Top 10 Gun Ranges in America

America has some amazing destinations and sights to see. If you are looking to set your sights on some epic gun ranges, there are plenty sprinkled throughout the U.S.A. to explore. If you’re taking the family on a trip, needing an outlet while on a business trip, or want to experience a shooting range you have never imagined existed, there is a range in this list for you.

10. Sand and Sage
    Garden City, Kansas

The Sand and Sage Rifle and Pistol Club is a 24/7 club- yes all day and all night long- shooting range for pistol and rifle shooting. For members you can have unlimited access day or night and non-members can use the range during scheduled shoots or while accompanied by a member. Want to test out your skills during the day? How about clipping on the laser light and giving it a go in the dead of night? Why not hang around for both. With a sheltered picnic area, running water and electrical hookups for campers, head over and hang out as long as you like!  

Known for: 24/7 shooting range access

Website: https://www.sandandsage.net 

9.The Range at the Preserve
   Richmond, Rhode Island

Home, Home on the Range, where the lanes are 150 yards in length! While those are not the exact lyrics to the song, the lanes at The Range are in fact 150 yards of indoor shooting bliss. Touted as America’s largest underground automated shooting range, The Range is a one stop shop for all those looking for a day of fun. With a whopping 24-station faculty featuring rifle, pistol, archery, food and Golf Simulator rooms, what more could you ask for in a shooting range? 

Known for: 150 yard indoor shooting range 

Website: Shooting Range RI 

8. Virginia International Raceway 
   Alton, Virginia

How does racing cars and shooting guns sound? Yeah, sounds like a sign us up twice sort of experience. Well, the Virginia International Raceway (VIR) offers a wide array of shooting facilities and driving experiences. While you can’t do them both at the same time, you can enjoy their 7 ranges varying from 50 to 1,000 yards and a Tactical Training Complex encompassing a simulated urban environment, live fire house and classroom. After, hop over to the racetrack for some fun behind the wheel of supercar or go-kart. Whatever the desire, VIR has you covered. VIR has a shooting experience for any skill level, from novice to expert, and can organize informal shoots at targets as well as official skeet competitions. 

Known for: Blending of a race car experience with and full gun range outing 

Website: https://virnow.com/ 

7. Rockcastle Shooting Center
   Park City, Kentucky

Rockcastle Shooting Center is part of a 2000 acre outdoor playground nestled in Park City, Kentucky. Featuring small pistol bays to a 1600+ yard rifle range, grab ahold of anything with a trigger and take aim. Rockcastle Shooting Center hosts an average of more than 50 shooting competitions per year, spanning several disciplines of shooting, including precision rifle, pistol, 3 gun, IPSC, USPSA, Cowboy Action (S.A.S.S.), 3D archery, sporting clays, and more. Not an avid shooter? No worries- here you can take part in firearms training for every day shooters, new shooters, women, youth, concealed carry classes, and for law enforcement and military units alike. 

Known for: All inclusive type resort giving access to more than just a “range” 

Website: https://www.rockcastleshootingcenter.com/  

6. Indian River Shooting Range
   Sebastian, Florida

Indian River operates a complete public shooting range for not only recreational shooters but law enforcement personnel as well. Consisting of a 5-stand (shotgun) range, a 35 station pistol range, a 29 station rifle range (that includes two 200-yard target firing stations), an air gun range, a 65-yard archery range, 3 combination skeet and trap fields and a walk-through archery course, we think you’ll get your fix. While they don’t have a partridge in a pear tree, the state of the art hunter’s education training facility with courses taught by the Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission and the range staff will get you firearm ready in no time. 

Known for: Vast amount of range stations and field  

Website: http://www.goshootingirc.com/  

5. Colonial Shooting Academy
   Richmond, Virginia

Everything any shooter would need is under one roof at the Colonial Shooting Academy. Gun store, ranges, tactical range, shoot house, membership, classes, contract training, DCJS school, private events and a boatload of good times await you. Hungry for more? Jump in on a the Bullets and BBQ special and feed more than your adrenaline! Events and single day options await anyone looking to hone their skills and try their hand at the live fire shoot house. 

Known for: Live-fire shoot house simulation of real-world scenarios and night/low-light training 

Website: https://colonialshooting.com/  

4. The NRA Whittington Center
   West Raton, New Mexico

With over 30,000 acres and 17 ranges developed for any shooting discipline, the NRA Whittington Center has something for everyone. Included on-site are guided and unguided hunts, firearms training, lodging from cabins to camping, and an unprecedented pro shop. The NRA WC is unlike any place on earth. Shooters take part in competitive, rifle and pistol silhouette, bullseye disciplines, and black powder muzzle-loading rifle experiences- or jump in on a hunt! Truly something for everyone- even those who just want an epic outdoor setting. 

Known for: Stitched into the historical Santa Fe Trail 

Website: http://www.nrawc.org/  

3. Helibacon
   Bryan, Texas

Have you hunted hog before? Have you hunted hog while flying in a helicopter and shooting a machine gun? Yeah, that’s what we thought. The Helibacon Machine Gun Range/Experience is like none other. Here you can jump on, strap in, and unleash the power of Helibacon’s machine gun arsenal while safety flying around a helicopter hunting for hogs and coyotes. Packages include all needed for a wild day of hunting and also include the more ground based range experience in the Machine Gun Range. But who would settle for the ground? It’s your call! 

Known for: Machine Gun Hunting from a Helicopter 

Website: https://www.helibacon.com/  

2. Knob Creek Gun Range
   West Point, Kentucky

Kentucky’s premier outdoor shooting range is the one and only Knob Creek Gun Range. Fire off your pistol, rifle, or shotgun on a 350 yard outdoor range or head over to their gun shop where you can snatch up a new scope, ammo or safety gear. Fully stocked with handguns, rifles, shotguns, assault rifles, ammunition, targets, scopes, and more, Knob Creek has something for everyone. Great for daily gun range access or special events like the Machine Gun Shoot, this range is a great home on the range. 

Known for: Machine Gun Shoot and Cowboy Shootout Events 

Website: http://www.knobcreekrange.com/ 

1. Machine Gun Vegas
   Las Vegas, Nevada

Where else can you find a shooting range that features a Vegas-lounge experience that lets you fire off artillery used by SEAL and Delta Force teams? Modern machine guns, historical handguns, and a full blown sensory experience like none other, Machine Guns Vegas is the place to go. In the mood for some gnarly experience packages? Choose from Seal Team 6, Gamer’s Package, heck even jump in a helicopter or race a sports car as part of your bundle. The hardest part of this range is choosing which firearm to use! 

Known for: Sensory experience packages 

Website: https://machinegunsvegas.com/