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RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - Mike25 - 11-11-2014
(11-11-2014, 01:25 AM)AcilletaM Wrote: My wife and I stopped by today. They are not open yet - they had a soft opening for members but that's it. Hope to be open in a week or two. They have 1 bay of 8 lanes done and the other 14 are under construction still. From my untrained eye I'm guessing they may be open next week but it won't be with all 22 lanes going and much of the building not finished. I do think it will look nice once it is done. The man we spoke with stated they were going to be a high-end option. I didn't get any info from him that made me believe a membership is worthwhile unless you are Active Duty, Retired Military, and First Responders (Patriotic Member $200) or a high volume shooter who goes multiple times a week (Platnum $1000). Lanes are big enough for 2 people, they will allow rifles but I don't remember the caliber limit and shotguns, and they will allow drawing from holsters. However, to draw from the holster you have to be a member and you have to go through an hour in their simulator with one of their instructors to be approved. He also said they had 60-65 members.
I just noticed something - the membership descriptions on the website are different than the brochure he gave us. The Patriotic membership on the website has less free hours, again making it less economical. We asked other pricing questions like gun rental and the guy told us they are still determining those. They will have food for sale there and a bar in the basement for members with daily food specials. There were 3 guys shooting while we were there, I don't know if they were members or owners or what but nobody else was watching them.
Thanks for update. Do they have hourly rates established yet?
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - jfergus7 - 11-11-2014
Thanks for the great info. Sounds like it will be a nice range but probably going to be a bit pricey for me. Will still go check it out once it opens.
Just looked and they do have a Facebook page and it looks like they are keeping that more up to date then the website. Looks like they were open to the public over the weekend.
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - AcilletaM - 11-11-2014
The website says it will be $20 for handgun and $25 for rifle. The guy I spoke to backed off of those numbers. The event this weekend has special pricing which is slightly less than Bass Pro.
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - ssphoto - 02-07-2015
I went here for the first time today. Pretty darn good. Excellent staff and very friendly. Attaching some photos.
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - Glasssmith - 02-09-2015
I am looking forward to going there this weekend I hope.
It is a little closer than On Target with similar rates.
How was the wait time to get a lane on a saturday?
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - Freedoms1791 - 02-09-2015
I was a walk in at 11:00am on Sunday there was a least 10 lanes opened
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - bradberry - 02-09-2015
(02-09-2015, 10:19 PM)Freedoms1791 Wrote: I was a walk in at 11:00am on Sunday there was a least 10 lanes opened
i want one!
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - ssphoto - 02-11-2015
Of note: the target cardboard only had clips for the sides, so if your target is only a small one, you should bring a stapler. When I went, I had to clip the target to the edge of the board, being careful not to shoot the clips! I looked around and didn't see any staplers around, so I'd guess it's up to you to provide your own fastening devices. You can see the pictures I took demonstrates this.
RE: New indoor range in Waukegan - Freedoms1791 - 02-11-2015
(02-11-2015, 10:27 AM)ssphoto Wrote: Of note: the target cardboard only had clips for the sides, so if your target is only a small one, you should bring a stapler. When I went, I had to clip the target to the edge of the board, being careful not to shoot the clips! I looked around and didn't see any staplers around, so I'd guess it's up to you to provide your own fastening devices. You can see the pictures I took demonstrates this.Yep on the stapler I forgot about that and the cardboard is not the same size on all the lanes mine was ok I had a bigger target that fit the cardboard but my friend had the same target but the cardboard was away to wide so he cut a slot in the cardboard he did hit the clip it won't be the same after that it did hold the target a litter better.