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Keith B wrote:Spoke with Mike this morning. The Bullet Trap range is totally closed back down for another couple of days, but they hope to have it permanently open by Thursday or Friday this week.

Good. My wife is going to be out of town this weekend so maybe I can go shoot a liitle by myself. Bet it will be crowded though.

03Lightningrocks wrote:Found this list of DFW gun ranges. http://falarak.com/ranges.aspx

I usually shoot my hand guns at Bullet Trap. I have a membership there, so the range fees are real reasonable. There are dividers between the bays, which make you feel like you have your "space". They are putting in new ventilation systems as I type this. I am fortunate to be able to shoot there on week days(usually first thing in the morning) so I avoid the crowds. I went in there on a Sunday a month or so ago and it was wall to wall people. I didn't even think about shooting in that crowd. I recommend a weekday visit, if you can swing it.

We shoot at the B.T. about once or twice a month, usually on Friday after about 5:00 PM. Not too crowded then either. The last time we shot there (about two weeks ago), before they started renovation, we has some people from my wife's office that we are introducing to shooting and a few experienced shooters. We had lots of nice guns to try out and all the lanes in the back room (lanes 14 - 18) and one rifle range being used by our group. Great fun, but I had to spend a lot of time with the newbies, mostly telling them to keep their gun down range and finger off the trigger until on target. There were quite a few people from India in the newbie group. Indian people like to shoot and send pictures home showing them shooting in America. Funny thing though, the indian women seem to shoot better than the Indian men. Mostly because they will follow instructions more readily.

jimlongley wrote:And now Collin County Gun Range is closing down at the end of August. Driven out of business by zoning restrictions that were put into place after the property was annexed by the city.

This is SICK!!!!!! Those of us living in the northern part of Dallas now have one range to go to. That's the Bullet Trap ( a indoor range) where you have to stand almost elbow to elbow & pay $18.50 for a lane.

We went to Backwoods Traps last Tuesday. Closed sign on the office door. Went in and asked if it is true and previous owner said it had been bought by developer and Staturday April, 15, was last day. Another victim of progress. I'm gonna miss that place!

Yes Jim it is open to the public You will probably like it unless you are shooting short barrel pistols. I don't know why they don't construct a pistol range with varying distances for S.D close up practice.

We live in north Frisco, Tx area & shoot at the 3 closest ranges.
"The Backwoods Trap" on Hwy 380 is only a few minutes drive from my home so we shoot there most of the time. Semi-covered for protection from the weather. Not a great pistol range unless your shooting a buntline. Targets too far away for short barrel consealment pistols. But what I really like about Backwoods Trap is I can back my car up to the shooting range instead of packing all my gear like a pack mule.

When needing to shoot indoors we use "The Bullet Trap" in Plano. Very friendly people, rentals available & good pistol range with pull up targets.

Our favorite range for pistol shooting is "The Collin County Gun Range" in McKinney. Semi-covered for protection from the weather. Friendly & helpfull employees. Usually not too crowded.