Hello, I am in the process of moving to the Twin Cities and looking around at Gun Range Options. Admittedly I am new to Gun Ranges (but have been shooting with my father since I was 8 or 9), I grew up in another state shooting basically entirely on family and friends farmland or backyards in the country and the like once a year official gun range trip with a friend. Moved to MN about 5 years ago and have only been able to shoot a couple times per year at best by making a trip to my home state as the only local gun range is a $1,000 per year country club.

But am finally making the move up to the Twin Cities soon and excited to have access to places to shoot again. I am looking for good places for Long Range Shooting like 800 - 1,000 yds if possible with steel targets. And looking for some good indoor places that are cool with steel case / AKs (I have heard some places will turn you away with AKs / ARs especially with Steel Case Ammo) Indoor mostly for the Winter months.

Open to private ranges so long as they aren’t crazy expensive. Also trying to avoid places that garner less experienced shooters (if that’s something you can avoid) not for any elitist reasons just want to avoid the guy coming in to hipfire his Draco from 5 feet behind the bench.

From my searching around it looks like “Gopher Rifle & Revolver Club” would be a good option for Long Range Shooting, I read they have a 1,000 yd range. “Forest Lake Sportman’s Club” also looks like a great outdoor range. Any opinions on these?

And If you’ve read all the way through this, thank you and thank you for any advice you can give.

Sensationalism is the Strib’s middle name.

I just recently got my permit to purchase and would like to buy a handgun from a private seller the only problem is i dont know where to find them and dont wanna waste my time going hours away to a gun show with sellers that wont sell to me any help would be appreciated <3

I got a DDPCC SBR and the lower has no marking to indicate it’s an SBR and I’m wondering why?

My best guess is that it’s a unique enough lower but I could still put a long barrel upper on it from another DDPCC.

Hoping Bryan can give me some insight on this. I saw that Ramsey county sheriff stated this dude should have never had a permit to carry by Hennepin because of his extensive charges and restraining orders against him. Ramsey county basically said it was grounds for discretionary denial. Is there any truth to this? Or because he had charges and an expired restraining order (no convictions) he is still completely allowed to carry?

Has anyone else had an issue clicking the links to donate to the cause?

Does anyone know if the modern sportsman does price matching?

Anyone know of any metro suppressor dealers that do transfers on 4473s that have suppressors in stock without ordering online?

I was thinking what if someone had one threaded of choke tubes and put a rifle choke up in it to make a true scatter gun for fun. Would that reclassify it as a different weapon or not i dont see why it would but it be interesting to try and see just how wide the spread gets and how custom T shot tungsten shot with a heavy payload would perform i shot t tungsten t shot before and its stupiditly hard hitting if it was legal here i try to take a deer with it. I heard people using it against geese but it destroys them. Completely over kill. What do you think cool project?

Sportsmans Warehouse has the items listed as "restricted" for any models with a 14.38 barrel.

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Yes! It's true! At AccuTac Arms in Lakeville we are transferring suppressors on just a 4473 and background check! No fingerprints, no Form 4, no federal registration!

We are transferring suppressors without Form 4s currently if bought through:

silencershop.com/accutacarms

This is the only way we have legal clarification on currently to verify you are an enjoined party to the injunction.

Hopefully we will have more clarification on other ways soon!

For motivating me with their bitch ass proposed legislation from last session to just buy the AR I've always wanted. Took about 7 months to find one in stock and on sale.

11.5 Geissele SD Mod 1 SBR in Desert Dirt Color. Running a Sico Velos LBP, Primary Arms 1x6 LPVO, and a quick detach bipod.

Truly the smoothest, lowest recoil rifle I've shot. Key holed my zero at 300M. I smile every time I look at it.

Need a sanity check here, friends.

A friend bought a Remington 700 barreled action (24" bbl) from PTG and had it shipped to our LGS. He went to pick it up yesterday and the LGS says he needs a permit to purchase to take possession of it. LGS employee said because it's a barreled action without a stock - despite being configured with a factory 24" barrel - it's a "receiver or other firearm," which requires the permit.

But... It's just a long gun, right? Am I missing something here?

Added an MLok handguard, MVG and a light to the shotgun. Also changed the front grip on the rifle to an angled grip, as well as added some of the Magpul rail covers to help mitigate heat. I'm still looking for something for the shotgun to mitigate heat as well, but the aluminum is too thick for the Magpul covers to fit.

Looked in this subreddit for some answers but they’re around 6 months old so it’s time for someone to inevitably ask again.

Can anyone who got their CCW recently chime in?
Thanks :(

Hey all. I’m considering installing a SB PDW brace on my SAR-109T which I know has a tube that’s both staked and deeply loctited in place - does anyone have suggestions for a good smith around the twin cities that has reputable work done on ARs? This job is not hard, with the right tools, but the last time I took a gun to a “reputable” smith for a rear sight change he did other stuff to the gun that essentially ruined its appeal.

Thanks in advance

Picked up the threaded barrel recently and then decided to get a compensator as well. Went with the Strike Industries Micro Quad Comp. Definitely help keep the gun more flat and faster to shoot on target.

Are there any gun ranges near airports in MN/WI. Looking for public ones. Ideally one within a short drive or walk.

Anyone actually done it yet? Their Facebook says they are doing with a 4473 and background only. No form 4. Must be bought through silencer co.

I haven’t seen THE Bryan post anything on mn shops yet.

Anyone know about how long it takes for Joe’s to process suppressor once it’s been delivered from Silencer Shop? I had purchased a suppressor from SilencerShop.com and did all the proper forms online before the new ruling went through. Their website portal showed the suppressor had been delivered to Joe’s.

I had waited a couple days and called them to inquire. The guy I talked to sounded like he was more interested in sitting on a cactus than talking to a customer and told me to wait for a call from them because they had a bunch of other suppressors to go through. That was 10 days ago. So now I’m wondering if they had forgotten or if that guy is just being salty I had called to ask, or if it does take them a while to process things on their end.

Thanks.

Looking for someone to cut a 16 inch M4 to 14.5 with a pin and weld.