I’m no longer a customer of High Noon, the so so little range in Crosby. You may not know about this place. It’s one saving grace was being so seldom busy. Only has 6 lanes and no waiting, ever. It may be partly because if only 1 or 2 people are shooting he won’t turn on the vents. Got to be saving those dollars. Or that when your time is about up he sends his boy in to sweep all the brass downrange so you can’t pick it up. I’m sure it’s not because only brass shells are allowed as they are too lazy to sort it before making a few extra bucks on your brass. Or that he marks up ammo and everything so high it makes the range fees look small.
You are restricted from head shots at High Noon; there is a sign up, even though some targets have people on them. Why? They were too cheap to protect the pulley for the target systems. That’s a poorly engineered part. Seems if you double tap the bad guy’s temple you are at the same level as the pulley. I guess if you shot over the top of the target you would hit the ceiling baffles. I am far from an expert but in training I’ve gone down within 10 or 15 feet of the end of a few ranges. I saw a “V” baffle over the pulley or the lines went beyond the main barrier. Apparently that was too much for High Noon, so instead they restricted head shots. In 40+ years of shooting I have never seen it happen. But last night the wife had what must be a real flyer by the old man’s standards. She put a round about 4” below the top of the target and the string holding the target fell to the floor. You would think that was a 1 in a million shot. But it happens so often at High Noon the old man posted a sign saying if you shoot down the pulley you pay $35. But I could get out for just $10, the cost of the string she killed. The old coot got an extra $10 from me and a rendition of all the naughty words I have learned since the second grade.
If a round strikes the target first then you cannot be aiming at his crappy badly engineered equipment. After all this place is where you are supposed to shoot bullets in that direction. I guess if you build a cheap range its ok since they have a printer to make signs. End of rant.
You are restricted from head shots at High Noon; there is a sign up, even though some targets have people on them. Why? They were too cheap to protect the pulley for the target systems. That’s a poorly engineered part. Seems if you double tap the bad guy’s temple you are at the same level as the pulley. I guess if you shot over the top of the target you would hit the ceiling baffles. I am far from an expert but in training I’ve gone down within 10 or 15 feet of the end of a few ranges. I saw a “V” baffle over the pulley or the lines went beyond the main barrier. Apparently that was too much for High Noon, so instead they restricted head shots. In 40+ years of shooting I have never seen it happen. But last night the wife had what must be a real flyer by the old man’s standards. She put a round about 4” below the top of the target and the string holding the target fell to the floor. You would think that was a 1 in a million shot. But it happens so often at High Noon the old man posted a sign saying if you shoot down the pulley you pay $35. But I could get out for just $10, the cost of the string she killed. The old coot got an extra $10 from me and a rendition of all the naughty words I have learned since the second grade.
If a round strikes the target first then you cannot be aiming at his crappy badly engineered equipment. After all this place is where you are supposed to shoot bullets in that direction. I guess if you build a cheap range its ok since they have a printer to make signs. End of rant.
