I've been needing to find a closer place to shoot. I live in Carmel/Westfield, and I normally shoot down in Shelbyville. My wife's family has some property down there so it's pretty low key, but it's a hassle getting down there and it usually turns into an all day ordeal because of visiting with family and whatnot.
I drove up to Atlanta Conservation Club today, mainly to see how long it takes to get there and see how it's set up. The drive was cake, it took 30 minutes door to door even with some construction going on halfway up 31.
From what I could tell the place looks nice, unfortunately there was nobody there at all so I only got to see it from the street.
I'd like to find out more about the range, and I'd like to find out more about getting a membership.
I have a few questions:
1. Is there a longer range rifle area, or just the front ranges? It looked like there might be a longer distance range behind the berm for the front ranges, but I was unable to see what was back there.
2. I see on the website that dues are $100 annually. Is there any type of family discount, or would it be $100 per family member? My wife shoots, but not as often as I do. I would like for her to be able to shoot without me if she wanted to, but that probably wouldn't be more than a few times a year.
3. The membership requirements state that I'll have to shoot or help in 2 events first before being approved. I have no problem with that, and I understand how it gets the existing club members acquainted with new potential members to see that they're safe and responsible. Looking at the club calendar though, the next event is IDPA on June 4th, which is a day I already have plans for (told the wife I'd take her to the 1500). The following two would be on June 11th and 12th, SASS and Multi-gun respectively. I could make it to one of those but that's my wife's Birthday weekend so I can't be gone both days. That leaves the Steel Challenge match on June 18th as the soonest I'd be able to make it to my second event.
I'm not sure how long approval takes after the 2 events, but it's looking like it would be a month from now before I'd be able to use the range at my leisure.
The website states that the requirements can be waived by the board. I don't want to be the guy that asks for special treatment or tries to circumvent the rules, but if there was something I could do instead of attending 2 events to expedite the membership approval process, and be shooting sooner, I'd be all for it. For example if there was a clean-up day or a painting day or whatever that I could help with that would be sooner than the middle of next month.
I've got the rest of the requirements covered- I've got a valid Driver's license, LTCH, and I just renewed my long-expired NRA membership. I also have no doubt that I'll pass the safety tests.
Mods, if this is posted in the wrong section, please feel free to move it. This seemed to be the section with the most threads about ACC but I didn't find any that touched on these questions.
Thanks!
I drove up to Atlanta Conservation Club today, mainly to see how long it takes to get there and see how it's set up. The drive was cake, it took 30 minutes door to door even with some construction going on halfway up 31.
From what I could tell the place looks nice, unfortunately there was nobody there at all so I only got to see it from the street.
I'd like to find out more about the range, and I'd like to find out more about getting a membership.
I have a few questions:
1. Is there a longer range rifle area, or just the front ranges? It looked like there might be a longer distance range behind the berm for the front ranges, but I was unable to see what was back there.
2. I see on the website that dues are $100 annually. Is there any type of family discount, or would it be $100 per family member? My wife shoots, but not as often as I do. I would like for her to be able to shoot without me if she wanted to, but that probably wouldn't be more than a few times a year.
3. The membership requirements state that I'll have to shoot or help in 2 events first before being approved. I have no problem with that, and I understand how it gets the existing club members acquainted with new potential members to see that they're safe and responsible. Looking at the club calendar though, the next event is IDPA on June 4th, which is a day I already have plans for (told the wife I'd take her to the 1500). The following two would be on June 11th and 12th, SASS and Multi-gun respectively. I could make it to one of those but that's my wife's Birthday weekend so I can't be gone both days. That leaves the Steel Challenge match on June 18th as the soonest I'd be able to make it to my second event.
I'm not sure how long approval takes after the 2 events, but it's looking like it would be a month from now before I'd be able to use the range at my leisure.
The website states that the requirements can be waived by the board. I don't want to be the guy that asks for special treatment or tries to circumvent the rules, but if there was something I could do instead of attending 2 events to expedite the membership approval process, and be shooting sooner, I'd be all for it. For example if there was a clean-up day or a painting day or whatever that I could help with that would be sooner than the middle of next month.
I've got the rest of the requirements covered- I've got a valid Driver's license, LTCH, and I just renewed my long-expired NRA membership. I also have no doubt that I'll pass the safety tests.
Mods, if this is posted in the wrong section, please feel free to move it. This seemed to be the section with the most threads about ACC but I didn't find any that touched on these questions.
Thanks!