FYI Lone Star Gun Club temporarily shut down

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Oh the reek of desperation...

[Rafa]

Yea
Armadillo range has then. Aluminum i think that have mounds of dirt over them.

Weird at 1st but for used to it. Fuckers are loud from them of course.

I actually like the place. Not too far from me

[Chili]

I'm pretty sure their neighbors just want to bankrupt them and close the business with these demands.

I have never even heard of a range having "shooting tubes"

I went to a place a couple of years ago that had tubes like that (Armadillo Gun Store & Range in Nevada, TX).. Not terrible but an annoyance.

[Fastback]

I think they are just biding their 3 year's time until the eminent domain takeover for the George Bush trollway.

[must86]

Wow, I thought they working on improving the range like taller back stops, better layout and things, but looks like a grant step back.

[aggie97]

time to cut bait and turn the place into a racetrack...you know, something with MORE noise! LOL!

[Jose]

Wow that looks like total shit. That's too bad because I was waiting for them to get it all straightened out and then I planned on joining. Guess that's not going to happen.

Me too.

[32vfromhell]

I'm pretty sure their neighbors just want to bankrupt them and close the business with these demands.

I have never even heard of a range having "shooting tubes"

[red89notch]

Wow that looks like total shit. That's too bad because I was waiting for them to get it all straightened out and then I planned on joining. Guess that's not going to happen.

[KBScobravert]

They would have been better off increasing the berm heights on all three sides of the 100yd range and installing elevated baffles to catch rounds which will exceed backstop.

As much as we can hate on Alpine, they have a very safe physical environment. It is the douches that come out there straight from the gun show that douche it up and some of their range officers contribute as well.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

That looks like a shit show compared when I was there a 2 years ago

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As some know, a few of us have had memberships at Lonestar Gun Club out in Mesquite. It was great because they were pretty laid back, membership prices were fair, and they had 3 tac bays up front. It soon came out that they were embroiled in some shit with the neighbors, under the guise of noise complaints. Now it seems that a bigger part of the problem was errant rounds leaving the range and going onto the neighbor’s property. Needless to say, the neighbors went the legal route and on 8/30/17, a TRO was granted, and all firearms activity at Lonestar was to cease. Up until recently, very little was done or posted about while the suit carried on. It appears that they’re close to an agreement vis a vis mediation, as to how they’ll be able to fully open up again.

For now, the “short range” and 100 yard ranges are open. I was out in Mesquite a few days ago and decided to go see for myself. For now, the “short range” is a Conex box where you can shoot up to 10 yards at paper targets. They have railroad ties on all sides to prevent rounds from exiting the Conex box. You can’t make this shit up if you tried.

As for the 100 yard range, there appears to be an area roughly 5-8 yards at the end where you can setup paper targets. To shoot, you shoot prone through these 3 sections of concrete pipe, again, in order to prevent errant rounds from leaving the range. Apparently it’s loud AF when shooting, I can’t imagine why, lol.

Allegedly they’re wanting to put another Conex box 25 yards away from the current one, and somehow creating an overhead cover that transverses the two boxes, to prevent exiting rounds. Then they’re wanting to do something similar out by the 100 yard ranges, for the new tactical bays. The tac bays are supposed to be roughly 25 yards wide by 50 yards deep, and with a cover just like the Conex boxes.

Supposedly Derek Ringley is still on property but has 60 days to vacate. Matthew Dryer and Lisa Dryer are the new owners. At some point the range will bear the new name “Falcon Ridge”.

[32vfromhell]

They sent out an email today about a member's meeting tomorrow at the range. No shooting allowed though.

[John -- '02 HAWK]

Even stranger is that they're no longer accepting day shooters, will now be members only. That's just asinine.

Based on the facebook posting that they had to shut down to rebuild all the ranges to NRA standards it would make sense to not allow public access until they can handle the member's needs

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Even stranger is that they're no longer accepting day shooters, will now be members only. That's just asinine.