Looking for Quiet Private San Antonio Shooting Club/Range

[AdamLW]

Hey, I'm planting roots in San Antonio and looking for a quiet club/range to go shoot at on the weekends. Does anyone know of something like that within 50 miles looking for members?

 

[Sgt. Beardface]

Hey, I'm planting roots in San Antonio and looking for a quiet club/range to go shoot at on the weekends. Does anyone know of something like that within 50 miles looking for members?

I don’t think you are gonna find that around SA. About the calmest one I have found is Lonstar Handgun and it is still fairly busy. Best bet is to get out and meet people and find a personal range.

 

[majormadmax]

Hey, I'm planting roots in San Antonio and looking for a quiet club/range to go shoot at on the weekends. Does anyone know of something like that within 50 miles looking for members?

I know of a private range south of Jourdanton, which is 50 miles from where I live in Helotes; but it's not open to new members.

To be honest, I've never seen a list of private ranges in the area. They simply don't advertise their presence.

About the only way you ever find out about them is to know a member...

The closest you'll get would be renting private stalls at the public ones, or if you have a DoD ID card or know someone willing to sponsor you on Camp Bullis, the Sportsman's Range on that installation is almost like a private range. However, it's only open on the weekends...

 

[toddnjoyce]

Quieter than the bug names, but not private and in no particular order

Bandera Gun Club
Dietz
Cedar Ridge

There are a handful of truly closed to the public ranges, but money won’t buy you into them.

 

[Gordo]

Dietz is getting a rep for overbearing range nazis, and even then the last time I was there, besides them, there was a hood rat with his snap-on stock equiped Glock, shooting up everyone's else's targets but his own.
Range Nazi did nothing until I jumped his ass.
Woman on the other side with two kids thanked me, because he was hitting her targets also.
Never had that happen before...
I was more than a little pissed, and forgot to ask for her phone number.

 

[brix]

Quieter than the bug names, but not private and in no particular order

Bandera Gun Club
Dietz
Cedar Ridge

There are a handful of truly closed to the public ranges, but money won’t buy you into them.

Cedar Ridge is quiet at times but can be busy on the weekends especially with the different matches going on almost every weekend.

But in general it's not too bad.

Sent from my SM-F721U using Tapatalk

 

[deemus]

Can a gun range truly be “quiet?”

 

[Sgt. Beardface]

Dietz is getting a rep for overbearing range nazis, and even then the last time I was there, besides them, there was a hood rat with his snap-on stock equiped Glock, shooting up everyone's else's targets but his own.
Range Nazi did nothing until I jumped his ass.
Woman on the other side with two kids thanked me, because he was hitting her targets also.
Never had that happen before...
I was more than a little pissed, and forgot to ask for her phone number.

Did everybody clap afterwards? J/k. Just realized that came out very dickish.

 

[Vaquero]

Can a gun range truly be “quiet?”

Mine has been quiet for too long.

 

[deemus]

I can fix that....

 

[Vaquero]

I can fix that....

Sent you a text.

 

[Mozzi]

At The Bullet Hole you can rent a private bay. It's not too busy during the week but weekends are packed.

 

[majormadmax]

Your best bet is to purchase land to shoot on which complies with Texas Government Code 229.002, Texas Penal Code 42.12 and any local/municipal codes...

 

[sjl1053]

Your best bet is to purchase land to shoot on which complies with Texas Government Code 229.002, Texas Penal Code 42.12 and any local/municipal codes...

Yep, I’ve been looking for an affordable parcel around SA for years, with no luck. I would love to build my own range.

 

[Gordo]

Oh, hell, there are parts of SA that you can just drive around in, and shoot at anything you want...

 

[IMPD2079]

McQueeny Gun Club in New Braunfels

 

[Jc2468]

Im new to the area also looking for a good preferably outdoor range. I have friends with property but when that isnt an option I’d like to have a decent range. Ive visited the Dietz range before and was unimpressed. Nice range but the range officers were terrible- one kept offering my wife unsolicited “Tips” - that was 4-5 years ago but I never went back. Read not great things about the McQueeny range too.

 

[Gordo]

Used to go to Dietz, but overbearing range nazis drove me off also.
But found Lonestar to be quite good.
Lonestar Range

 

[formercorp]

Hey, I'm planting roots in San Antonio and looking for a quiet club/range to go shoot at on the weekends. Does anyone know of something like that within 50 miles looking for members?

You might enjoy the New Braunfels Schuetzen Verein (Shooting Club). It is the oldest continuously operational gun club in the USA. https://www.facebook.com/groups/423981237639701/ . We use .22's for all of our competitions and practice sessions, but most calibers are allowed on the range (100 and 200 yd targets available) once you become a member. It is very family friendly. Our web site isn't much, so I recommend you use the facebook account.
formerCorp

 

[ZX9RCAM]

You might enjoy the New Braunfels Schuetzen Verein (Shooting Club). It is the oldest continuously operational gun club in the USA. https://www.facebook.com/groups/423981237639701/ . We use .22's for all of our competitions and practice sessions, but most calibers are allowed on the range (100 and 200 yd targets available) once you become a member. It is very family friendly. Our web site isn't much, so I recommend you use the facebook account.
formerCorp

Welcome to the Forum!