A significant, seasonal, amusement (water) park is going to be built across the street from a piece of property I have.
I thought I might try to take advantage of their marketing and advertising dollars and try to poach some of their customers, specifically Dad, who might take an hour or two to shoot at an indoor range while everyone else is across the street. It's way too hot to shoot outside for much of the year here.
The people that I've talked to that have ranges seem to think a "pro" shop (gun sales) is essential. Most seem to use the well proven prefab lanes, bullet traps, HVAC, etc.
So what else is desirable?
How long do the lanes need to be?
Does there need to be one or more rifle lanes?
What is a reasonable price for an hour of range time? Would you pay extra for a rifle lane?
What hours should it be open?
Ventilation and fresh air requirements are onerous, so I thought I might take advantage of that and maybe put in a cigar smoking room for when one is done shooting. Would that be desirable?
What about firearms storage lockers for people that don't want to keep them at their house (or until they figure out how to tell the wife they bought another one)?
I figure there will be food across the street, so other than vending machines, I wouldn't want to fool with that.
Any other ideas?
This is purely speculative tire kicking at this point, and I may well do something else with the property, but they are letting bids now for the place across the street, so I want to do something with my place in the next year or two.
It's a big piece of property, so I'll probably put something else on it in addition to the possible range, just to hedge my bets.
I thought I might try to take advantage of their marketing and advertising dollars and try to poach some of their customers, specifically Dad, who might take an hour or two to shoot at an indoor range while everyone else is across the street. It's way too hot to shoot outside for much of the year here.
The people that I've talked to that have ranges seem to think a "pro" shop (gun sales) is essential. Most seem to use the well proven prefab lanes, bullet traps, HVAC, etc.
So what else is desirable?
How long do the lanes need to be?
Does there need to be one or more rifle lanes?
What is a reasonable price for an hour of range time? Would you pay extra for a rifle lane?
What hours should it be open?
Ventilation and fresh air requirements are onerous, so I thought I might take advantage of that and maybe put in a cigar smoking room for when one is done shooting. Would that be desirable?
What about firearms storage lockers for people that don't want to keep them at their house (or until they figure out how to tell the wife they bought another one)?
I figure there will be food across the street, so other than vending machines, I wouldn't want to fool with that.
Any other ideas?
This is purely speculative tire kicking at this point, and I may well do something else with the property, but they are letting bids now for the place across the street, so I want to do something with my place in the next year or two.
It's a big piece of property, so I'll probably put something else on it in addition to the possible range, just to hedge my bets.
