Range near Goddard?

lonebrave · Jan 25, 2015

Does anyone know who uses the range here? I've seen signs posted at the gravel road entrance off Soil Conservation Rd about "Police Training In Progress". From the satellite image, it looks like there might be a couple ranges.

Scottysan · Jan 25, 2015

Goddard used to have an on-base rifle club, don't know if that is still running

Bolts Rock · Jan 25, 2015

That would be the BARC range. Supposedly BARC has a club that can use it but primarily it is LEO only.

K31 · Jan 25, 2015

Scottysan said:
Goddard used to have an on-base rifle club, don't know if that is still running

Nope, got closed as soon as they finshed improvements to it. Is now used for guard training.

ken792 · Jan 25, 2015

I'm not sure which range exactly it is, but my friend's parents who are physicists at Goddard tell me that they hear gunshots from federal LE training now and then. Apparently the FBI and ATF train there. The ATF does have a field office in Greenbelt, so it would make sense. Back in high school, my friend's brother lit off a string of firecrackers inside his own locker. The ATF was at the school (in Greenbelt) immediately, just about when local police arrived.

Scottysan said:
Goddard used to have an on-base rifle club, don't know if that is still running

The club still exists, but they don't shoot on the campus range anymore. They're a part of AGC now.

http://www.goddardgunclub.org/cmps_index.php

Mark75H · Jan 25, 2015

Isn't the Secret Service training place way back behind BARC ... probably too far to hear from Goddard at least most of the time

Bolts Rock · Jan 25, 2015

K31 said:
Nope, got closed as soon as they finshed improvements to it. Is now used for guard training.

Incorrect, there is now a building where the range used to be on GSFC. The security twinks train at the BARC range.

Mark75H said:
Isn't the Secret Service training place way back behind BARC ... probably too far to hear from Goddard at least most of the time

Correct and different range.

Biff_N · Jan 25, 2015

Mark75H said:
Isn't the Secret Service training place way back behind BARC ... probably too far to hear from Goddard at least most of the time

It sure is. Just east of the B/W parkway and north of Power Mill Road. This is just a few miles up Soil Conservation Road from the back side of Goddard.

Depending on the sounds those at Goddard would also hear the shotguns from PG Trap and Skeet on Good Luck Rd.

erwos · Jan 26, 2015

I was gonna say, PGTS is also an option for what you're hearing, depending on where in GSFC you happen to be standing. As others have mentioned, BARC is close by, but you need to work for the USDA to use it.

The closest rifle range to GSFC accessible to the general public is Berwyn Rod and Gun Club, and that's also members only.

Blaster229 · Jan 26, 2015

Biff_N said:
It sure is. Just east of the B/W parkway and north of Power Mill Road. This is just a few miles up Soil Conservation Road from the back side of Goddard.

Depending on the sounds those at Goddard would also hear the shotguns from PG Trap and Skeet on Good Luck Rd.

You can see a portion of their Hogan's alley city from 295 when driving by.

5cary · Jan 26, 2015

It's the "AG Range" (USDA, as mentioned previously). Primarily used for LE qualifications by numerous agencies. Qualified there probably 50 times over the last 15 years.

Biggfoot44 · Jan 26, 2015

The old GSFC gun Club facility was near the Rec Center, and not visable from Soil Conservation Rd.

Back circa late '70s there was a different USDA Gun Club range located to the east of , and accessed from Edmonston Rd, unknown current status. ( Nowhere near the facility linked to in first post.)

psusra112 · Jan 26, 2015

Yep, you tend to hear the AG Range and the Secret Service training ranges from Goddard.

JoeRinMD · Jan 26, 2015

On Goddard, you can definitely hear shotgun sounds coming from Prince Georges Trap and Skeet. If you look at Google Maps, you'll see that it lies just to the northeast of the new alignment for Soil Conservation Rd.

JoeR

Sonofagun · Feb 21, 2015

ken792 said:
I'm not sure which range exactly it is, but my friend's parents who are physicists at Goddard tell me that they hear gunshots from federal LE training now and then. Apparently the FBI and ATF train there. The ATF does have a field office in Greenbelt, so it would make sense. Back in high school, my friend's brother lit off a string of firecrackers inside his own locker. The ATF was at the school (in Greenbelt) immediately, just about when local police arrived.

The club still exists, but they don't shoot on the campus range anymore. They're a part of AGC now.

http://www.goddardgunclub.org/cmps_index.php

While working at BARC different agencies used to come over and "take over" different buildings during training scenarios.

BaltimoreBayside · Feb 28, 2015

Biggfoot44 said:
The old GSFC gun Club facility was near the Rec Center, and not visable from Soil Conservation Rd.

Back circa late '70s there was a different USDA Gun Club range located to the east of , and accessed from Edmonston Rd, unknown current status. ( Nowhere near the facility linked to in first post.)

Yep, I used to be the RSO at that range. Back then we could bring our guns to work, unloaded of course left locked in the vehicle.

I was at that range many times.

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