I live in Auburn, Alabama, and up the road from us is the Uchee Shooting Range...well, mud pit. This so-called range is in the Tuskegee National Forest, and is supposed to be monitered by their Ranger station. However, this range is almost out of control. They have a restroom installed, and shooting benchs, but they are both obliterated by bullet holes from careless idiots.
I went out there today to sight my rifle in. I ended up getting so frustrated at the ignorant people there that I packed my stuff up and left with out having it properly zeroed. The guy on my direct left thought he was hood, and he repeatedly turned his gun sideways and dumped his mags. He also would randomly yell clear and bolt out onto the range while people were still handling their weapons, but didn't hear him. His girlfriend was with him also, and I had to remind her TWICE to not muzzle flash people, and to keep her finger off the trigger until ready to shoot. The guy on my immediate right of me thought he was some sort of "operator", but he was also just dumping the mags in his Sig 556 all over the range with no intended target (Except for my target which he shot three times in the frenzy). Although, he did apologize and offered to let me dump one of his mags, in which I respectfully declined. Two benches down to my left was a guy shooting a defective .308 where the bolt would not properly engage or disengage, and the scope mount had only one screw in it. I tried to tell him to stop shooting it and take it to a smith before he had a catastrophic failure, but he was too thick-headed. That is when I left before someone got hurt, and it was not going to be me. As I was leaving, I noticed a mom with her three sons (one was about 18, and two around ten years old). Her two sons were running around with "unloaded" pistols clicking them at each other. I ran over to her and told her to stop her kids immediately before someone was accidently injured or killed.
I called the local ranger station to ask why no one supervised this range and to have someone come out immediately, but sure enough...it was closed. Needless to say, I will never be going there again, and something serious should be done about this place.
I went out there today to sight my rifle in. I ended up getting so frustrated at the ignorant people there that I packed my stuff up and left with out having it properly zeroed. The guy on my direct left thought he was hood, and he repeatedly turned his gun sideways and dumped his mags. He also would randomly yell clear and bolt out onto the range while people were still handling their weapons, but didn't hear him. His girlfriend was with him also, and I had to remind her TWICE to not muzzle flash people, and to keep her finger off the trigger until ready to shoot. The guy on my immediate right of me thought he was some sort of "operator", but he was also just dumping the mags in his Sig 556 all over the range with no intended target (Except for my target which he shot three times in the frenzy). Although, he did apologize and offered to let me dump one of his mags, in which I respectfully declined. Two benches down to my left was a guy shooting a defective .308 where the bolt would not properly engage or disengage, and the scope mount had only one screw in it. I tried to tell him to stop shooting it and take it to a smith before he had a catastrophic failure, but he was too thick-headed. That is when I left before someone got hurt, and it was not going to be me. As I was leaving, I noticed a mom with her three sons (one was about 18, and two around ten years old). Her two sons were running around with "unloaded" pistols clicking them at each other. I ran over to her and told her to stop her kids immediately before someone was accidently injured or killed.
I called the local ranger station to ask why no one supervised this range and to have someone come out immediately, but sure enough...it was closed. Needless to say, I will never be going there again, and something serious should be done about this place.