Best shooting ranges by State

Cool Acres in Georgia
Clinton House in SC
Colemans Creek in NC
Pigg River in VA
Alabama Precision in AL
K&M in TN (resort quality facility)
 
Only a handful of places for a mile in the entire state of NC. And yes you’ll pay the private membership prices. I am blessed to have a place I can shoot out to 1300 privately 7 days a week


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I’m surprised there’s that many. Just for grins, going to try and find out how many 500, 1,000, and 1 mile ranges are in Georgia.
 
Mission Rod and gun club in Mission BC.
300m rifle range, pistol range, cowboy action, multi purpose range out to 100, 3 pistol bays, trap, skeet, 5 stand, 90 yard 2D flat field archery range (may be getting out to 120 soon), 40 target 3D trail (soon to be 60 targets and plans to get 80 out there).
One of the biggest clubs in Canada member-wise.
 
I’m surprised there’s that many. Just for grins, going to try and find out how many 500, 1,000, and 1 mile ranges are in Georgia.
Cool Acres = 1400
Arena near Blakely GA = 2000+ yards (2600?)
17 South = 500ish
River Bend Gun Club = 600+
Multiple private hunting clubs with ranges to 1000
Multiple US military facilities with LONG ranges if you can get access
 
Almost all of those ranges I listed are private or only open for competition
You likely are not shooting past 200-300 yards in the East or Midwest without something being a private range.

The only question is does private just mean paying $400/year and a 2 hour safety orientation or does it mean you have to get existing member references and placed on a years long waitlist.

The good clubs actively improving their ranges usually are just money and some training. There are plenty of legacy ranges which are good ol’ boy clubs with low fee’s and lesser facilities.
 
I’m blessed to have my own range that goes out to 900, but in Texas Gravestone Precision is a heck of a nice range.

John

 
Cool Acres = 1400
Arena near Blakely GA = 2000+ yards (2600?)
17 South = 500ish
River Bend Gun Club = 600+
Multiple private hunting clubs with ranges to 1000
Multiple US military facilities with LONG ranges if you can get access
I’m a member of 17 South. Arena is a training facility only, no individual memberships. River Bend , not familiar. Might check to see if Ft. Stewart has ranges that might allow private shooting.
 
Back in Iowa I loved the Izaak Walton range outside Anamosa. Cheap, 300 yards, and rarely used.

Outside Boise now I just go south of town and shoot in the desert. There are a few nice looking private ranges around, but I've yet to check them out.
 
The Deep Creek Shooting Range near Missoula, MT, is famous for pushing 1000-yard benchrest records, with shooters like Jim Roberts (2.6872” for 10 shots in 2014) and Cody Finch (3.687” World Record LG in July 2014) setting benchmarks, but the records constantly evolve, with recent years seeing multiple shooters (like David Torgerson, Nick Howlett, Tom Mousel) breaking IBS Light Gun/Heavy Gun aggregate records with groups under 4 inches, showcasing elite performance in the 6mm Dasher/BR cartridges.
Key Record Holders & Milestones:
  • Jim Roberts (2014): Shot a 2.6872-inch 10-shot group in April, near 0.25 MOA, using a 6mm Dasher.
  • Cody Finch (July 2014): Set a World Record for Light Gun (LG) with a 3.687-inch group, surpassing Jim Roberts' record.
  • Tom Mousel & David Torgerson (2022-2023): Broke multiple IBS Light Gun aggregate records, with Tom Mousel achieving a 3.4730-inch 12-target group and 3.7749-inch score in 2022, while David Torgerson hit a 3.922" 20-target group in 2024.
  • Nick Howlett & Lonnie Anderson: Also among top performers in 2024, breaking the
 
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