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Updates will be prompt and your fellow shooters will benefit. Many of these listings taken from the NSSF'S DIRECTORY OF PUBLIC SHOOTING RANGES (Sponsored by Sturm, Ruger & Company, Inc.), available for a small fee from the National Shooting Sports Foundation, 11 Mile Hill Road, Newtown, CT 06470-2359. Call 203-426-1320.

Codes following each entry indicate facilities (if available) for:
P=Pistol, R(x)=Rifle (max range), ST=Shotgun-Trap, SS=Shotgun-Skeet,
SC=Sporting Clays, A=Archery, R-SIL=Rifle-Silhouette,
P-SIL=Pistol-Silhouette, PRAC=IDPA/IPSC/Action Pistol,
DCM=High-power rifle matches, CMP= M-1 Purchase qualification,
CAS=Cowboy Action Shooting
PUB=open to public, MEM=membership required.

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The George Washington and Jefferson National Forests have constructed and maintain a number of shooting range facilities ...scattered across the national forests.... There is no fee for the use of these facilities.
Deerfield Ranger District, 148 Parkersburg Turnpike, Staunton, VA 24401. TEL: 540-885-8028.
The Hite Hollow Shooting Range is located near Augusta Spring. The range is open from sunrise to sunset every day for firing rifles, pistols, and shotguns at stationary targets. Moving targets such as clay pigeons, and bottle shooting are prohibited. From Staunton, take SR 254 west to Buffalo Gap. Take SR 42 south about 8 miles to Augusta Springs. Take SR 845 about a half mile to FDR 82 and follow this road about 1 mile to the range.

Dry River Ranger District, 401 Oakwood Drive, Harrisonburg, VA 22801. TEL: 540-432-0187.
The West Side Shooting Range is open year round and provides shooting lanes of various lengths, covered shooting benches, and a parking area. The range is located on FDR 151, about one mile north of the junction of FDR 151 and US 33. The turnoff is about 1 mile east of the Brandywine Lake Recreation Area entrance.

James River Ranger District, 810-A Madison Ave, Covington, VA 24426. TEL: 540-962-2214.
The Low Moor Shooting Range, located between Clifton Forge and Covington, is open year-round and provides shooting lanes of various lengths, shooting benches, and a parking area. Moving targets, such as clay pigeons, and bottle shooting are prohibited. Take Exit 21 off I-64 and follow SR 616 for about 1.6 miles. Turn into the range at the sign.

New Castle Ranger District, Box 246, New Castle, VA 24127. TEL: 540-864-5195.
The Potts Slope Shooting Range is located on the right of SR 311, approximately 7 miles north of New Castle, Virginia. This range is handicap accessible with a covered shooting area. The range features nine lanes for rifle/pistol use with stationary targets at 25, 50 and 100 yards.

New River Valley Ranger District, North Office, 110 Southpark Drive, Blacksburg, VA 24060. TEL: 540-552-4641.
The Blacksburg Shooting Range is located north of Blacksburg. From Blacksburg, take US 460 north to SR 621. Turn right, and follow signs to the shooting range on the left. This range offers two facilities; an 18 position rifle/pistol range and a single position shotgun (trap) range. The rifle/pistol range is designed for firing at stationary targets.
The Wythe Shooting Range is located near the Stoney Fork Campground on State Route 717. Take the SR 717 exit off of Interstate 77 (near the Big Walker Mountain Tunnel). Turn west onto SR 717. Approximately 500 yards down SR 717, turn right onto the road that leads to the State maintenance building. Before reaching the building, turn left and drive for about a half mile to the range. The target range includes six 25-yard lanes and four 100-yard lanes. Targets can be set at seven, 15 and 25 yards on the 25-yard lanes, and seven, 15, 50 and 100 yards on the 100-yard lanes.
The shooting ranges will be open seven days a week dawn to dusk and costs nothing to use. The Forest Service will supply the target frames. Shooters must bring their own target sheets and tape or staple gun to affix the target to the target frame. A donation box is set up at the range for buying target frames, which must be replaced every month.

Warm Springs Ranger District, Highway 220 South, Route 1, Box 30, Hot Springs, VA 24445. TEL: 540-839-2521.
The Bath County Shooting Range has 10 covered benches for shooting at 50 and 100 yards.
The range provides an excellent place to zero- in your firearms. The range is located off SR 609 in Bath County approximately 5 miles east of Warm Springs. From Warm Springs take SR 39 east to SR 609. Turn left onto SR 609. The range entrance is on the right approximately 1.25 miles from the junction of SR 39 and SR 609.

Arrowhead Gun club, Route 49, POB 25, Chae City, VA 23924. Contact Milton Mills: 804-372-4581. ST, SS, R(?), P, P-SIL, PRAC, A, MEM.

Bull Run Shooting Center, 7700 Bull Run Drive, Centerville, VA 20120. Contact Gene Hutsky: (eve) 703-830-2344. ST, SS, SC, PUB.

Central Virginia Sporting Clays, 442 Middle Fork Road, Palmyra, VA 22963. TEL: (main) 434-591-1231; (cell) 703-405-2110. SC, PUB. Note: see Web site for directions.

Dept. of Game & Inland Fisheries, Amelia Sporting Clays, Amelia Wildlife Mgt. Area, 4010 W. Broad St., Richmond, VA 23230. Contact Greg Gosik: (day) 804-367-8464. SC, R(?), A, PUB.

Eastern Shore Safaris, Box 37, Jamesville, VA 23398. Cntact Tob Webb: (day) 804-442-6035 or (eve) 804-442-7684. SC, PUB.

Halifax County Gun Club, PO Box 693, So. Boston, VA 24592. Contact William Currie: (day) 804-595-7971 or (eve) 804-575-5511. SS, P, MEM.

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National Sportsman Asso., 14623-B Jeff Davis Hwy, POB 190, Woodbridge, VA 22194. Contact Charles Rogers: (day) 703-494-2563 or (eve) 703-690-1543. R(?), P, A, MEM.

Norfolk County Rifle Range, 4321 S. Military Hwy, Chesapeake, VA 23321. Telephone: 757-448-9861. ST, R(?), P, P-SIL, PRAC, DCM, A, MEM.

On Target, Inc., 2203 Shenandoah Valley Ave. NE, Roanoke, VA 24012. Contact Robert Tully: 703-563-8194. R(indoor), P(indoor) P-SIL, prac, pub.

Orion Shotgun Sports Center, PO Box 359, Lovingston, VA 22949. TEL: 434-263-6622. SC, PUB.

Red Apple Orchard Gun & 3-D Archery Club, Rt 1, Box 165, Shipman, VA 22971. Contact Stan Olah: (day) 804-325-7340 or (eve) 804-263-5626. R(?), P, PRAC, A, PUB.

The Firing Line, 106 Turner Road, Richmond, VA 23225. Contact Hildgard Weiss: (day) 804-745-9730. R(indoor), P(indoor), PUB.

U.S. Forest Service, Rt 220, Rt 2 Box 30, Hot Springs, VA 24445. Contact Kevin McNally: 703-839-2521. R(?), P, PUB.

 


Links to additional range information
NAHC Directory of Public Ranges
Virginia Trapshooting Asso. listing of ranges in Virginia.
Virginia Shooting Sports Asso. home page.
Hobbes Corner
NSSF searchable database
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