Hello all,

I am new here. wanted to introduce my self. I am from Mercer County area. I purchased my first pistol last year and now i have few. love going to the range. I have been to Recoil in monroe and RTSP in Union. I am trying to improve my target shooting so i can someday participate in beginner level comp's.  

Is there any outdoor range for pistols? which are open for non-members? if any one knows, please do let me know.

 

Thanks 

TSingh

Welcome Tsingh.

I don't know of any public/non-membership required outdoor ranges in NJ that allow handgun shooting.  There are WMA ranges that allow shotgun/rifle shooting as long as one person in the group has a valid NJ hunting license.

Thank you for that... will get in to rifles too in coming months... 

does buying rifles/shotgun also require permit like Handguns require?

Welcome!

1 hour ago, DirtyDigz said:

I don't know of any public/non-membership required outdoor ranges in NJ that allow handgun shooting

Range-14 at Ft Dix.  They do non member day passes now.

10 minutes ago, Scorpio64 said:

Range-14 at Ft Dix.  They do non member day passes now.

Really? When did that start? Not that the annual membership is expensive or anything...

2 hours ago, Tsingh said:

Hello all,

I am new here. wanted to introduce my self. I am from Mercer County area. I purchased my first pistol last year and now i have few. love going to the range. I have been to Recoil in monroe and RTSP in Union. I am trying to improve my target shooting so i can someday participate in beginner level comp's.  

Is there any outdoor range for pistols? which are open for non-members? if any one knows, please do let me know.

 

Thanks 

TSingh

Welcome.  Honestly - if you've got the equipment for it - dive right into competition.  If you tell the people there that you're new to it, they will help teach you safely, and give you tips as well.  You'll learn by doing and you'll learn a lot.

3 minutes ago, Xtors said:

When did that start?

Not sure but I think it was last year.  If you look all the way at the bottom of the membership page, a day pass is listed at $15.

thank you all for the good advice... I will check out Ft. dix site and check with my local range to see when they have some thing coming up. so i can participate. 

2 hours ago, Tsingh said:

Thank you for that... will get in to rifles too in coming months... 

does buying rifles/shotgun also require permit like Handguns require?

It requires a FID card, which is a "one-time" application - you get the card once, then you can buy as many rifles/shotguns/"long guns" as you want.

If you've been buying handgun ammunition in NJ then I'm guessing you already have an FID card.

correct already have FID,  i thought rifles also needed permits likes handguns on top of FID.

1 minute ago, Tsingh said:

rifles also needed permits likes handguns

Fake news.

7 hours ago, Scorpio64 said:

Fake news.

Lol, there is a lot of that going around lately. 
 

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