Austin Area Instructor Friendly Ranges?

[helios]

Do any of you have experience with Austin area ranges that are friendly to you holding the CHL qual portion of your class there? Classroom is not an issue. Just looking for a place to qualify students.

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[paulhailes]

you might try Reds, see if you can work out a deal with them.

[A-R]

Unless you have an "in" Red himself will say no.

Try Eagle Peak. Not the best range overall, but a decent CHL set up. And they're friendly to CHL instructors (at least they have been with me). Price is a bit steep for students who dont already have a range card ($10 range card + $10 usage fee = $20 per student). But this is same a new shooter would pay for first visit and student gets to keep range card for future use.

[doc.lonestar]

I may have someone for you to talk to

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[Kai]

I have asked Red's about this before. I would describe their position as "benign neglect". Basically, they will not hold, reserve or otherwise accomadate any CHL instructor. They told me flat out that they have their own instructors at the shop and they have no reason to help the competition. On the other hand, they won't turn anybody away from wanting to shoot. So, if you take your class there, everyone will have to sign up for a lane as per usual. No group rates, discounts, etc. So, it's practically a no-go. They would have made a little bit of cash from me too, with ammo / accessory purchases. Oh well.

[goheeled]

I've used Red's a couple of times. A little crowded and a bit disorganized but my students got qualified and nobody got hurt so I'd use them again.

[sjfcontrol]

I've used Red's a couple of times. A little crowded and a bit disorganized but my students got qualified and nobody got hurt so I'd use them again.

How do you do that unless the lanes you use are together, or you only test one or two at a time?

[dalto]

The austin rifle club has a chl range. I do not know what pricing is though.

[goheeled]

I've used Red's a couple of times. A little crowded and a bit disorganized but my students got qualified and nobody got hurt so I'd use them again.

How do you do that unless the lanes you use are together, or you only test one or two at a time?

When using Red's, I change up my class so we are on the range as soon as they open. So far it's worked out to where I get three lanes side by side.

[A-R]

I've used Red's a couple of times. A little crowded and a bit disorganized but my students got qualified and nobody got hurt so I'd use them again.

How do you do that unless the lanes you use are together, or you only test one or two at a time?

When using Red's, I change up my class so we are on the range as soon as they open. So far it's worked out to where I get three lanes side by side.

I've run a single student through CHL qualification at Red's, but I'm curious how you run two or more at one time? How do they hear your commands and know when to fire and when to stop (assuming there are other non-CHL shooters on the firing line, especially if they're sighting in deer rifles etc and the sound is reverberating in your chest).

[goheeled]

A-R,

I've made a video of the first few sequences of fire that I play in class after going over a quick range command brief. Upon arrival at the range, I give a more extensive range safety brief that goes over the commands again. I place a laminated course of fire card at each firing position for the shooter's reference. I tend to qualify my renewals first so the newbies can watch them, again getting a general idea of how it goes.

As far as delivering the range commands, I sack up and use my big boy voice. Difficult to do on some indoor ranges so I sometimes use a tac light to initiate and stop firing. When it turns on...fire. Stop when it turns off.