Shooting Locations in Pcola

[RedFive]

Hey guys,

I've looked around here a bit, but I can't find anything on a free place to shoot in the panhandle area. In Arizona we'd just go out to the desert and shoot and it was legal. Isn't there some sort of dirt pit around Pcola or across the border where you can go shooting and not get charged for it?

Thanks!
Logan

 

[Jim123]

Santa Rosa Sporting Clays on Quintette Road (CR 184) isn't free but it's pretty cheap. Shotgun, archery, pistol, and rifle (100yd). IIRC nothing surprising about the range rules (ie. no tracer, .50 cal, or "rapid fire" whatever that is).

(There was some doctor's house in Gulf Breeze but the county recently shut that one down... :icon_smil)

 

[JSF_Dreamer]

There's another called Styx River that I've heard good things about. Although I haven't been there myself. The above mentioned one I have been to. It's something like 13 bucks a person for pistol/rifle range. I hate that the Rifle range is only 100 yards, but that's pretty much everywhere around here. Plus, if you're hunting around here... you'd be lucky to need to fire a shot like that.

 

[BACONATOR]

Santa Rosa Sporting Clays on Quintette Road (CR 184) isn't free but it's pretty cheap. Shotgun, archery, pistol, and rifle (100yd). IIRC nothing surprising about the range rules (ie. no tracer, .50 cal, or "rapid fire" whatever that is).

(There was some doctor's house in Gulf Breeze but the county recently shut that one down... :icon_smil)

This is the only place I ever went to and it's borderline scary.

Some "range master" who apparently is concerned about safety. However, when I was there it was just a bunch of people agreeing to go "cold" and then some asshole would still be in front of the line, gun in hand, while everyone else was walking out downrange to adjust their targets.

RIDICULOUS. I wish there were some indoor ranges in FL.

 

[PropAddict]

Chumuckla Gun Club was my preference in the P'cola/Milton area.

Wasn't too expensive, either IIRC.

 

[JSF_Dreamer]

This is the only place I ever went to and it's borderline scary.

Some "range master" who apparently is concerned about safety. However, when I was there it was just a bunch of people agreeing to go "cold" and then some asshole would still be in front of the line, gun in hand, while everyone else was walking out downrange to adjust their targets.

RIDICULOUS. I wish there were some indoor ranges in FL.

I think STYX has an indoor pistol range. 50 yards or something like that. Not sure. Quintette only goes to 25 yards... not very exciting after the first few times.

 

[mmx1]

There's another called Styx River that I've heard good things about. Although I haven't been there myself. The above mentioned one I have been to. It's something like 13 bucks a person for pistol/rifle range. I hate that the Rifle range is only 100 yards, but that's pretty much everywhere around here. Plus, if you're hunting around here... you'd be lucky to need to fire a shot like that.

At the very end of their rifle line Styx has a 200 range berm. No indoor range AFAIK, though the pistol range is pretty small and well-enclosed. The ERML private range will soon be restructuring and might be introducing two 300 yard positions if the range officer has his way.

If you shoot with any sort of regularity, $95 bucks for a year's membership at ERML is a pretty good deal, and they're a bit more flexible about stuff like draw from holster and rapid fire. But then again, I'm the guy that got the gold membership at the sharpshooter in CC - and got my money's worth out of it.

 

[RedFive]

Hey thanks for the quick responses guys. I appreciate all the information. I guess I should have emphasized the free part. I seriously just want some vacant lot somewhere. If anybody is familiar with Dosey Pit in Arizona, that's kinda what I'm looking for.

It's not that I'm cheap or anything, I'm just used to being able to go out to the middle of nowhere and shoot. There must be someplace with abandoned washing machines and geo metros that have since been riddled with holes...no?

 

[RedFive]

For instance, a while ago some friends and I bought a $100 van just for fun. One day it broke down while we were out shooting and we had to leave it. We came back the next day and some four letter word had put some rounds into the block, among other places. By the time we got around to towing it away a couple weeks later this was the result

 

[NozeMan]

Hey thanks for the quick responses guys. I appreciate all the information. I guess I should have emphasized the free part. I seriously just want some vacant lot somewhere. If anybody is familiar with Dosey Pit in Arizona, that's kinda what I'm looking for.

It's not that I'm cheap or anything, I'm just used to being able to go out to the middle of nowhere and shoot. There must be someplace with abandoned washing machines and geo metros that have since been riddled with holes...no?

I don't think thats going to happen. I'd recommend the Escambia River Muzzle Loader's range out on Quintette Rd up in Cantonement. You can buy the membership at Jay's Guns or Gateswood (think that's on 29). It is a worthwhile membership, especially compared to Santa Rosa Sporting Clays. At the very least people are more observant of safety at ERML.

 

[RedFive]

Okay, I'll go check those places out.

What about any places across the bridge in Alabama?