Moving to Fairfax - Good ranges near?

Kingjamez · Sep 27, 2016

I'm moving to Fairfax next month and am looking for advice on places to shoot. I know the NRA range is close, but it doesn't fit well with what I like to shoot. I'd like to be able to shoot my machine guns and do long range shooting as well. Being able to shoot steel is a big bonus.

Any outdoor, 200 yard+ / MG friendly ranges within an hour of Fairfax? I'm having a hard time finding one.

-Jim

ken792 · Sep 27, 2016

Fairfax Rod & Gun in Manassas. The waiting list is long though.

Mack C-85 · Sep 27, 2016

Alexandria Fairfax IWLA has a beautiful facility in Centreville, no MG's (?) and only 100yds. Took my NRA Instructor class there. Would be a member if it wasn't so far!!!

http://arlingtonfairfax-iwla.org/

Kingjamez · Sep 27, 2016

ken792 said:
Fairfax Rod & Gun in Manassas. The waiting list is long though.

Ouch, it's way to expensive too... AGC has me spoiled.

-Jim

jimbobborg · Sep 27, 2016

http://www.340defense.com/

ken792 · Sep 27, 2016

Kingjamez said:
Ouch, it's way to expensive too... AGC has me spoiled.

-Jim

They have no shortage of people at that price, haha.

jimbobborg · Sep 27, 2016

ken792 said:
They have no shortage of people at that price, haha.

I live not 10 minutes away and the pricing really puts me off.

ken792 · Sep 27, 2016

I just remembered that there's Range 82 in Midland. I believe membership is $300 a year and they have a 200yd range.

I actually still do my outdoor shooting at BCC-IWLA in Poolesville. It's about 35 miles one way from where I am, but that's one mile closer than where I used to live in MD, and with a smaller stretch of 495. It's usually not a problem driving there on Saturday or early Sunday, but the Legion bridge can get real backed up on Sunday at around 11AM. The only downsides of driving there to shoot are that I can't carry, and I can't bring the evil black rifles I picked up in VA.

jimbobborg said:
I live not 10 minutes away and the pricing really puts me off.

I've been meaning to shoot their high power matches but never have time. Even with their pricing, the waiting list can be as long as four years.

Kingjamez · Sep 27, 2016

jimbobborg said:
http://www.340defense.com/

That looks like a good option, google says 59 minutes from the house so it just squeaks in. Thanks!

Kingjamez · Sep 27, 2016

ken792 said:
I just remembered that there's Range 82 in Midland. I believe membership is $300 a year and they have a 200yd range.

Range 82 looked good until I saw no full auto fire for non-law enforcement. :tdown:

-Jim

davsco · Sep 27, 2016

yes check out 340. it's been a few years but was able to shoot full auto and 50bmg there. and they had a buncha steel.

it's further west, but also check out www.peacemakernational.com. pretty sure they allow full auto but definitely check. a bunch of rifle/pistol bays and long range opportunities as well.

rouchna · Sep 27, 2016

I live in Loudoun and shoot at the Cove campground in Gore,VA. It's about an hour drive but usually make a day of it. It's only 100 yards but everything goes. $17/day. They have steel targets but you can also bring your own reactive targets. My daughter and I shot cans of hairspray a few months ago.
Also, I was told by the range officer and one of the owners that they are clearing out some of their land for a 700 yard range. Estimated completion is fall 2017.

Photo of me shooting.

PapiBarcelona · Sep 27, 2016

I drive by 340 defense a lot. Never been in there but it looks like a cool place in a great area.

Stoveman · Sep 28, 2016

I honestly believe you could fire a cannon if you owned one at 340 Defense. That guy is way laid back.....

Kingjamez · Sep 28, 2016

340 and the cove look like great options! Thanks guys! I'm looking forward to living in a free state.

-Jim

spur0701 · Oct 4, 2016

I use Silver Eagle Group in Ashburn, mainly because its close to me, I'm there in 10 or 15 minutes depending on traffic and Costco and the car wash are on the way home......and if I'm in the mood or have a bud with me Old Ox microbrew is a couple of hundred yards away. They have three indoor ranges, two 25 yd and one 50 yd.....no green tip or other armor piercing ammo. No restriction on FA as long as you can control it....I've shot pistol caliber FA with no problems. It can be crowded sometimes, especially later in the day on the weekends. I think membership is something like $30 a month, no limit on how often or how long you use it, I think guest are $10 or something. The ROs are pretty cool for the most part and have always watched out for me.....I think the first line management is a little lacking. I think ammo and other merchandise are over priced but then who buys retail these days. Some of the people I've seen on the range are first timers and so new it's almost painful.....but no way as scary as the guys I used to see at Maryland Small arms over in PG county. I usually go once or twice a week and am usually in and out in way under an hour. .....having said all that I miss shooting steel and other reactive targets in the outdoors and it sounds like a trip to 340 or the cove looks like great options....if anyone wants to do a road trip let me know, especially after deer season is over.

wabbit · Nov 30, 2016

Mack C-85 said:
Alexandria Fairfax IWLA has a beautiful facility in Centreville, no MG's (?) and only 100yds. Took my NRA Instructor class there. Would be a member if it wasn't so far!!!

http://arlingtonfairfax-iwla.org/

Does anyone here know a member who can bring me and my daughter in as a guest? I would like to see the range and maybe have a quick shoot there, and see how my 14-year old daughter feels about going there. I hope to apply for membership but want to see the range first. I recently relocated to Fairfax and driving down to Fredericksburg for IPSC matches is not so easy, so I'm going to do more recreational shooting with my daughter.
thanks for any help.

jimbobborg · Dec 1, 2016

wabbit said:
Does anyone here know a member who can bring me and my daughter in as a guest? I would like to see the range and maybe have a quick shoot there, and see how my 14-year old daughter feels about going there. I hope to apply for membership but want to see the range first. I recently relocated to Fairfax and driving down to Fredericksburg for IPSC matches is not so easy, so I'm going to do more recreational shooting with my daughter.
thanks for any help.

I'd go to one of these

Our annual ladies-only “Women on Target” event
A monthly bull’s-eye pistol match
A seasonal monthly Service Rifle match
A monthly Bull Run Muzzle loaders shoot
High Power rifle practice
Amateur Trapshooting Association or National Skeet Shooting Association ‘registered target’ shoots
A junior in one of our Youth Activities programs
NOVA Sharpshooters for Sportier or Precision Air Rifle
The Queen Ann Archers
Junior Olympic Archery Development

just to take a look around. And if you want a closer action shooting match, http://www.quanticoshootingclub.com/calendar2.php hosts a month USPSA and Steel Challenge match. You'll need to go through a background check, since it's on Marine Corps Base Quantico, prior to going. Hopefully, President Trump will kick that requirement back :thumbsup:

Radio_Flyer · Dec 1, 2016

Try Elite. http://www.eliteshootingsports.com/
Nice and clean, a lot of lanes, electronic check in. Prices aren't too bad either.

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