The NRA offers cheap liability insurance to shooting ranges as a way to pull in more membership money. A lot of us younger members at my club are getting fed up with it, though. If I find a link to the actual program I’ll forward it.

Yup, all of this is great info for anyone looking into it. Also, I’m not trying to scare anyone away but for any newer people going, please be extremely aware of your surroundings. SGL 203 is much safer than a lot of the other state ranges, but there’s always a chance that the person next to you is learning as well or maybe just a purposefully ignorant person who doesn’t care about the rules. If you see something unsafe, let the person know. If they refuse to stop doing whatever they’re doing, move to a different part of the range or come back another time. My rule of thumb was to only go on weekdays when it was the least busy.

Yeah a compact .380 is a decent all-rounder. I’d recommend them to not go any smaller than something like an M&P Shield EZ though because once you get into pocket pistol territory they just get to be plain uncomfortable to shoot well.

Yup and a lot of people are stuck with their membership still because a ton of ranges and clubs still require you to have a current one for insurance purposes.

I used it for most of 2020 and 2021, since I didn’t have a hunting license I had to get the range license online and keep it on me. I believe the rule was you’re allowed to bring one guest for free.

Everyone better remember the magazine limit there or the game commissioners are gonna be eating good tonight!

I’m a bit out of the way up here in Beaver County but if you ever want to try the spread of .22lr pistol up to a full power rifle just hit me up! Guest fee at my range is only 5 bucks and it’s a pretty nice facility (BVRPC). I bring out new people all the time who either want to get into guns or just want to know how to safely operate one. Offer’s out to anyone, really. I think it’s important to know how to properly clear and render a gun safe regardless of politics.