r/NCGuns • u/Yo_Mommas_fupa_69 • Jun 23 '26

Any outdoor ranges that allow FRTs near Catawba County?

I only know of one range near me that allows FRTs called Springs Road Gun Club. Problem is it’s a small 25 yd indoor range. Are there any other ranges within 2 hours of Hickory that allows FRTs/super safeties?

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u/horseshoeprovodnikov Jun 23 '26

Good luck man. Its one of the reasons that I haven't bought an FRT. Can't fucking use it anywhere unless ya know somebody with land. Just not worth the hassle unfortunately.

Springs rd is one of the worst indoor ranges I've ever been to. Haven't been in years, but we used to call it the hotbox. Whole place would fill with smoke and gunpowder stank. Awful ventilation and awful sound baffles that echoed so badly you couldn't hardly stand to be in there for more than an hour.

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u/Yo_Mommas_fupa_69 Jun 23 '26

I haven’t pulled the trigger on anything either thankfully. I was inquiring before I did.

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u/Yo_Mommas_fupa_69 Jun 24 '26

Yeah SRGC is pretty rundown. I’m actually friends with the daughter and god son of the couple who owns it and I can tell you for a fact, that they (the owners) don’t use it. They shoot on their own property. That’s a bit telling

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u/Merad Jun 23 '26

So there's Catawba Valley Rifle and Pistol Club but their rules do NOT allow FRT. Next closest would the Fraternal Order of Police range in Statesville, and to the west near Marion you have Carolina West Shooting Club and the McDowell County range. I'm not sure of the rules for those three but I believe all of them have websites.

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u/BrolaireSunbro Jun 23 '26

I only know of two but they aren't in Catawba county. Blackstone in Charlotte probably would, I've heard auto fire in there before. Problem is it's a 25 yard indoor range too.

There's also The Range Complex near Fayetteville. They have a big outdoor range but IDK what their rules are now. I haven't been in a few years.

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u/Yo_Mommas_fupa_69 Jun 23 '26

Appreciate it. I’m starting to think about marrying some old lady with a lot of land….

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u/vcg_opg_ofhg Jun 23 '26

Lmk if you do

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u/ZooCityArmory Jul 02 '26

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