The Range at Austin
Posted: Mon Mar 27, 2017 2:52 pm
Shot there saturday and it is a very very nice range. 100 yrds indoor rifle range with programmable targets, lighting options including red/blue flashing, RSO that is actually helpful and was spotting for me to zero my SCAR. pistol is 25yd with same stuff I believe. However there are some minor annoying things. Uncased rifles are carried by them to/from the counter and bay. Not allowed to collect brass. doors have to be opened and closed a certain way.
One incident that we all should look out for is harassment by other patrons. My wife went by herself to the pistol bays while I went to the rifle range first. 15 minutes later I come out and she is close to tears and literally begging to leave. Long and short, a couple of "men" next to her were criticizing and touching her shoulder over and over, made her nervous and then she started shooting erratically which had them now laughing at her. She stepped out for a minute to calm down and they literally moved into her bay, that i paid for and started shooting her target. The problem was that they were wearing gray shirts like employees and she thought they indeed were so she didn't speak up.
After finally getting the whole story in the car (if I had known it was patrons I would likely went to jail) I went back Sunday and the manager was very apologetic (Al and Anthony were very considerate in the matter). What I am getting at and suggested to them is that they keep an eye on single females shooting to ensure range commandos arent harassing them or being "helpful". They are a growing demographic but will stop all too quick if they don't feel comfortable.
One incident that we all should look out for is harassment by other patrons. My wife went by herself to the pistol bays while I went to the rifle range first. 15 minutes later I come out and she is close to tears and literally begging to leave. Long and short, a couple of "men" next to her were criticizing and touching her shoulder over and over, made her nervous and then she started shooting erratically which had them now laughing at her. She stepped out for a minute to calm down and they literally moved into her bay, that i paid for and started shooting her target. The problem was that they were wearing gray shirts like employees and she thought they indeed were so she didn't speak up.
After finally getting the whole story in the car (if I had known it was patrons I would likely went to jail) I went back Sunday and the manager was very apologetic (Al and Anthony were very considerate in the matter). What I am getting at and suggested to them is that they keep an eye on single females shooting to ensure range commandos arent harassing them or being "helpful". They are a growing demographic but will stop all too quick if they don't feel comfortable.