I usually shoot at the Isaquah Sportsman range but thought I'd give Kenmore a try, BIG mistake! I first went to the rifle range and set up to sight in my FAL after installing a EOTECH sight on it. I couldn't have gotten any dirtier looks than if I craped on someone's shooting bench! I was firing one round every 40 seconds or so and these guys went balistic on me for everything from "rapid firing", "wasting ammo" to global warming.............. These guys were there with bolt action rifles and they would take a shot then strip down the gun and clean it after each shot! No wonder they considered my 40 second shots rapid fire! Got sighted in and then off the the pistol range to punch some holes in the air with my Kimber .45. I fire of the first mag at about five seconds between shots and the rangemaster comes flying out of his dog house wearing his super spiffy shooting glasses with all sorts of shades, side shield blinders, adjustable dioptes and a playing card held on with a clothes pin for the full effect. He proceeds to tell me I'll never learn to shoot that way and went into a 20 minute lecture on how I should stand, grip, etc. I told him that I shoot for defense and his excellent Olympic style of shooting was not for me. He then gets all red in the face and starts sputtering on about I better not hit any of his wooden target frames or he'll throw me off the range so I pointed out to him that all my shots were either in the 9 or 10 ring and he didn't have to worry about his frames. He proceeded to stand at the next station and loudly critique every shot I took so just to bug him I'd put a few into the dirt in front of the target and ask him where the shot went. If you want to have a good time shooting at a range then go to the Issaquah range, it's $10 for non members, very friendly people and has a great range mistress! I can't wait until the city officialy turns the Kenmore range into a cemetery, it's just about there now.................
Ben M.
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