear muffs you can find; add ear plugs if you wish. Electronic muffs are superfluous because of the near-constant noise. I have also not seen any that have the NRR of the best conventional muffs. You can also try to go during less busy hours, on weekday mornings for example.

FFS, I guess you didn't even read my post at all?

I don't like shooting in close proximity to strangers, period. I've had too many guns pointed at me and witnessed too much other stupidity to be comfortable in that environment. I also am not a huge fan of shooting indoors, and I agree that it's distracting and the air quality is poor. Our sheriff's dept has an indoor range where we do a lot of training in the winter, and after a few hours down there you can blow your nose and it comes out black.

I'm lucky to be a member of a private club where I can go shoot outside. We don't have a ton of members, and there are a lot of bays so I pretty much can always shoot by myself if I want to shoot outside. I'll happily endure the weather and shoot in the snow or rain rather than go inside.

The only time I will leave is when someone comes in with a short barrel AR with a brake. I used to have one and there’s not much more annoying to me than that.

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Originally posted by sigarms229:
I really try to hit my local indoor range at 10am when they open. They have 12 lanes and typically I'm on the range by myself at that time of day.

This is my typical routine when I shoot indoors, which is 90% of the time. More often than not, I'm the only one shooting at 10am, and I typically only shoot for an hour by the time others arrive. I love shooting at my buddy's private property, basically a 40 acre outdoor shooting range, I have carte blanche access there, but it is 2 1/2- 3 hours away, an all day affair. But it is my very favorite way of shooting.

I don't mind the indoor range noise too much, and yes, I am one of those that might bring an AR/AK rifle or my556xi pistol on rare occasions. But my more common routine is to shoot 9mm and .22LR pistols.

Back when I only had access to an indoor range they had every odd looking person come in some with none safety rules ever taught. Occasionally somebody would come in rent a gun and then do a suicide in a range bay. I just got a hinkey feeling everytime I was there. Last town we lived in before moving here we had a very nice public outdoor range.

Now I have a membership in a private range and nobody is ever there and where I live it’s legal to shoot in my yard since I have 2+ acres. Don’t really have the very long distance for it but I do shoot suppressed 22 into a bunch of 2x4 glued and screws about 8 inches thick and it’s very quiet to not disturb my immediate neighbors.

I rarely shoot indoors these days and wouldn’t say that I feel overwhelmed but definitely have a sensory load. I can usually handle the other handgun fire, but rifles and shotguns indoors is awful. When I am shooting a shotgun or rifle on a range that also has people shooting handguns I will usually warn them before I start shooting. These days, I try to shoot outdoors because I worry about lead even in the best ventilated indoor facilities. When I shoot pistols I’m usually alone in my own pistol bay outside.

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Originally posted by captain127:

Consider it a training opportunity. While understandable that you're trying to work-out some specifics in your shooting, the real world reality is shootings are never in perfect settings and environments, thus you'll need to be more adaptable and flexible. Or, join a private club/range where close proximity and number of users is at a more manageable level.

If you are truly focused on what you are doing, a stray case bouncing off & you shouldn’t even be noticed.
You definitely need to work on not being so easily distracted.

Agree with you.

It is a matter of the mind/concentration.

If something like this distracts you so much then imagine if you were in a real world scenario?

The 5.56 at the indoor range is a little too much for me. The pressure waves really bounce around off all of the concrete.

I work for a multinational company, and have coworkers all over the globe. Since Houston is the epicenter of the oil & gas industry many come to Houston for business trips. 3x this past year I've taken Indian or Nigerian coworkers to the nicest indoor range in the area (it's more of a guntry club). I start them out on my 22 revolver and work them up to 9mm. They've never shot guns before and likely zero opportunity to do so back home. Like many new shooters they're nervous about the experience so the 22 LR helps but the adjacent people shooting rapid fire makes it harder. Once they shoot a few rounds of 9mm, the adjacent shooters seem to bother them less.

I am a member of the Austin Rifle Club, renewing the membership today.

https://austinrifleclub.org/

Yeah full ranges with Master Blasters who hold their firearms in such a way that the brass flings over the dividers is a PIA. I did take the 44 or 357 magnum to the indoor range, either will run off people LOL

Left the indoor several years ago, the number of people they let in, smaller room, shared lanes, newbees and cutting the hours back to close at 7 vs 9 pm was problematic.

Joined an outdoor near me, better managed, cleaner, better RA's since there were none at the indoor facility. Rifle or Pistols plenty of room behind the shooting counter.

I need to get out there too, been a bit and I have a couple of new guns that haven't been tested...

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Originally posted by fwbulldog:
I’ve been trying to work on my fundamentals ....

When working on fundamentals, we’re not trying to prove to ourselves that we can survive Delta selection or, even more fantastic, that someday we’ll have to maintain our focus in the middle of a 1986 Miami-like firefight to the death.

One of the things that good professional instructors understand and practice is that distractions hinder learning, and learning is the whole point of instruction. That’s not to say that we shouldn’t push beyond the basics and challenge ourselves by dealing with distractions, but the basics should come first.
If the point of instruction is, for example, to teach people how to handle and shoot their weapons in the cold and dark, then it’s appropriate to hold sessions in the cold and dark—but only after they have learned the fundamentals of handling and shooting their weapons in good conditions without unnecessary distractions.

If the point of an activity is to make ourselves or others miserable and then give yourself the basis for signaling your virtue by bragging about the experience, fine: make yourselves miserable. But have the sense to understand that neither you nor your victims who haven’t achieved at least some level of mastery of a firearm will benefit as much from the experience as if you had spent the time, effort, and ammunition in nonmiserable conditions.

Most shooters probably don’t have the luxury of practicing and learning under ideal conditions, and must put up with at least some distractions. Being forced to put up with distractions when trying to acquire basic skills, though, doesn’t make that a good thing.

understand OP completely, been there and done that. it's not the noise at the indoor public range that stressed me, it was the constant head on a swivel looking around at young and old experienced and not experienced and seeing bad form/safety concerns.

just wasn't worth the stress so I stopped going. I only shoot now outside on some private land with a bare bones range set up.

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Originally posted by imfrogman:

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Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
Get you something in 44 Magnum and shoot a few rds when you arrive.

The 44 will clear the range out for a bit and give you time to practice.

Or;

Look at the noise as a training aid in that when what your training for goes down things won't be perfect then either.

50ae Desert Eagle. Will have them running for cover every time.

Yeah, I like to start off with a few small arms, but if it gets loud, a Desert Eagle makes it fun.

I like the way you think, The only thing better than a 50AE is two of 'em!

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Originally posted by mr kablammo:
I am a member of the Austin Rifle Club, renewing the membership today.

https://austinrifleclub.org/

So it's $350 to join, and you're required to work there? I suppose that keeps out the riff-raff.

"Notice To New Members For years ARC has had the custom of a workday to work on the range, and to clean up around the range. This workday is always the 2nd Saturday of each month from 8am to 12 noon. All ranges are closed from 8am to noon during that time. The workday is a good way for existing and new members to meet and get to know other member, both existing and new members. It also shows prospective new members what is all involved in making the range run. Effective August 1st, 2017, any new member who joins ARC will be required to work 3 workdays during their 6 month probation. Failure to complete the workdays will result in the probationary member not becoming a member at the end of the probation period. The Director of Maintenance will submit a list of prospective new members who have successfully completed their work days to the full Board of Directors to determine those who move from probation to a full member. If a new member can absolutely not make it to the Saturday workdays, they may work with the Director of Maintenance to work on other alternatives. This is according to the Director’s schedule, not the applicant’s schedule."

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Originally posted by HRK:

Joined an outdoor near me

Which one? I am thinking, maybe look around at alternatives before my current annual membership is up for renewal.

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Originally posted by imfrogman:

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Originally posted by Mustang-PaPa:
Get you something in 44 Magnum and shoot a few rds when you arrive.

The 44 will clear the range out for a bit and give you time to practice.

Or;


Look at the noise as a training aid in that when what your training for goes down things won't be perfect then either.

50ae Desert Eagle. Will have them running for cover every time.

Pfft. 5.56 short barrel pistol with muzzle break. That will have them bleeding out of their eyes and ears.