what is the ratio of you visiting an indoor range to an outdoor one?
I more often go to an indoor range, mostly because I’m spending time with an older relative who loves shooting his big revolvers and cowboy guns somewhere comfortable.
Which do you prefer?
I prefer an outdoor range that lets me shoot around VTAC, similar targets, or something like Texas stars. Bullseying paper from standing is foundational but it gets boring.
How often do you go?
About twice a month.
What does your session routine look like? How long are you there? How many rounds are you putting out a session?
If it’s an indoor range with the relative, it’s about an hour and a half of shooting. Focus on pistols. No real drilling beyond DIY made up dot/corner drill where I rotate between four different targets on the paper. Long guns are only zeroed.
Outdoor ranges I like Texas stars.
I like doing drills inspired by the old Kyle Lamb books. He is both a Green Beret and seems like he likes being lazy. A perfect mentor. The cracked out Youtubers are too intense for me.
I used to do competitions held at ranges using their own rules, which were pretty much open class for weapons, some tacticool score dings, and some wild cards like climbing up a ladder and shooting or dragging a weighted dummy from one point to another and shooting. They always mixed it up.
These days I try to do a jog or a little hike before outdoor range days because I’ve got this (misguided) idea that any drill you can’t do while already fatigued isn’t worth doing.
Any pet peeves about the range(s) you go to?
Everyone has more expensive or cool stuff than me.