Enjay
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The family and I went out to eat this evening in West Ashley and while we were waiting for our food my husband saw a sign posted next door that said Shooting Range. Of course we moseyed on over, where we had the pleasure of meeting Alex Perkins. He's in the process of overseeing the building of Quickshot, an indoor shooting range that they plan on opening in August/September. Do y'all remember a while back there was a thread about Mayor Riley arranging new ordinances designed to block a shooting range that was planned for the city of Charleston? I'm sure Alex can fill in the details if you'd care to ask, because he and his landlord were the ones Joe targeted. Fortunately they were able to relocate to West Ashley on Sam Rittenberg Blvd. They're in the county now and don't have to deal with the Mayor so that may have been a blessing in disguise for them.
Alex was very kind and gave us a quick tour and talked to us about his plans for the Charleston facility. They currently have a location in Atlanta, GA, and they're very supportive of females in the shooting sport. (A+ in my book) They hold a lot of classes and they're very flexible about holding them both before and after hours, which sounds great to me. They're also active in the Glock Shoot world. In Charleston they don't plan on selling guns (I don't know if they sell them in Atlanta) and Alex mentioned he was looking for good places to recommend, so I sent him here and told him about East Coast, D&R, P-1, Ammo Dump, Belt, and more. One of the activities they hold at their Atlanta location is a date night, which sounds like a lot of fun and is something I will definitely be checking out. We talked about classes that they hold at their other store and I mentioned a few that I'd like to see.
The range looks a bit rough right now because it's still in the bare bones stage, but he's very excited about it, as well he should be. Heck, I'm really excited about it! It was interesting to see the range under construction and he filled me in on what they are planning to do. They have seven 50' lanes and they are using a recycled rubber system for the bullets that can handle up to a .308, and the whole office, classroom and all outside the range appears to be lined with special sound reducing wall board. He was telling me about the state of the art air handling system they'll be using and how they had to configure it so that it wouldn't toss the targets around. It was interesting to see and it's obvious that he's really invested a lot of time and thought into the design of the facility. He's extended an invitation for the forum members to stop by for a tour.
They're located at:
Quickshot
1869 Sam Rittenberg Blvd
Charleston, SC
843-225-2868
I don't think that they have a store front sign up yet but they have small yard-sized signs and they're between Groucho's Deli and a pawn store. They're working on the phone wiring so if you call them right now the Atlanta store will pick up but they should have it running in a few days. The Atlanta location has a website http://www.quickshotshootingrange.com and if you click on the new locations link in the header it'll take you to a page that has details on Quickshot Charleston. I looked around their website and watched one of the videos they have under their News and Links page, it looks like a well designed range from what I saw.
I'm very excited to have a new range opening up in our area, and look forward to shooting there!
Alex was very kind and gave us a quick tour and talked to us about his plans for the Charleston facility. They currently have a location in Atlanta, GA, and they're very supportive of females in the shooting sport. (A+ in my book) They hold a lot of classes and they're very flexible about holding them both before and after hours, which sounds great to me. They're also active in the Glock Shoot world. In Charleston they don't plan on selling guns (I don't know if they sell them in Atlanta) and Alex mentioned he was looking for good places to recommend, so I sent him here and told him about East Coast, D&R, P-1, Ammo Dump, Belt, and more. One of the activities they hold at their Atlanta location is a date night, which sounds like a lot of fun and is something I will definitely be checking out. We talked about classes that they hold at their other store and I mentioned a few that I'd like to see.
The range looks a bit rough right now because it's still in the bare bones stage, but he's very excited about it, as well he should be. Heck, I'm really excited about it! It was interesting to see the range under construction and he filled me in on what they are planning to do. They have seven 50' lanes and they are using a recycled rubber system for the bullets that can handle up to a .308, and the whole office, classroom and all outside the range appears to be lined with special sound reducing wall board. He was telling me about the state of the art air handling system they'll be using and how they had to configure it so that it wouldn't toss the targets around. It was interesting to see and it's obvious that he's really invested a lot of time and thought into the design of the facility. He's extended an invitation for the forum members to stop by for a tour.
They're located at:
Quickshot
1869 Sam Rittenberg Blvd
Charleston, SC
843-225-2868
I don't think that they have a store front sign up yet but they have small yard-sized signs and they're between Groucho's Deli and a pawn store. They're working on the phone wiring so if you call them right now the Atlanta store will pick up but they should have it running in a few days. The Atlanta location has a website http://www.quickshotshootingrange.com and if you click on the new locations link in the header it'll take you to a page that has details on Quickshot Charleston. I looked around their website and watched one of the videos they have under their News and Links page, it looks like a well designed range from what I saw.
I'm very excited to have a new range opening up in our area, and look forward to shooting there!
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