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From: jkh@jade.BERKELEY.EDU (Jordan K. Hubbard)
Newsgroups: mod.rec.guns
Subject: Re: A novice question
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Date: Fri, 20-Jun-86 19:24:20 EDT
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Author: voder!kontron!cramer@ucbvax.Berkeley.Edu (Clayton Cramer)

Article: 6:22

> Article: 6:13
> 
>     I have done very little shooting.  Just .22 pistols and rifles
> with my friends at their farm when I was younger.  I enjoyed what
> little shooting I've done and am interested in finding out more 
> about it.  Here are a few questions:  Where can one shoot?  Are
> shooting ranges usually full of crazed survivalists types or will 
> I find reasonable and friendly people there?  Will I have to purchase
> a gun to use or will ranges provide guns?  What costs are involved?
> What books should I read to learn more?
> 
>     Any words of advice would be appreciated!

I've shot at two ranges in the Bay Area.  The first is behind Saratoga.
(The name escapes me, but they are listed in the Yellow Pages under
"Rifle Ranges".)  Like most outdoor ranges, this is sort of primitive.
They rent spotting scopes, but no weapons.  There are 50 and 100 yard
ranges for rifles, 25, 12, and 6 yard ranges for handguns, and a plinking
range where you can set up cans and other appropriate targets.  NOT a
good place to go for handgun shooting, since you have to wait for a 
cease-fire to go out and check you target.

The other range is a pretty typical indoor range over in Milpitas,
called Targetmasters.  They rent a variety of handguns.  The manager is
a very friendly helpful fellow -- his parents are working there as 
well and are a little less so.  Of course, if you want to do serious
handgun shooting, this is a better place, since targets are attached to
a little metal clip that you can run back and forth with an electric
motor, unlike an outdoor range.

Clayton E. Cramer