Range in Ft Hood

[GatoNegro]

For anybody wandering about this, the Sportsman Range in Fort Hood is still open to privately owned weapons, still free. I went yesterday, fired about 400 rounds and had a good time. Just make sure your weapons are registered with the Provost Marshall and declare them at the gate as you go in.

Regards,

[chabouk]

Thanks for that update. I'll pass it along to my son and his wife (both active duty soldiers at Hood). They had the cutest little domestic squabble about the new home defense shotgun we bought them for Christmas: he called everyone in his chain of command about bringing it back to their post housing and then registering within 72 hours, and she read the new regulations literally (as did I), and threatened him several ways from Sunday if they got busted at the gate with an unregistered shotgun.

Anyhoo, I'll let them know about the range. Because they changed their plans, we didn't get to break in their new shotgun at my local range. Thanks!

[Keith B]

Thanks for that update. I'll pass it along to my son and his wife (both active duty soldiers at Hood). They had the cutest little domestic squabble about the new home defense shotgun we bought them for Christmas: he called everyone in his chain of command about bringing it back to their post housing and then registering within 72 hours, and she read the new regulations literally (as did I), and threatened him several ways from Sunday if they got busted at the gate with an unregistered shotgun.

Anyhoo, I'll let them know about the range. Because they changed their plans, we didn't get to break in their new shotgun at my local range. Thanks!

You may want to have them double-check the requirements for registration for active duty vs. retired. There CAN be a major difference in requirements.

[The Annoyed Man]

You may want to have them double-check the requirements for registration for active duty vs. retired. There CAN be a major difference in requirements.

Question #1: What about "never served?" That would describe me and a lot of other people. Are civilians who have never served barred from using the range? Just curious.

Question #2: What does the Provost Marshall do with the information? How long does he/she keep it? Who has access to it besides the PM? I would hate to think of that kind of information winding up in an informal federal database somewhere... ...or am I being too paranoid?

[Oldgringo]

You may want to have them double-check the requirements for registration for active duty vs. retired. There CAN be a major difference in requirements.

Question #1: What about "never served?" That would describe me and a lot of other people. Are civilians who have never served barred from using the range? Just curious.

Question #2: What does the Provost Marshall do with the information? How long does he/she keep it? Who has access to it besides the PM? I would hate to think of that kind of information winding up in an informal federal database somewhere... ...or am I being too paranoid?

Just because everybody is out to get me doesn't mean that I'm paranoid.

[The Annoyed Man]

Just because everybody is out to get me doesn't mean that I'm paranoid.

I don't think anybody is out to get me. It's The Voices I'm worried about.

[mikeintexas]

Just because everybody is out to get me doesn't mean that I'm paranoid.

I don't think anybody is out to get me. It's The Voices I'm worried about.

The way I heard it was "Just because you're not paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after you..."

[GatoNegro]

"Keith B"
"You may want to have them double-check the requirements for registration for active duty vs. retired. There CAN be a major difference in requirements."

There are differences in requirements between Active Duty living on-post, Active Duty living off-post, Retirees and Civilians. I don't know the answer to all this, and I am not going to post erroneous information, so If you want to use the facilities PM me and I will go find out for you. Good facilities, good people and free. As long as you do everything legal, they go out of their way to help you.


Annoyed Man
Question #1: What about "never served?" That would describe me and a lot of other people. Are civilians who have never served barred from using the range? Just curious.
Again, I don't know the answer to this question, If you intend to use the facilities, PM me and I'll go find out.

Question #2: What does the Provost Marshall do with the information? How long does he/she keep it? Who has access to it besides the PM? I would hate to think of that kind of information winding up in an informal federal database somewhere... ...or am I being too paranoid?
What do they do with the information? Don't know, and don't really care. How long do they retain data? Don't know. Probably forever and a day. Your info is probably in a database somewhere already, so why worry about it? Again, if you intend to use the range, PM me and I'll help you the best I can.

The reason I posted about the range being open is because there may be people that used this range up until Major Hassan's killings, then FT Hood stepped up their security, and many people stopped using the range not wanting to go through the hassle of those new procedures. But doing everything the legal way makes it easy.

Regards,
GatoNegro

[GatoNegro]

Thanks for that update. I'll pass it along to my son and his wife (both active duty soldiers at Hood). They had the cutest little domestic squabble about the new home defense shotgun we bought them for Christmas: he called everyone in his chain of command about bringing it back to their post housing and then registering within 72 hours, and she read the new regulations literally (as did I), and threatened him several ways from Sunday if they got busted at the gate with an unregistered shotgun.

Anyhoo, I'll let them know about the range. Because they changed their plans, we didn't get to break in their new shotgun at my local range. Thanks!

Chabouk,

I don't have a shotgun, so I only go to the shotgun range to eat breakfast or lunch at the Sportsman's Lounge, and laugh at the people that can't hit anything with a shotgun, lol. That one is a really good facility.
Tell your son to go to the PM office, and hear the proper way to do it from the horse's mouth. Too easy.

Regards,

[billbeam]

I'm Army retired, living in Killeen, working at Ft Hood. I saw the post about shooting on Hood. I never have, always shoot at a range in Troy. Bought my XD-M 9mm in Temple and my SC 9mm at the PX. What range is available, on Ft Hood, to shoot pistols. I have been told it's a hassle and others say no problem. What's the real deal?
Thanks,
Bill

[The Annoyed Man]

"Keith B"
Annoyed Man
Question #1: What about "never served?" That would describe me and a lot of other people. Are civilians who have never served barred from using the range? Just curious.
Again, I don't know the answer to this question, If you intend to use the facilities, PM me and I'll go find out.

Question #2: What does the Provost Marshall do with the information? How long does he/she keep it? Who has access to it besides the PM? I would hate to think of that kind of information winding up in an informal federal database somewhere... ...or am I being too paranoid?
What do they do with the information? Don't know, and don't really care. How long do they retain data? Don't know. Probably forever and a day. Your info is probably in a database somewhere already, so why worry about it? Again, if you intend to use the range, PM me and I'll help you the best I can.

Thanks for the answers.

[Oldgringo]

I'm Army retired, living in Killeen, working at Ft Hood. I saw the post about shooting on Hood. I never have, always shoot at a range in Troy. Bought my XD-M 9mm in Temple and my SC 9mm at the PX. What range is available, on Ft Hood, to shoot pistols. I have been told it's a pita an others say no problem. What's the real deal?
Thanks,
Bill

Wouldn't you be in the ideal position to get the real "skinny" at the Visitor Center/PM office and share with the forum?

EDIT:

Welcome to the forum. Are you, by any chance, related to Jim?

[chabouk]

Re: my son and daughter-in-law, I had read about the change in policy that was effective in early December. I went straight to the Hood website and printed off the new policy letter and registration forms, and gave them to the kids.

My son called his section leader and platoon sergeant, both of whom insisted he had 72 hours to register (and they've both been through the process). His wife and I pointed out that this had changed upon issuance of the new policy, which requires registration before any firearm is brought onto the post.

He's not very communicative, but she is, and since she hasn't told us that he's in custody, I assume they managed to get things squared away.