Griffin Gun Club

[Time & Date of visit]: Sunday Afternoon
[Party Size]: Large Group
[Location/​Ambiance]:
One of the closer outdoor gun ranges near my family residing in the southern suburbs… er rurals?
«stalls» are sectioned to what looks like 2 target holders each, with about 3 in total. I’m not sure if this is just for pistols on a normal day though. For the Quiet Riot and Silencer Co event, they brought out an assortment of shotguns, bolt action rifles, semi automatic rifles, sub /​compact rifles, and some pistols. Each had a suppressor from Silencer Co.
I’ve shot various semi auto rifles before with a suppressor equipped, and the weight distribution was usually front heavy. Even though most of the bolt action rifles were attached with bi-​pods. Everything just felt very balanced. Positioning and sighting the targets through the scope was pretty easy. Though some scopes were sighted beyond I guess the 25 yards that the demo had everything setup for.
Though we couldn’t shoot a full magazine of ammo; lines weren’t that long to come back and try another caliber /​gun.
My favorite was the Les Baer tactical recon chambered in .308. Normally this type of round in my cousins Remington rifle, just about tears my shoulder out of socket from the recoil. But with the custom Les Baer rifle they had to demo, recoil was barely there and very manageable. This is going to be on my wish list and will be saving up for one.
{Summary}:
I’m not sure how normal operations are like for a weekend day at the Griffin Gun Club, but everyone one seemed pretty friendly and just enjoying the sport. This is why I’m still not ever going to pick up golf, which would probably put me to sleep if I wasn’t driving the cart around and doing donuts.
Don’t get me wrong, I don’t view firearms as toys. But as tools to defend and protect myself and the people I care for once you are properly trained to use one.