Blue Ridge Arsenal

Chantilly indoor target range and firearms retailer Blue Ridge Arsenal has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, listing assets of less than $500,000 and liabilities of nearly $1.5 million.
The largest of those liabilities relates to a sister property Blue Ridge operated in Ashland, Virginia, outside of Richmond, which closed in August. There’s an $816,800 disputed judgment for the lease guaranty for that location, according to the Chapter 11 petition, which was filed Feb. 9 in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia.

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kmb said:

Was there last week and noticed a few things.

#1 - it was empty from 5pm to 7pm on a Thursday
#2 - stock was way lower than I've ever seen
#3 - used case was empty
#4 - rental pistols seemed a lot leaner.

Are they going out? Is there a new range around that's taking business? Did they lose a contract?

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rouchna said:

Blue Ridge is one of the worst ranges in northern VA. It is overpriced, dirty, staff is rude, ventilation is awful. I live 3 miles from there and haven't been back since 2013. Elite Shooting Sports or the NRA Range are the only indoor ranges I go to. Personally, I don't feel bad for Blue Ridge.

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aquaman said:

The owner is an Obama Supporter, in 2008 AND 2012. I didn't forget.

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rouchna said:

Blue Ridge is one of the worst ranges in northern VA. It is overpriced, dirty, staff is rude, ventilation is awful. I live 3 miles from there and haven't been back since 2013. Elite Shooting Sports or the NRA Range are the only indoor ranges I go to. Personally, I don't feel bad for Blue Ridge.

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press1280 said:

Other than the ventilation I always liked going there. Of course I've only gone once or twice the last 10 years since I don't live in VA anymore. I remember once it was friggin hot in there.

Too bad. I didn't like the NRA range. Way too picky about every little thing.

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jimbobborg said:

Thursday nights at a range are usually not very crowded. I hit Elite Shooting and the NRA range on weeknights and there are usually very few other shooters there.

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kmb said:

http://www.eliteshootingsports.com/

Here? Little too far from me. Guess I'll go to NRA from Tysons.

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Blaster229 said:

Blue Ridge was a ********. close to one of our field offices, we used it for last minute quals.

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rouchna said:

The last time I was there (2013), they wouldn’t let me shoot my SBR because I had a copy of my approved Form 1 and not the original.

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dontpanic said:

How exactly could I produce the "original", when all I received was a pdf. That's just crazy

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efeng9622 said:

How do you compare it with NRA range ? which one do you like? Thanks.

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Gunbunny said:

Silver Eagle in Ashburn is great, the staff are friendly and some of the NRA RSOs moonlight there.

Blue Ridge Arsenal lost my business when I went in looking for a specific shotgun years ago (probably ten years ago) and when they didn't have what I was looking for, they tried to sell me what they had. That's fair, but I knew what I wanted. Then they said to me "oh, did your husband tell you what to buy?"



I dropped my NRA business card on the counter and told them exactly where the could put their shotguns.

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