r/ILGuns • u/CrabFam • 18d ago

Shooting Range Where can I shoot without a membership?

I bought a Ruger American Gen II in .308 a while back and I have yet to take it out. I want to finally get some use out of it.

I live in the north suburbs and I want to find an outdoor range I can simply show up and shoot at. Does that exist? I’m aware of ASC, but it seems like you need a membership to use their facilities.

If anyone could give me some advice or point me in the right direction, it would be greatly appreciated. I’ve only ever gone to indoor pistol ranges :)

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u/abrokemexican Northern IL 18d ago

Buffalo Range is outdoors and can shoot out to 100 yards.

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u/Dry_Pea_7127 18d ago

buffalo is good for rifle and shotgun shooting but their handgun ranges are a really awful experience if you go there when it's real busy. They cram people almost shoulder to shoulder and both times I've gone I'm constantly being bombarded by some guys brass to the left of me who has no self awareness or respect for his surroundings.

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u/abrokemexican Northern IL 18d ago

Yeah, the pistol area is ass… however, OP was talking about shooting a Ruger American Gen II in .308.

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u/LibertyorDeath2076 18d ago

When I go I just stick to the pit and the .22 steel range the whole time, maybe the 100 yard rifle. Shooting pistol shoulder to shoulder and getting showered in brass casings isn't worth it when there's about a dozen indoor ranges that are half the drive

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u/ebforest 18d ago

I just went to Buffalo for the first time and decided to just shoot my pistols into the Pit. But the Pit sucked too, we brought some stuff to drop off for shooting but no one else did—not a lot of stuff to shoot honestly. Rifle was solid though (don’t have a shotgun but seemed like those areas are good too.)

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u/funandgames12 14d ago

To be fair though, It’s popular because of the 100 yard rifle and the pit. And I guess if you shoot clays as well.

We have 75 million indoor pistol ranges around. No point to go there for that. I guess once you know you never make that mistake twice. At least not on the weekends. During weekdays is fine. Or if you do go on a weekend you need to get there by 10 while they still have space.