I just got back from shooting at Reds and read this. Glad you got a job Alan. Had I known, I would have asked for you.
Man, it was a Zoo down there. I had just put a new scope on my HK G3 and a new trigger on my Mauser, so I wanted to sight the scope in and try the trigger. The place was PACKED with a couple of people trying rapid fire with a very loud sounding handguns. Two lanes down from me, two guys were screaming at each other in Spanish. Every lane was full.
I didn't have a single target that didn't get hit by other people. My targets were down at 100 yards and were taking hits from floor ricochets from the people shooting handguns at 7 yards. Every time I tried for a group, some handgun fragment would hit my target. One fragment even broke one of the pegs that holds the target. I got charged $1 for that peg !
Too many people (spectators blocking up the space behind the lanes).
Too little space + guns.
It makes me claustrophobic.
Note to self - Only go to Reds in the weekday evenings.
I saw only one G3, it was green with wood stocks and black barrel. If that was you, I was the guy that told you it looked good when I walked by.
Today was hell, we were 2 people short, and the range was pandemonium. Typically I try to put the rifles together so you don't have to deal with all the constant handgun fire, etc. Unfortunately sometimes you aren't left with a choice on the lane.
When we get the groups of people it's really bad, we try to limit it to 2 people per lane, but they tend to just stand in the middle, and there isn't much room to begin with.
Here is what I had with me. I just bought a Burris 3-9x40 Tactical to replace the Bushnell and wanted to sight it in. The Mauser now has a Huber Concepts trigger.
I find myself lugging a front rest with me as well as the ones on the benches at Reds are just plain broken. Are there spotting scopes any more ? They used to be screwed to the lane partitions. I just don't see them any more. I have been going to Reds for the entire time I have lived in Texas (10 years) and it just feels like it's going downhill a little.