I know the NRA has info on gunranges and how to start one, but not sure about just a personal use type set-up
I don't want to swipe the thread but I'm curious how profitable indoor ranges are. You can't make much on the actual range via lane rentals so I assume firearms sales and most likely CHL/NRA training classes are where the money is.
That depends on the state you live in. I just went to an indoor range a couple weeks back with my brother and his son. Cost was $85 freakin' dollars for one lane, the three of us, 100 rounds of reloads for .380, and targets! I NEVER use the ranges here and always shoot in the desert, and I only did it for his son. Start that indoor range in CA and make money hand over fist....
None here in El Paso, except at the college that I know of. All the ones I know are in Phoenix. They are about $15.00 per shooter, per hr. The time is not really enforced. Very hard to get a lane on the spur of the moment.
I think I was told that it cost about 20 to 40K, per lane to build one. They are great for places that are really hot or really cold. Kinda hard to shoot in Iraq type weather, like Phoenix, in the summer. Great when it is raining too !
The ones I know of do very well, because they have classes, guns for sale, etc.
I, like you, like the desert because there are only the rules that we make out there. Simple stuff, like no muzzle sweeps and just common sense safety stuff. No range Nazi's, just going out and having a good time.
I don't want to swipe the thread but I'm curious how profitable indoor ranges are. You can't make much on the actual range via lane rentals so I assume firearms sales and most likely CHL/NRA training classes are where the money is.