Couldn't resist stopping at Shore Shot today in Lakewood. Not too shabby.

LOL. Just sayin'

Im still pretty new to this, but I don't really get why everyone dislikes ShoreShot. Yes, the RO's are pretty strict with the rules, but since anyone can rent & shoot I think they HAVE to be & it's a good thing. I stopped at Brick Armory once (didnt use the range) and although I've heard the range is better, the store was pretty bare & un-impressive. I started going to SS to try-before-you buy, but everybody was pretty helpful and easy to deal with so I just joined and Ive probably gone there 20-25 times since & haven't really had a bad experience yet.

Im still pretty new to this, but I don't really get why everyone dislikes ShoreShot. Yes, the RO's are pretty strict with the rules, but since anyone can rent & shoot I think they HAVE to be & it's a good thing. I stopped at Brick Armory once (didnt use the range) and although I've heard the range is better, the store was pretty bare & un-impressive. I started going to SS to try-before-you buy, but everybody was pretty helpful and easy to deal with so I just joined and Ive probably gone there 20-25 times since & haven't really had a bad experience yet.

 

pick almost any range in NJ, and there's a group here that dislikes it.

Im still pretty new to this, but I don't really get why everyone dislikes ShoreShot. Yes, the RO's are pretty strict with the rules,

 

They let me draw from holster and rapid fire there, granted it's cause they know me pretty well

and see me all the time. But I'm just saying that most ranges won't allow this for anyone. That

means a lot to me as I don't have any other means of practicing live fire drills.

 

By the way this post was not to disagree with you, more of an agreement. I've always had a

good time there. But like others posted, every range has their haters.

pick almost any range in NJ, and there's a group here that dislikes it.

 

this. I've been to SS, BA, and BH. These are the extent of the public ranges in reasonable travel from my home in Woodbridge. I don't feel particularly strongly about SS or BA. I don't think I'll go back to BH again. It's cheap, I will give it that. However, the experience left a lot to be desired.

 

Shore Shot is fine. I found the RO who was there to be plenty nice and definitely on the ball. I liked him. What I didn't like was the hour wait and the store teeming with people. The counter staff were very slow to acknowledge you (though, this seems to be endemic of every gun shop I've ever been in in NJ. I know when I was in a customer service role, I was taught that if you're not saying hello to a customer and giving them a sense that they will be helped within the first 60 seconds of entry, your CS sucks)

 

I found Brick Armory to be a little cleaner, ports a little more roomy, and a LOT less crowded. Counter staff, while gruff, spend some time with you once they can get to you. My only gripe of BA is that when I was there once, one of the guys made it a point to trash talk Shore Shot a little. I thought that was a little despicable. Also, there doesn't seem to be an on-duty strict RO at Brick Armory the way there is at Shore Shot. This doesn't present too much of a problem for me since it is usually not very crowded when I'm there.

 

Of the three, I choose BA....until I can join a club.

Going with madm on this.. I think the collective group can pick out one thing they dislike about everywhere... compound that in a single thread of a discussion about what you dont like and you have a dozen reasons why they are considered lacking.

 

Pick what matters most to you. Convenience, cost, company, rules and enforcement and have at it. I dont blame shore shot for leaving as a sponsor given the response people had over them discontinuing the walk on discount. All of those places have their strengths and weaknesses. The important part is that they are there. Lack of competition breeds price increases and drop in quality in favor of volume driven profits. They are all nice places in their own way.

I used to shoot at Shore Shot, I even had a membership there and like the time I was there and used to recommend the place to many people. I would probably send or recommend the place to close to a dozen people a month, now that was when they were a forum supporter. They are no longer a forum supporter, and it's not that they aren't, it's how they left and what they did leading up to that that leaves a bad taste, and will no longer recommend them at all. It's a shame to.

I used to shoot at Shore Shot, I even had a membership there and like the time I was there and used to recommend the place to many people. I would probably send or recommend the place to close to a dozen people a month, now that was when they were a forum supporter. They are no longer a forum supporter, and it's not that they aren't, it's how they left and what they did leading up to that that leaves a bad taste, and will no longer recommend them at all. It's a shame to.

 

+1

I stopped in Shore Shot the other day and everyone seems very cool there. The guys a Brick Armory seem a little full of themselves and their prices are a little on the high side for guns and ammo.

I stopped in Shore Shot the other day and everyone seems very cool there. The guys a Brick Armory seem a little full of themselves and their prices are a little on the high side for guns and ammo.

 

You think the ammo prices at SS are on point??

You think the ammo prices at SS are on point??

 

I wouldn't buy ammo at any range that I wasn't a member of -- I imagine that's how they make a good chunk of their profit? Are we talking about non-member or member prices?

 

Their member prices for .40S&W are competitive with big box stores like Dick's or Cabelas over the internet. I pay about the same for their range-quality 165 gr FMJ as I do for hunting-quality 180gr FMJ bought elsewhere in bulk. 9mm you can do a a couple bucks better per box buying bulk range-quality factory ammo over the internet but the only 9 I have is a conversion barrel for my Glock which I rarely use. Their .45ACP prices are steep but I feel comfortable shooting reloads in all my pistols that are chambered in .45 -- no kaboom worries there. Anyway, it's tough to find cheap .45 factory ammo online even. .223 frangible is also expensive but how often do you need to zero in a rifle in an emergency. Shotgun shells were a buck overpriced for a 5-box but I haven't bought them there in a few years.

 

I guess my point is that, in my opinion, their prices are reasonable for the calbre I shoot most often

You think the ammo prices at SS are on point??

 

I dont think ammo prices at any range are on point actually. But their shotgun rounds were $2 cheaper than BA and thats for a box of 5... I prefer to buy my ammo in larger stores like Dicks and not at the range where they got you by the balls..Thats like buying accessories at a car dealer ship, the mark up is insane... The guys at BA think they are all special opps seal team 6 members and talk crap about cops I have witnessed it personally, and to me thats a big turn off... I just get a bad, "know it all" vibe from those guys, but hey perhaps its just me.

 

Another thing about BA their website advertises discounts for LE and I received no such thing.

Shoot at BA... buy at SS.

 

When I go to BA, I'm usually alone in the range. Don't know what the deal is at SS, but I went there to pick a gun up and the shop was full with people waiting to get on (more than an hour wait). I had a few issues with them, especially with their gunsmith cracking two lamps on the Trijicons he installed on my PX4 (chipped up the finish, as well, but I got the gun plated). Another time, my friend and I were shooting in the last two lanes to the left side. He started to notice small holes going into his target... smaller than the .40 or 9mm we were shooting. A group of morons were shooting a .22 or .25 across three lanes, and the rounds were plinking off the side wall. We left and told whoever was up front, but for the five or so minutes we were looking at the cases, nothing was done.

 

However, they always handled purchases great there. If they say a gun will be there on Friday, you can walk in at 5:00 knowing it is there. BA, I'll never buy anything from them unless it is there and exactly what I want (even still, I'll be checking their prices on my iPhone). The SKS I got was there somewhat quick (I did go to SS to get a quote, Kenny took my info and never got back to me), and being a member, I wanted to keep my business in the same place. NOT ANYMORE! The wait on my two M&Ps didn't bother me, but when you are told multiple times by Phil that they are in transit or will be there on X day, you start to get pissed off. Sucks for them, being I tend to buy multiple handguns at times... with my next group likely going to be around $2,000.

I like the range at BA better, but the selection at SS. Personally I'm not sure I'd buy guns from either one because their prices are very out of wack, on ammo and firearms.

 

I can usually save a $100 AFTER transfer/nic's fee's buying somewhere else, sometimes significantly more.

 

The guys working at SS are decent folk, they just get slammed by newbies on a regular basis and makes them irritable. BA doesn't have that problem as much, and I find the guys there more relaxed because of it.

 

I think what tends to happen is newb go to SS, sometimes become members. Once you get tired of the newbs and lines, you switch to BA.