New Indoor Range In Colorado Springs

I think the bridge project turned out to be bigger than first though.

The range website new guesses spring 2006 for a move in date.

It looks like concrete is being poured.

However, it looks like there will not be any non member shooting. Gonna have to stick with test firing in the basement...

yep..was told the forms were set for concrete..and some other infrastructure work was being done to tie into City stuff..

heard spring was tentative move-in.

I saw them a year or so ago at a gun show and scoffed at the $350 early membership fee. The guy looked at me like I was being ridiculous expecting to pay a reasonable fee.

I just checked the web site again. $500! Are they trying to pay for the building in the first year? I guess that eliminates the middle-aged family types and makes it an elitist club for those with more expendable incomes.

I guess I will have to wait until I'm retired with no kids. At the rate the fees are climbing (and it is not even open), it'll be the price of a new car to join.

When I 1st heard of the proposed range, I lived not even 1000 yards from it's location. My 1st thought was, waaay toooo coooool. The I got a flier and looked at the pricing. I shoot 2-3 times a week. My wife and kids shoot at least 2-3 times a month. With the outlay for money, and already a memeber of Izzak Walton, I just can't see being a member at Izaak Walton to shoot shotgun, rifle and pistol...and join Wistling Pines to just shoot indoor 25 yards. The money even at $100/year and $5 a visit would be out of line since they are just short range. I normally don't even shoot handguns less than 50 yards...mostly at 100 yards. $10 a visit for non-members might be reasonable though....except they won't allow non-members to shoot.

Bottom line, I bet they go under do to lack of membership. Maybe not the 1st year, or even the first 5 years. But when the average house payment in Colorado Springs is $1400/month, the average car payment is $375/month, $400/month for health insurance, add in utilities and cost of living expenses and you will need to be either getting a great income in Colorado Springs, which is getting more sparse, someone with money or someone with poor prioritizing. Which I too sometime fall into.

At $700 to join, to some it seems the sum is not astronomical, just a pittance.....to others it is:
a new/used car or motorcycle
groceries for almost a year
gas for your car for a year
a new larger TV
Washer/Dryer for laundry
2-3 months of car payments
winter's heating bill
2 freezers and filled with beef
an above ground pool

My membership for my family for a year at the other shooting club is $120 and no monthly dues.

Sometime you just gotta have that new gun, but there is still a free range in the Colorado Springs area. When the novelty wears off, I don't believe that his prices will keep him in business; his prices will drive him out of business.

I talked to these guys at one of the Springs gun shows in Jan. They said they had somewhere between 650 -700 members signed up(the membership fee would go up at 800). I asked about a " pay-per-shoot" and they said no, you had to be a member. They also advertise full-auto rentals in thier flyer, but you have to be a member. I give them a year. Ryan

I don't agree with the posts that say the club will fail. Compared to shooting in the NF or at dragon man every so often it seems expensive. But to shoot year round, indoors, after dark, I think it is worth the cost. By the way, the range is not just pistol calibers. Rifles can be shot there. I think the cut of is high. Heard that if its chambered in rifle, pistol, shotgun (not carriage mounted) its probably allowed. Not sure, but i know that all the rifles I shoot are OK. Similar clubs in other parts of the country have done very well.
Since I CWW I look forward to regular practice and occasional IPSC style mini-match to keep in practice.

Are you a member yet?Once they are up and running (May-June) it will be 700$+50$/mo. :shock: Ryan

Geez, if I sign up, I'll have to wait until next year to sign up for the Broadmoor Golf Club...... :lol:

The price was ridiculous when they first offered, now it is insane. Six hundred a year is a little steep unless they have an open bar!

I bought a membership when they were first offered. I'd rather have a nice place to shoot where i don't have to drive up a cordoroy road, or pay every time I go to the range. payng the monthly fee will encourage me to get to the range more often to get my $ worth, and stay in practice. The cost of WPGC isn't for everybody. Somebody needs to open an open (no membership) indoor range in Colo Springs. Any takers?