Shooting clubs or outdoor ranges Northern Virginia

Its been a few years since I shot in that part of VA, but if I recall correctly the closest is

Izaak Walton League of America (nice ranges out to 100 yards)
14708 Mt Olive Rd, Centreville, VA 20121

Quantico Shooting Club (lots of regulations, but out to 1000 yards)
MCB 4, Triangle, VA 22172

If you are willing to drive a little there are more options

Peacemaker National Training Center (nice ranges, out to 1000 yards)
1624 Brannons Ford Rd, Gerrardstown, WV 25420

Clark Brothers Gun Shop (scary redneck place)
10016 James Madison Hwy, Warrenton, VA 20186

VA has some public shooting ranges (Be very cautious at these, always bring a friend to watch your back)
link seems to be down, but google search
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If you are willing to drive a little further, this a good private range (out to 300, but many hoops to jump through to join)
Rivanna Rifle & Pistol Club
1570 Old Lynchburg Rd, Charlottesville, VA 22903

Worth mention, also a long drive, but a year wait to join
Cavalier Rifle and Pistol Club
14151 Boondock Ln, Montpelier, VA 23192

There are a few in Maryland too, but but not suggest anyone travel with a gun into communist Maryland

and some others further away in WV and VA, not sure how far you want to travel.

I belong to the Izaak Walton League and use its facilities out in Centreville. Here's the link: https://wp.arlingtonfairfax-iwla.org/
Other than minor membership requirements and Pistol-Rifle Range distances of only 25/50/75/100 yards, there is a lot going for it. The annual membership is VERY reasonable, and they also have indoor air-rifle, skeet/trap, and archery ranges. There's more, look it up.

Quantico Shooting Club (was a member once) - True, lots of regulations, also recreational fire is limited to weekends. If I read the calendar correctly, few of those and far between. Great if you like to compete, it may be what you're looking for.

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Reminds me of a response to a question.

One time, a person asked WC Fields what he thought about clubs for women.

He said, "Sure, when all other forms of persuasion fail."

Just 20 minutes northeast of you is one I've heard a lot about. It's a live fire range, no range officers to mess with you, range is two directional so be ready for that. It's been reported that the range is most active at night so night vision equipment is a preferred option.

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Reminds me of a response to a question.

One time, a person asked WC Fields what he thought about clubs for women.

He said, "Sure, when all other forms of persuasion fail."

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How do you like children, Mr. Fields...."Weeell, prepaaared"

I’m off Rolling Road in Springfield.

I’ve been a member of QSC (Quantico Shooting Club since 2004 and an RSO/OIC on and off since 2006.

It’s on an active Marine Corps base and the club only has access to Weapons Training Battalion’s ranges on the weekends.





Sure, there are lots of regulations. It’s an MCB, what did you expect?

If you want to shoot a thousand yards in Northern Virginia, it’s the only place to go unless you’re willing to drive to WV.


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If weekends don’t work for you, there’s always IWL on RT 610 in Stafford. It has a 100 yard range. I’m also a member there.

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Just 20 minutes northeast of you is one I've heard a lot about. It's a live fire range, no range officers to mess with you, range is two directional so be ready for that. It's been reported that the range is most active at night so night vision equipment is a preferred option.

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And where is this range you heard about; or is this comment a bit of humor?

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And where is this range you heard about; or is this comment a bit of humor?

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I believe it's called Washington DC or something like that. They talk about it in the news all the time.

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How do you like children, Mr. Fields...."Weeell, prepaaared"

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I had thought that his reply was "Par-boiled, fried, chef's choice."

Unless they've changed, skip Clark Brothers.

Nice shop, but their range requirements are insulting. You had to shoot ammo you bought there, if you hand load your components had to have been bought through them.

PNTC might be worth the ride for day on the range, RSO's aren't dicks, well most, membership varies, bench shooting is 50, 100, paper and 200, 300 steel
Tac bays are good, get there early on good weather weekends this past weekend it filled up with wait times. Check them on FB as the web site sucks. Call first to reassure hours and availability as matches can limit tactical bays. Hope this helps.

I’m the President of the Quantico Shooting Club. This is a placeholder until I get off business travel and can offer some clarification to the comments.

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I’m the President of the Quantico Shooting Club. This is a placeholder until I get off business travel and can offer some clarification to the comments.

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We need some more PRS matches this year!

Remember, I not just the president. I am also a client.

cressman90 said:

Good day everyone, I wad wondering g if there where any reputable shooting clubs s or outdoor ranges around Springfield Virginia that doesn't cost an arm and a leg to go to. I've recently picked up a Bergara B14 and would like to find somewhere that I can shoot. I know there are a few indoor ranges but I'm not a fan of shooting rifles indoors. Any recommendations would be greatly appreciated.

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As others have said, there are a few ranges in the area. With the loss of Elite, the availability is limited.

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I belong to the Izaak Walton League and use its facilities out in Centreville. Here's the link: https://wp.arlingtonfairfax-iwla.org/
Other than minor membership requirements and Pistol-Rifle Range distances of only 25/50/75/100 yards, there is a lot going for it. The annual membership is VERY reasonable, and they also have indoor air-rifle, skeet/trap, and archery ranges. There's more, look it up.

Quantico Shooting Club (was a member once) - True, lots of regulations, also recreational fire is limited to weekends. If I read the calendar correctly, few of those and far between. Great if you like to compete, it may be what you're looking for.

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TL/DR - We are open weekends. Matches are announced on the calendar 3+ months in advance due to required base coordination. Recreational fire ranges are ONLY placed on the calendar the Thursday night prior to a weekend due to the base deconflicting 39 ranges across 52,000 acres. Go to the website, there's enough there to hurt your head.

Quantico Shooting Club

Years ago I was part of a newly elected board with the mission to rehabilitate the reputation of the club and kick the clowns out of the treehouse. The club had migrated to a good old boys club and even then they were F'ing it up. We've been on a steady path to increase the value the QSC brings to the community while meeting our mission of supporting recreational shooting for Marines and their families. We have grown from 300 members to over 1200. Membership is open to all categories of candidates, including those with no military affiliation.

We are a non-federal entity operating aboard Marine Corps Base Quantico and that does require a candidate complete a member package and pay a fee that is based on rank or status. Our most expensive annual membership is $190. The club sponsors members (who need base access) for a DBIDS card that grants weekend range access.

Not all ranges are open every weekend as we have to follow all MCBQ rules regarding OIC/RSOs and we are very safety focused, despite having upwards of 60 people on the rec fire line at any given time (not an issue as these ranges and expansive). Our Board and RSOs are all volunteers and we need three volunteer RSOs to open a range. We have a paid EMT on site every time we open a range and base paramedics across the street.

The Marines ONLY tell us which ranges are available on Sunday night for the upcoming weekend. Range control has to deconflict 39 different ranges across 52,000 acres to ensure if we're shooting a 1,000yds on R4, the impact area in R12 behind us is clear. Rinse and repeat for all 39 ranges. We put availability out to our RSOs and once we get volunteers, we put the ranges on the calendar for the weekend. So, if you read this now at 1600hrs EST on a Thursday, you still won't see the two Range 1 Recreational Fires we will have this weekend (Saturday and Sunday) until posted later tonight. I know, but it's their system. Matches are different as we submit those to base leadership for approval upwards of 6 months in advance; that's why the calendar shows them so far in advance vs no rec fires.

Members can bring guests for $10 a day, so if you know someone and want to give us a test drive, just have them bring you out.

We do shoot matches almost every weekend. Those match fees fund the $70,000 in must pays we have just to keep the lights on and the majority of our $125K annual operating budget. They also (obviously) help subsidize dues costs to keep them as low as possible. Moat all our matches are on PractiScore.

The ranges are all outdoors and are pretty large:
Range 1 - 21 position covered shoot house out to 300m. This is a rec fire range for rifle, pistol, shotgun and black powder. Calibers up to 50BMG.
Range 2 &3 are 600 yard structure fire ranges mostly used by the rifle teams and members practicing for Camp Perry.
Range 4 - 1,000yds. These long-range precision guys shoot every Sunday the range is available. Cleared for 50BMG and 338LM.
Small Arms Training - 4-35yd bays for USPSA, Steel Challenge, PCSL, and 2&3 Gun.
Ironman - 450yd with steel out to 700yds. This is a rec fire range and used for PRS and 2&3 gun. Cleared for 50BMG and 338LM.
Shotgun - 2 active skeet fields and 1 American Trap field. The international trap bunker is down and needs a new computer ($5K) which we will need to budget for to replace. We plan on adding international skeet on field 3 as soon as possible.

Ask a relevant question if needed, but read the website, it's all there.

I'm also a member of my local Izaak Walton so I can do some load development on weekdays to then shoot at QSC on weekends.

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You never know what will show up at the QSC

Well said @Defender3, thanks.