Search found 2 matches

by j1132s
Sat Nov 04, 2006 11:14 am
Forum: Shooting Ranges
Topic: Eagle's Peak shooting range in Leander (near Austin)
Replies: 14
Views: 4345

300shooter wrote:I have been to the Eagle peak range once and its a nice range. but I belong to a gun club here in LaGrange and we just got a ISPC course put in and if you would like to come as my guest and shoot let me know I am available most times and days on out range we have a 10,15 25 50 yd range and on most days I am the only one there and you can shoot a differant lines and draw and I do a lot of the moving as you would in a firefight .

Like i said your welcome to be my guest anytime .

300shooter
Hi 300shooter,

Firstly, thank you for your offer.

Its a small world. I used to shoot w/ the IPSC group setting up at your range. If you ever shoot IPSC w/ them and look into past shooting scores, I'll be the one that consistently comes up near the bottom, with a high time and score :)

I'm working on less accuracy and more speed for IPSC. It's hard to do since most ranges are geared for more accuracy and slower shooting. (Ideally, I'd like more speed and accuracy, but don't think that's realistic at this time for me.)

LaGrange is a bit far, so I'm going to keep your offer in mind for the future.
by j1132s
Fri Nov 03, 2006 4:09 pm
Forum: Shooting Ranges
Topic: Eagle's Peak shooting range in Leander (near Austin)
Replies: 14
Views: 4345

Eagle's Peak shooting range in Leander (near Austin)

First time shooting there. So I had to pay for a $10 ID card and go thru a 15 minute range safety lecture (basically the counter person reading the printed rules).

The pistol range has 7, 15, and 25 yd targets. I didn't use the rifle range, but it looks like 50 and 100 yards. Nicely kept, paved, covered, divided shooting stalls with carpeted counter and shelf. Ejected cases are caught by screens dividing the lanes and collect into a bucket per shooter. (The collection seems to catch 50% of my brass. But since the floor is clean, easy to pick the rest up.)

Each pistol lane has its own target backboard. These boards look like they get replaced daily because only a few had holes in it (e.g. were used).

You feel safe at this range. Although I only saw the RO once; everybody seems to follow a very strict safety protocol. There's a yellow line about 5 ft behind the shooting benches that everybody has to be behind during a cease fire and all guns, ammo, even tools must remain on the shooting bench during the cease fire.

Rifle and pistol bays have independent cease fires. This is great for pistol shooters becuse it allows you to change targets frequently and don't have to wait for folks walking out to 100 yards.

The cost is $10 per shooter for the whole day, no limit on number of guns. You may change stalls as you please and move between pistol and rifle bays.

People seem extra social here; very likely due to the strict cease fire setup. Since everybody has to be behing the yellow line and can't take anything with them, that means the ones who aren't changing targets has nothing to do besides chatting. Friendly customers and staff. Here, you will not leave without talking to at least some of your co-shooters.

Rifle range only allows shooting seated and from the bench because of the way the roof slopes forward in the shooting area. This means no standing, sitting/knelling, prone positions.

There's a small shop that you walk thru to get to the range. They sell targets and ammo. This is also the location to pay for your range fee, which is collected when you enter. This shop is the only access point to the range. The entire range is fenced in with 8ft chain linked fence. This is a good thing becuase you don't have to worry too much about theft, and in fact, many shooters leave their guns on th bench while away (bathroom, chatting, etc.).

Generally, a good, clean, safe range for shooting that I might go again. It is not much different than the indoor range that I frequent except it is outdoors w/ probably better air quality.

Here're some of the things that I find as negatives about this range because they matter to me.

No holster draws, no rapid fire (>= 1 sec per shot), no movements, no shooting targets in other lanes, no FMJ rifle rounds.

So far, all the ranges I've been to has disallowed rapid fire, but after going a few times, you are permitted to do so. So maybe the "no rapid fire" shouldn't be on the above list.

Anyway, to sum it up, well run strict range that's a pleasure to go.

Return to “Eagle's Peak shooting range in Leander (near Austin)”