Range Report 06/18/2010 - Texas City Gun Range
Posted: Sat Jun 19, 2010 9:38 am
Yesterday my wife and I took a couple of members from our church down to the gun range in Texas City. My wife and I haven't been there for a long time, and it was close to where our friends live, so that is where we decided to take them. One of them was a first time shooter. 
The range was pretty quiet at about 1:30 but of course it was hot out there. Unfortunately the only breeze there was was blowing the aroma from the 'water treatment' plant across the range. Pheeew
On the plus side...no mosquitoes! 
Total cost for the four people with three guns? $12.99
I took on the roll of instructor for the first time shooter and changed out the slide on my G30 for the .22 conversion kit. My wife shot the XD9 and the other guest shot the G19.
The targets set up at 3 yards and the fun commenced. Having given the safety instructions, my student shot her very first gun.
After about 40 .22's were dispatched into the target the other guest asked if he could shoot the G30 with the .45 slide on it. 20 seconds later he got his wish.
Personally I only actually shot 4 bullets all day but I still had a great time. The female quest was a self confessed 'gun scaredy cat' but she did fine after the initial shaking and fear. She settled down and started a pretty nice group (all to the left and slightly low, but not bad for the first time).
The male shooter is now wanting a a G19 AND a 45!
My wife, as usual, shot the snot out of her target with the Springfield. She actually enjoyed putting a few through the G30 too. The male guest ran about 50 through the G19. He really needed to slow down but for some reason he was just blasting away (safely) but not too effectively.
The range was in good condition, the staff were friendly and very safety aware, and all guns ran flawlessly.
All told a great little outing, fun in the sun and 2 more poeple less afraid of the big bad gun
Oh and on the way past T's I picked up a new 'little friend' ..... what a great way to spend the day!
Edit : I didn't realise that TCGR doesn't allow targets that have human images on them. Just a heads up
The range was pretty quiet at about 1:30 but of course it was hot out there. Unfortunately the only breeze there was was blowing the aroma from the 'water treatment' plant across the range. Pheeew
On the plus side...no mosquitoes! Total cost for the four people with three guns? $12.99 I took on the roll of instructor for the first time shooter and changed out the slide on my G30 for the .22 conversion kit. My wife shot the XD9 and the other guest shot the G19.
The targets set up at 3 yards and the fun commenced. Having given the safety instructions, my student shot her very first gun.
After about 40 .22's were dispatched into the target the other guest asked if he could shoot the G30 with the .45 slide on it. 20 seconds later he got his wish.
Personally I only actually shot 4 bullets all day but I still had a great time. The female quest was a self confessed 'gun scaredy cat' but she did fine after the initial shaking and fear. She settled down and started a pretty nice group (all to the left and slightly low, but not bad for the first time).
The male shooter is now wanting a a G19 AND a 45!
My wife, as usual, shot the snot out of her target with the Springfield. She actually enjoyed putting a few through the G30 too. The male guest ran about 50 through the G19. He really needed to slow down but for some reason he was just blasting away (safely) but not too effectively.
The range was in good condition, the staff were friendly and very safety aware, and all guns ran flawlessly.
All told a great little outing, fun in the sun and 2 more poeple less afraid of the big bad gun
Oh and on the way past T's I picked up a new 'little friend' ..... what a great way to spend the day!
Edit : I didn't realise that TCGR doesn't allow targets that have human images on them. Just a heads up
Thanks for the heads up on the target. I was going to buy some of those. I go to that range all the time and never knew about that target being a NO-NO there. 
