A Place To Shoot

This has been my primary outdoor «place to shoot» since the Feds closed down my favorite local wild spot for reasons that defy all logic, even for a government agency. Overall, the place has improved considerably over the years, and you can spend a couple of hours there, or a full day, depending on the size and diversity of your arsenal and ammo supply, and have a lot of fun while doing so. They don’t rent guns, but they have ammo, and the prices are reasonable especially considering their BFE-​like location. You should bring plenty of water and food, especially if you’re the type that gets crabby and shaky without eating something frequently, because there’s nothing there to eat, unless you find dirt, dust and rocks nutritious. In addition to eye and ear protection, wearing a cowboy hat or other type of wide-​brimmed hat will protect you from the ever-​present hot sun, and even hotter ejected cartridge casings — such is life on the range. Weekends and holidays in particular can be crowded, so if you go there during the week, whether you take a day off, or play «triggy» (as opposed to hooky) with some of your co-​workers, the ranges are pretty much all yours, but in any case, most of the crowds seem to dissipate by the afternoon. I’ve had very mixed experiences with the staff, ranging from friendly and helpful to prickly and obnoxious, which to me is not the way to act at a gun range, but overall they are OK — play by the rules, don’t get drunk, don’t get high, don’t practice quick-​draws from a holster, don’t shoot pistols in each hand, don’t rapid fire, don’t bring steel ammo under any circumstances, and pay your admission, and they’ll pretty much leave you alone. On my last visit there, three different groups of homie-​looking characters showed up and proceeded to violate every safety rule and then some in about five minutes — like any other range, you have to watch out for the dorks, geeks, nerds, yuppies, homies, skinheads, gangstas, and other yahoos who have seen way too many movies!

Great location in nature open range. Its refreshing that’s it’s not overcrowded… feels like your own personal range with great prices.
This is ideal for people who don’t like crowds and want to shoot in peace or have one on one lessons without much other shooting and people distraction.
Seems more of the experienced come here

Four of us decided to try out this range for the first time this past Saturday morning, May 21, 2016. Our experience with guns varied from beginner to expert. After spending 7 hours there using the high power rifle range, shotgun skeet range and two of the pistol ranges we ALL agreed it was GREAT!!! The only reason they don’t get a 6 is because there is no option!
We drove there from Burbank and it was 45 minutes each way. The drive once you get into the hills on San Francisquito Canyon road is beautiful over an excellent paved road. My GPS signal on my phone guided me right to the dirt road entrance where there is a small sign. Could easily be missed if not looking for it. Once you drive about a quarter mile on the dirt road you come up to the check in office. We filled out the waivers and approached the office. We were very warmly greeted and asked if we had been there before. After our no reply we were welcomed and all the fees as well as the description of each of the ranges we explained. The cost to shoot for the day was $ 15 cash for each shooter and if you want a wood/​cardboard target to attach your paper targets to its a $ 2.50 deposit. If you don’t shoot the wood they return it at the end of the day. Purchased some ammo that was hard to find at a very good price as well as a box of Bio-​Degradable skeet clays. They do accept credit cards for ammo and the clays.
As we drove up past all the ranges we arrived at the top one, #7 for high power rifles. This one had the most shooters there, but easily found two tables for our group and set up. We approached the range officer (older gentleman with a great cigar and friendly sense of humor) and got our target stand. ALL of the range officers were nice and polite unlike some of those Range Nazis at a closer public range. All the shooters there we nice and ranged from kids to first time shooters with instructors to very experienced shooters. They have 50 and 100 yard metal stand holders to set up you stands as well as some steel targets up on the hill that made it fun. We spent the most time here and I shot over 450 rounds on just one rifle with others in our party shooting about the same from various rifles we had. There is NO cell service up here and that was actually nice! Porta-​Poty bathrooms were clean and plenty of TP. Water to wash hands off outside. You have to bring your own food and drinks here and NO alcohol allowed. Will bring cigars next time! We returned our target stands and drove down to the shotgun skeet range next. There were only two others using this range so plenty of room and the manual skeet shooters worked just fine. After an hour of so we decided to move down to the small caliber/​shotgun and pistol range with steel targets. Two of our members had a blast on the steel targets with their handguns there. Only one other shooter was using this range when we arrived. After sometime here, we walked across the dirt road to another pistol steel range with closer range targets. No magnum handguns allowed on this range. It was empty when we arrived and still so when we left at least an hour later when we packed up the trucks and went to get our $ 2.50 target stand deposit back (YEY no wood shots!)
I understand others might have had not had the same experience, but honestly the only thing they are serious about here is SAFETY! They all made sure we had a fun and safe day of shooting!!! We will definitely come back for more soon. Highly recommended!

The worse worse customer services, there is fat douch bag by a name of McCoy that works there driving on ATV, he thinks his the shit. We apparently parked in a wrong section, he rolls up on his ATV n starts talking mad shit to us. Like cmon bro, chill off and he starts using inappropriate language n when my friend turned around and said heeyy watch your mouth, something clicks in his head n he turns n says ooo yea bro I’m sorry, for using bad language. He probably woke up on the wrong side of the bed, or he just hates life, I mean I don’t blame him, he looked so miserable. God bless him, he needs some mental help n should don’t be allowed to work in a shooting range wit that kind of anger. Will definitely make another complain to the owners of the shooting range. Facebook, Instagram, and all the other social media to let the world know that McCoy is a FAT RUDE DOUCH BAG.

What a great place to go to. Better then oak tree. There are a few yuppies that show up from time to time in their Range rovers that act like they know how to shoot. But they don’t stay long. All staff is always awesome.

Liked this place, going to be my go to range when I’m not in the mood for an indoor range. Enjoyed each range we went to, mostly the high power rifle range!

This is my go to range. I love the steel target pistol ranges and well as the steel targets at the rifle range. My only problem with this place are the rude employees that circle you like Hawks and will complain about anything and everything you’re doing. I had one of the guys in the check in booth tell me off for driving in too fast and kicking up dirt but I drove in extremely slow because it just rained and there was huge dips. I think these guys just want to show you who’s «boss». One time I shot a box of non biodegradable clays and omg you would of thought I killed someone. On top of that there are no signs posted warning you to only shoot biodegradable clays. They also won’t let you shoot steel cases surplus ammo because they want to pick up all your brass and profit off of it.

The two gentlemen that I spoke with during my visit were very friendly and polite. This is a no frills, straight-​to-​point range. Bring cash, hydration and maybe some snacks as there is nothing nearby. Heck, you won’t get any cell service up there either so handle your business prior.
There’s a bit of everything for your shooting pleasure so you’re bound to have a good time. It was so nice on a Thursday afternoon – I was the ONLY guy there; pretty sweet, and keep in mind, there are four public ranges and one member only range.
They don’t have firearms for rent but do sell ammo. Daily fee is $ 15. $ 10 for law enforcement & military. Cash only. Have fun!

Decent Shooting Range They only accept cash though so be sure to bring it or you’ll have drive all the out again

I Enjoyed this place. It’s in a nice location not too far out up San fracisquito. It was crowded this weekend but there were several trap shoot stations available for us. The Staff and service were good.

Staff is really professional and helpful. Shotgun range looks refurbished and nice. The paper target small caliber range looked a little tired. Overall it was a fun nice place.

Employees are rude .We were asked to leave or buy their clays. The clays we purchased were «BIO» but we were told they weren’t, even though it clearly states it on the box. Another thing is they only except CASH for the entrance fee no if and or buts. For $ 5 more you can shoot at Oak Tree and grab lunch and a beer while being treated with respect from the staff.

I love this place. It’s a very good-​priced outdoor range with plenty of beautiful mountain nature views on the drive up there. They have a nice selection of two separate steel plate pistol ranges, one paper pistol range and a paper + steel plate combo rifle range with steel targets set up on top of different parts of the hills/​mountains. You can deposit for target stands & buy ammo, & bring your own guns, no rentals. There’s also a non-​public private range.
I’ve been to this place plenty of times and the staff has always been very cool/​friendly (Not like the typical LA shooting range dickheads) and me & my lady have been very happy after leaving this place every time.
I highly recommend this place to anybody who enjoys shooting guns and having a good time!

My fourth time coming here and the service could not be better. The staff is really aware and helpful with questions that we had. It is pretty cheap and there are many places you can shoot so it usually isn’t packed. Sadly you can’t rent guns there but you can buy ammunition. This place is awesome if you have a .22 rifle because almost all ranges are available. Great place to shoot and highly recommended!

Great, uncrowded outdoor range and much closer to home than the others. We really like the pistol range as its shaded and we can shoot at either paper targets at any distance we want for practicing our groupings, then have some fun shooting at some metal targets further out. Being able to set the paper targets at the distance we want to practice is a really nice feature. Plus the range officers are really nice and helpful.
Although we mainly shoot pistol, its nice to be able to also shoot rifle or shotgun for the same price. We plan to get memberships next year as we like to practice at least once a month.
The place is no frills, just a good set of ranges for practicing. There’s a covered area with picnic tables and some port-​a-​potties — that’s about it for amenities. But, hey, its a place to shoot! (and have some fun)

Great place to shoot but no shaded areas other than the long range. Bring a sun shade or wear a large beach hat.

I’ve been coming here for years. The weekdays are the best, because usually I’m all alone, no other people or rso’s, just the man who runs it. I don’t like people eyeballing my gear either, too many nosy types and false oathtakers who have betrayed «The Constitution» in California for a paycheck. Plenty of parking steel targets too. Very out of the way place, which I love. Great price all around.

One Friday morning some cousins and I ventured out to this outdoor shooting range. Half of us were inexperienced as we have never fired a weapon before while the other half has. Luckily, cousin is a police officer and gave instruction really well. Safety first!
$ 12.50 entrance fee and you can stay as long as you like. It’s best to bring your own eyes and ears, but they have some there for you to rent. About 5 different shooting areas with the rifle area at the very end left hand corner. This place is maintained quite well and range masters are attentive. For safety, them being there is important as they are able to clear shooting areas to cease fire and gives the opportunity to change out and arrange your targets. We brought our own ammo and guns, but again, they have all that for rent too. We did rent a spotter scope for $ 7.50, so we can actually see if we hit our targets.
The only downside is there are no restrooms, only portable potties. No eating or drinking allowed in shooting areas, only in designated bench areas. All in all, an awesome outdoor shooting range experience!

There’s just something about an outdoor range that makes shooting a joy.
Indoor ranges, they’re ok, but not nearly as nice.
A Place To Shoot is an awesome outdoor range for shooting pretty much anything you can legally own in California. There’s like three handgun ranges, two with steel targets and one for paper targets. There’s a variety of steel targets at different distances, and you get that satisfying ‘thunk’ when your bullet hits.
There’s a skeet range for shotguns.
There’s a rifle range where you can place paper targets, or shoot at the steel targets on the hill.
There’s no cease fire on the steel target ranges, which is nice.
If memory serves, there are a few other spots to shoot, one of which is for members only.
They sell ammo there. Of course, it’s pricey, as it always is when bought on site at a range. Their 9 mm ammo was good, but the 44 magnum reloads were somewhat light, and chunks of copper would bite those on either side of me. At first I thought it was my revolver, but running new ammo through it solved the problem. I suggest you avoid their reloads.
They also sell targets and rent target frames, which are reasonably priced. Oh, they’re way cheaper when bought in bulk elsewhere, but you won’t feel ripped off buying them here.
The staff was friendly, as were the other shooters. I liked the culture here. I didn’t see any unsafe behavior, and there was a great deal of respect shown by all.
The range itself was clean and well organized. You can drive right up to the rifle range shooting positions to unload your gear, while the handgun ranges require a very short walk.
The location is pretty far out from most places, like every other range I’ve been to, but the drive is nice, with pretty mountains and neat little towns.
Note: There is absolutely no cell service here. If you’re using your cell phone for GPS, you may want to print out the directions before heading out.
This is a great range for families. Highly Recommend!

Great place to shoot rifles. The rifle range has both paper and metal targets and some long range metal targets as well.
The pistol range is fun. My son likes shooting at metal targets, so we enjoy going there.
My only complaint… one of the rifle range masters is an old crabby dude. Very condescending and rude. He came speeding up on me and my 10 year old son on his Quad, because he thought I hadn’t paid on my way in. He acted like he just busted me and I was gonna «get it»… Even after I showed him my receipt, he acted like a jerk.