Range Rules
FreeState Gun Range Operational Rules
FAILURE TO ABIDE BY THESE RULES MAY RESULT IN A REPRIMAND OR YOUR REMOVAL FROM THE RANGE.
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All Federal, state, and local firearm laws must be obeyed.
All firearms and magazines must be clear/unloaded before entering the facility.
Everyone who enters the range MUST have on Eye and Ear Protection.
Shooters MUST case and uncase all firearms at the firing line.
If shooting using a bench rest your target must be at 25 yards.
Firearms not on the firing line must be unloaded and cased.
Guns/magazines may only be handled on the range.
FreeState Range Safety Officers have the right to inspect any firearms or ammunition at any time.
Shooters must complete and sign the FreeState Gun Range RELEASE, WAIVER, HOLD HARMLESS, INDEMNIFICATION, AND ASSUMPTION OF RISK AGREEMENT before using the Range. Safety Waiver can be completed by clicking here.
All calibers of pistols may be fired.
Rifles up to and including 7.62 x 39 may be fired but must be equipped with a muzzle brake, flash hider, or suppressor.
Shotgun slugs and 00 buckshot may be fired. No steel shot.
Commands issued by Range Officers and Range Personnel must be immediately obeyed without question.
If the command “CEASE FIRE” is given: stop shooting immediately, remove your finger from the trigger, remove the magazine, clear the firearm, and place the firearm on the bench with action open and muzzle down range. Step back from the shooting booth and wait for further instructions from the RSO. Once line is declared “COLD” there is absolutely NO handling of firearms, unloaded or otherwise.
Shooters may only use FreeState Gun Range approved paper targets, placed at eye level.
Only firing by aiming through firearm sights onto a target is permitted.
Always wash your hands and face immediately after shooting and/or cleaning your firearm. Sinks are located in the restrooms. Pregnant and nursing women may not enter the range.
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Shooting from the prone position or kneeling position is prohibited.
Food, beverages, and smoking/vaping of any kind are prohibited on the range.
No muzzleloading firearms may be fired.
Tracer, incendiary, armor-piercing, and steel bullets of any kind are strictly prohibited. Shooters caught shooting steel bullets may be banned.
No one other than FreeState Gun Range personnel may go forward of the firing line unless authorized or instructed to do so by the Range Safety Officer.
You may collect your own brass that is inside your stall and behind the firing line. Brass from other shooters and all brass that falls in front of the firing line may not be collected.
Pregnant and nursing women may not enter the range.
While on the range, no more than 2 people can be on a given lane at a time.
Shooting while under the influence of alcohol or drugs is strictly prohibited.
