Anyone been to or taken a class at Gun Site Hills?

[jaybb]

I have been there a couple times. Chief is great and he knows his gun stuff. I guarantee you that you will be a better shooter when you leave than when you got there. Whatever you do don't shoot his grand kids 22 caliber targets... The only cons were walking down the hill to re-spray the targets when your done shooting... Go!!! You will be addicted to it

 

[Leshaire]

I have been there a couple times. Chief is great and he knows his gun stuff. I guarantee you that you will be a better shooter when you leave than when you got there. Whatever you do don't shoot his grand kids 22 caliber targets... The only cons were walking down the hill to re-spray the targets when your done shooting... Go!!! You will be addicted to it

Haha sounds pretty cool. Ill make sure to not shoot those ones. What color spray paint do I bring?

 

[jaybb]

I read through his site and he says that he takes pride in having a very safe range. He says the backdrops are short and everyone is slowly taking their time shooting, not out there rapid firing from the hip. Sounds like he only cares to have precision shooting at his place... Which is fone for me, just saying thats what the site makes it sound like.

http://www.gunsitehills.com/id4.html

can you call your shot left,right,high,low at 200 yards?? If not you will appreciate the no rapid fire and blazing through your expensive ammo. Chief did work with me on my AR-15 and we did some rapid shooting..

 

[Leshaire]

I can imagine thats helpful. I just meant it sounds like there wont be any knuckle heads out there goofing off etc.

 

[Bear44]

I can imagine thats helpful. I just meant it sounds like there wont be any knuckle heads out there goofing off etc.

LOL! Yeah, no knuckle heads allowed. Chief would drop a bomb on them. The body would never be found.

 

[Twitch2120]

Don't shoot his cables! Rapid fire is a bad plan unless he oks it. The only downside is his range isn't flat so 100-500 yd zeros won't hold true if you are building a range card. Also, the target in the trees is hard to hit in the summer, too much foliage. If you have a flat shooting something you will be good to go.

 

[Leshaire]

So whats up with the "Chief can be hard to deal with" etc that I have now seen on two separate threads? Can anyone elaborate on that?

 

[SOLGardener]

From my experience shooting at GS, here's how it unfolds. You call to make an appointment. It secures range time of something like 1 hour. If you say you'll be there at 10 am, be there on time or early. If you don't show and didn't call to tell him your dog died, you may not shoot there again. He doesn't tolerate no shows very well, and doesn't want to hear excuses.

so the day you get there, you sign a waiver that you won't sue if you suck at shooting and shoot your eye out. If there is no one else scheduled, you'll likely have all day to shoot. After he gets to know you, he becomes more lenient.

It's not a public range. It's a precision range. There is no room for shooting anything but the targets, and you repaint before you leave.

He has prone positions with outdoor carpet to lay on, and concrete benches.

I've shot there countless times and have never had to leave before I was ready.

Chew the fat with him, show some competence and he warms up to you. Act like a tool and you'll be back at the public ranges with the yahoos.

 

[Leshaire]

Sounds fair enough to me.

 

[bartski]

He's a character... for sure. I've only been once, but after the LONG introduction he hung around and shot too. After he saw that I wasn't an idiot, he relaxed quite a bit. I'm sure any further trips won't require as much "intro" stuff.

As others have mentioned, don't expect to show up and go to shooting... there's at least an hour and a half of discussion time before you fire the first round. It's not bad, just how he runs it.

Also worth mentioning: He's all about 1 shot at a time. Don't bother loading up your mags before you get there.