I am a member. I don't go to the meetings often and haven't yet competed in any of their competitions. Someday I'll make it to one of the high powered rifle matches, but for now I just enjoy use of the 500 yard range. I doubt I could answer any questions you have, but I'll try.
Most of what I...
I am really glad to be a member of two really good clubs, and I enjoy chatting with people I run into at public ranges. But they've all got their rules that make shooting their less enjoyable. So much so I have specifically looked to buy land specifically for shooting and nothing else. But I...
My astronomy club had some filters that had some gunk on them. A guy put them in an ultrasonic cleaner and it stripped the paint right off, but didn't hurt the gunk a bit.
So I'm curious as to how these would do for a gun that isn't already reasonably clean before you put it in.
I think the best way to get an idea of what ricochets do is to watch tracer rounds. You'll only hear the ones that are close to you. I had fired some .223 tracers into the trees on the hill at Knob Creek and was surprised that most of them bounced around quite a bit.
When shooting handgun...
Kieslers is the name of the law enforcement part of the shop. Orion Arms is for general consumers. Not that it really matters, just as long as you get there. Most of the text on the signs outside say Kieslers.
And ++ on both Kieslers and 111 Gun Shop. But I'd recommend you hit up Kieslers...