baton rouge ranges?

[anakha]

I will be in prairieville and gonzales this weekend and was curious as to what range I should try, we're gonna be shooting AR's and handguns. My parents live close to cabelas(I haven't been to their house since they moved from monroe a year ago) and my dad said there is a range close by that is open to the pubic occasionally, what is the name of this range and will it be open Sunday?

 

[bravo3]

The Ascension range is only open the 2nd and 4th Thursdays of the month.

Precision isn't far, but rifle range is only 25 yards

 

[Pocket]

Only range close by is the Ascension Parish Sheriff's Office range. Only open to the public I believe twice a month and thats on Tuesdays from 2 to 6 PM. Palo Alto is across the river. Don't know what hours or days they are in operation. I'm sure someone on the forum can answer this question.

 

[anakha]

well, that sucks about the APSO range. i think ill pass on the no AC indoor ranges, if i want to shoot 25 yards indoors i can do it here in the AC. thanks for the input though.

anyone from the evening crew have any suggestions?

 

[audioshooter]

precision during the week. it gets crowded on the weekends.

 

[Thebanker]

You have three indoor ranges in BR, but two of them are not air conditioned. The one that is... well, if you go there on a week-end, and have kevlar... wear it.

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there is precision and diamond, whats the third indoor range in baton rouge?

 

[bravo3]

Good Ol baker range

 

[kz45]

APSO range is open the second and fourth Thursday of the month

http://www.ascensionsheriff.com/divisions/Training-Center--Weapons-Range-Complex

You can shoot from 25 to 100 yrds in the middle bay, and most of the time the 300 is open, so you can ring the gong

 

[Thebanker]

gotcha, never been to the baker range. But you have to have memberships at the others to shoot ar's.

 

[bravo3]

No you don't, at least not at precision you don't

 

[kz45]

We've shot a Barrett 50 at Baker

 

[twokids]

You can shoot anything short of a bazooka at the Baker Range.
Last January I was there when RJF was testing their M2 50 cal BMG.
They were shooting 3 or 5 round full auto burst using ball and AP rounds.

 

[anakha]

What about outdoor ranges? If weather permits, that's what id prefer, thanks for the info though, if we decide on an indoor range ill definately check out baker

 

[bravo3]

Sherburne WMA

 

[twokids]

Sherburne WMA +1

 

[anakha]

well, we decided to postpone our road trip for 2 weeks due to the weather. do you have to have a WMA endorsement to shoot at sherburne?


and out of curiosity, why would i need to bring armor to the other indoor range? location? idiots in the range?

 

[bravo3]

no, just any type of license. (cane pole, hunting, fishing etc)

 

[twokids]

I guess they wanted to try bullets of different weights in the M2 just to make sure it would cycle properly?