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jives11
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Greetings,
I'm British and am looking forward to visiting the US in August on vacation with my family.
I was hoping the members of this forum might be able to offer me some advice.
I'd like to take my sons to a range during our visit, and to spend a day shooting. We will be travelling from New York City , spending a few days in Philadelphia, through Baltimore to Washington DC, spending some more days before we fly back.
Probably the most convenient location would somewhere a few hours from Washington, as that is where we will have the most time.
Clearly we will need to find a range that does rental.
We will have ID (Passports, Driving Licences).
My sons are 17 & 19. We have some firearms experience, mostly clay pigeon shooting, my youngest son has had some military rifle training with the UK Air Training Corps.
I think, therefore, it is safe to say we are novices but very safety aware ones. Hence we would need instruction.
As this may be the one and only time we get to shoot handguns for the foreseeable future, I'd like a range where, once satisfied with our conduct, we could fire a few iconic American handguns. Ideally including the Colt 1911A1, some of the larger calibre revolvers from Colt and Smith & Wesson and perhaps a revolver in the style of the single action handguns of the late 19th century.
Quite a wish list I concede, but perhaps other members can suggest somewhere that might be good to contact, or that offers this kind of experience.
I emailed the NRA Range at Fairfax, and , while they were extremely friendly and responded immediately , they don't provide rentals.
They did email me a list of instructors that I could contact, who I could book , can provide firearms for use at the session and use the NRA range. Its certainly an option, but I wonder if there are any other ranges that offer this kind of service that are in the broad area of our visit.
many thanks
Jonathan
I'm British and am looking forward to visiting the US in August on vacation with my family.
I was hoping the members of this forum might be able to offer me some advice.
I'd like to take my sons to a range during our visit, and to spend a day shooting. We will be travelling from New York City , spending a few days in Philadelphia, through Baltimore to Washington DC, spending some more days before we fly back.
Probably the most convenient location would somewhere a few hours from Washington, as that is where we will have the most time.
Clearly we will need to find a range that does rental.
We will have ID (Passports, Driving Licences).
My sons are 17 & 19. We have some firearms experience, mostly clay pigeon shooting, my youngest son has had some military rifle training with the UK Air Training Corps.
I think, therefore, it is safe to say we are novices but very safety aware ones. Hence we would need instruction.
As this may be the one and only time we get to shoot handguns for the foreseeable future, I'd like a range where, once satisfied with our conduct, we could fire a few iconic American handguns. Ideally including the Colt 1911A1, some of the larger calibre revolvers from Colt and Smith & Wesson and perhaps a revolver in the style of the single action handguns of the late 19th century.
Quite a wish list I concede, but perhaps other members can suggest somewhere that might be good to contact, or that offers this kind of experience.
I emailed the NRA Range at Fairfax, and , while they were extremely friendly and responded immediately , they don't provide rentals.
They did email me a list of instructors that I could contact, who I could book , can provide firearms for use at the session and use the NRA range. Its certainly an option, but I wonder if there are any other ranges that offer this kind of service that are in the broad area of our visit.
many thanks
Jonathan
