New Place to Shoot in Clark Co. Nevada

[akapennypincher]

I am not sure if any of you know Don Turner who Ran the Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix for AZ Game & Fish, but Don is now with the County of Clark in Nevada and will soon be opening a Super Place to Shoot.

If anyone is interested here is the latest News Letter showing the progress of the New Range that is being build from the Ground Up on approx. 10,000 Acres of Prime land close to Lost Wages Nevada...


http://www.co.clark.nv.us/parks/ShootingPark/Newsletters/2006/Issue3.htm

 

[Walks Alone]

The project has been mostly just talk and planning for several years, and both have moved very slowly. I worked with a gent who was on the committee from the start (until last summer) helping him with the design of ranges and the property layouts for them. Land was finally tied up for it last year and the start of the funding needed to build it. But I wouldn't hold my breath that it will be open by their late 2007 target date unless they open with only ranges for a few disciplines completed. They don't have anywhere near the money needed yet. RV/camping facilities are also planned for the park.

Vegas already has several shooting ranges, the biggest outdoor ranges being the private Desert Sportsman's at Red Rock, then the semi public Boulder City range. Neither are anywhere near the caliber of the Ben Avery in Phoenix or Lee Kay Center in Salt Lake City for sure, but they both have very large memberships who for the most part will not use the new range anyway. Many of the sanctioned matches currently being held at DS are not planning to move to the new range either at this point, but that could always change. What's going to be the key is whether they offer annual memberships rather than only the high daily use fees they are currently planning. For most of the local people who already use one of the other ranges, it will be much further to drive to as well.

FWIW