Outdoor Private ranges / clubs

[benenglish]

See Greater Houston Gun Range sticky above this thread.

In case he needs a direct link (which he may, depending on the platform he's using to view the forum), it's here: https://www.texasguntalk.com/forums/houston/62225-greater-houston-gun-ranges.html

 

[benenglish]

Hmmmm... Might be worth the drive from Spring for me. I'm going to look into this. Thanks!

I let my membership lapse specifically because I live in Spring. It's a 55-mile drive across the middle of Houston to get there. The inconvenience means you'll get very little use out of your membership, IMO.

If you're willing to drive that far, look north to the Madisonville club. It's a slightly longer drive at 70 miles but a MUCH easier one. The club isn't nearly as nice, though. Life's a trade-off, I guess. If traffic doesn't bother you, PSC is still an option.

BTW - PSC doesn't stand for "Pearland Shooting Club". It did, a long time ago, when the club was located in Pearland. Now, the club is no longer in Pearland (it moved decades ago) so, officially, PSC doesn't stand for anything. Yet people still insist that it's the "Pearland Shooting Club" even though it's in Friendswood. Human behavioral inertia is a nearly immovable object, it seems. If you join, ask at orientation (they'll probably cover it without prompting; they did at mine) why something that everyone calls the "Pearland Shooting Club" isn't in Pearland. Depending on who's doing the orientation, you'll either get a disgusted, dismissive grunt or more than an earful. Either way, it'll be entertaining.

 

[Robert_K]

I let my membership lapse specifically because I live in Spring. It's a 55-mile drive across the middle of Houston to get there. The inconvenience means you'll get very little use out of your membership, IMO.

If you're willing to drive that far, look north to the Madisonville club. It's a slightly longer drive at 70 miles but a MUCH easier one. The club isn't nearly as nice, though. Life's a trade-off, I guess. If traffic doesn't bother you, PSC is still an option.

BTW - PSC doesn't stand for "Pearland Shooting Club". It did, a long time ago, when the club was located in Pearland. Now, the club is no longer in Pearland (it moved decades ago) so, officially, PSC doesn't stand for anything. Yet people still insist that it's the "Pearland Shooting Club" even though it's in Friendswood. Human behavioral inertia is a nearly immovable object, it seems. If you join, ask at orientation (they'll probably cover it without prompting; they did at mine) why something that everyone calls the "Pearland Shooting Club" isn't in Pearland. Depending on who's doing the orientation, you'll either get a disgusted, dismissive grunt or more than an earful. Either way, it'll be entertaining.

I live in Spring and work at Ellington. LOL Of course at 05:00 45S is a bit less busy. LOL

 

[acorneau]

BTW - PSC doesn't stand for "Pearland Shooting Club". It did, a long time ago, when the club was located in Pearland. Now, the club is no longer in Pearland (it moved decades ago) so, officially, PSC doesn't stand for anything. Yet people still insist that it's the "Pearland Shooting Club" even though it's in Friendswood.

You know, I've wondered about that for a while.

I go down there every month for their smallbore silhouette matches and never really understood why the "Pearland Shooting Club" was in Friendswood. I kind of figured they had the land back when it was still considered Pearland but Friendswood had since taken it over.

Thanks for the history lesson Ben.

 

[benenglish]

I kind of figured they had the land back when it was still considered Pearland but Friendswood had since taken it over.

You got it; the club physically moved. I don't know exactly where it was originally but it was in Pearland. They wound up with too many neighbors hemming them in so they moved to the current location.

 

[Major Kong]

Interesting thread.

I'll have to keep my eye on this one.

 

[MetalCutter]

Don't know when PSC moved to it's present location but it was before 1985. Third Saturday of every month is the IHMSA/NRA Silhouette match. My truck can find it's way there on it's own. Lot of changes over the years dealing with encroachment of the masses but it's a fine club with an active membership.

 

[benenglish]

Don't know when PSC moved to it's present location but it was before 1985.

My father and I shot our first silhouette match there in the last year of his life, 1979. It was at the current location.

I joined right after that and started getting the newsletter. There was a long story in one issue about how PSC didn't mean anything any more because they had moved out of Pearland many years before that time. The whole story was laid out in great detail, detail which I've completely forgotten after all this time.

Nearly 40 years later, I doubt even most members know where the club was originally and nobody seems to really care about the nomenclature. I just thought it was an interesting bit of trivia.

 

[Nate C]

Bay Area Shooting Club used to be in Baytown...

 

[andre3k]

I live in spring and have membership at Bayou and PSC. It's a drive to both ranges but definitely worth it to me. I just try to go during off peak hours. PSC is the only range that I can really train with my pistol. I spent last weekend with my timer and some silhouettes and worked through a bunch of pistol drills.

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[40Arpent]

PSC is the only range that I can really train with my pistol.

lk

Have you not been to Juliff since BRI constructed the concrete-walled pistol bays? Not quite as nice as PSC, but nice enough.

 

[andre3k]

Have you not been to Juliff since BRI constructed the concrete-walled pistol bays? Not quite as nice as PSC, but nice enough.

The issue with the Juliff pistol cells is that you can't draw from a holster.

 

[HKSig]

PSC is Pearland Sportsman's Club.

 

[subseashooter]

Anyone in here familiar with the one out in El Campo ?

I grew up in EC, been to that range once - it opened up after I moved away. It's pretty spartan....not as much there (several years ago) as there is in Madisonville.

If you want more information on it, I can give a buddy a call.


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[Robert_K]

I emailed Impact Zone but haven't heard back from them.

 

[Coiled]

In case he needs a direct link (which he may, depending on the platform he's using to view the forum), it's here: https://www.texasguntalk.com/forums/houston/62225-greater-houston-gun-ranges.html

Thank you sir, I made assumptions.

Did you pick a place yeti?

 

[Jon Payne]

Maybe a little outside your distance limit, but you should check out the Orange Gun Club. http://www.orangegunclub.com/