Las Vegas, one of the world’s biggest cities for adventure and entertainment, is also one of the only places where you can find an abundance of attractions for tourists interested in shooting a wide variety of firearms, from handguns to machine guns. Here is a rundown of the best Las Vegas gun ranges.
A popular choice among Las Vegas gun ranges is The Gun Store, located right on East Tropicana Avenue. This is a famous gun range for tourists since it is a featured place where many famous celebrities and other public gun enthusiasts go. Chris Irwin, son of the owner Bob Irwin, also hosts his own radio show “The Gun Store Radio Show” aired in Vegas every week. The actual packages are priced per person. Regular packages start at $99.95 and this package, called “The Gun Store Choice,” allows a person to fire a total of 75 rounds from submachine guns and 20 pistol shots on two separate targets. You also get a souvenir shirt. They also have the “World War II” package for $119.95, which features vintage World War II firearms like the Thompson submachine gun and the MP40 submachine gun. To compliment this is the “Coalition” package that goes for $129.95, featuring firearms used in today’s modern warfare like the M249 S.A.W. There is also a package for the ladies and also one for children aged twelve and under with prices at $50 for the former and $40 for the latter. The Gun Store also has three VIP packages that go from $499 to $777; these packages include semi-automatic rifles into the available firearms.
Another of the Las Vegas gun ranges is the gun range at the City VIP Concierge, located right at the dead center of town, just a few minutes from the Las Vegas Strip. The gun range here is the largest indoor gun range in the entire state of Nevada and it has the reputation of being the official choice for military personnel and law enforcement officers. The indoor facility is five thousand square feet in size and one of the few indoor gun ranges that allow high powered rifles and machine guns to be fired and tested by experienced shooters and newbie enthusiasts alike. The City VIP Concierge gun range has fifteen pistol lanes that go for twenty-five yards, ten rifle lanes that go for fifty yards and it features of the nation’s most advanced Prism System. The prices are also affordable, with seven packages offered. They start at $165 per person, allowing two magazines on any submachine gun, two magazines for any two machine guns (and a t-shirt as well). The most expensive package offered here is tagged at a whopping $1,500 for a group of participants. This package gives one hour exclusive use of their VIP range and it allows for complete access to fire any available firearm that the gun range currently offers. Everyone in the group also gets an American Shooters t-shirt as well.
It is impossible to mention the City VIP Concierge gun range without actually mentioning the top-notch American Shooters gun ranges, with two locations at Arville and at Spring Mountain. They also have training facilities located at Boulder Highway. Like the gun range available at the VIP, the American Shooters gun range offers first class indoor shooting with a total of fourteen pistol lanes and seven rifle lanes that also function as shooting lanes for high powered machine guns. Amercan Shooters offers price packages that are set up a bit differently from other Las Vegas gun ranges. You can organize your own package; there are individual fees for a specific type of range and then another set of fees for gun rentals and accessories. The pistol range goes for fifteen dollars for one day rental and the rifle range is twenty dollars a day. They also have a separate fee for minors, ten dollars per day. Their rental fees for handguns are ten dollars while their rifles are at twenty dollars. They have machine guns available with prices going from thirty five dollars to ninety dollars.
Another well-known range is the Las Vegas Gun Range and Firearm Center on Blue Diamond Road. This range offers both indoor and outdoor gun ranges; they market themselves with lots of female staff, selling sex as well as guns. They offer a large variety for rent, from handguns to submachine guns and rifles. But prices are determined on a case-by-case basis, depending on the firearm ammunition selected – so you can call in advance and figure out the specific package you would like. In rough terms, you can expect to fire a good thirty rounds from an average pistol for just $40. The Las Vegas Gun Range has a separate price list for guns they classify as exotic pieces, like the Desert Eagle and the Benelli M3. They also feature a Walther P22 and they are one of the few Las Vegas gun ranges to offer an opportunity to fire beehive rounds off an M79 grenade launcher. The indoor pistol and shotgun range that is fifteen yards; their outdoor range offers separate lanes for handguns, shotguns and machine guns. They also offer individual packages for parties and for groups.
All of these Las Vegas gun ranges offer lead-free ammunition for maximum safety, and all offer family-friendly environments. It may not be the first thought you have when you’re considering entertainment activities in Las Vegas – but it’s a great change of pace and lots of fun.
