Just thought I'd chime in, since I visited this place a couple of weeks ago and went back to shoot today. As someone who has done 90% of my shooting at 100 yards and had never shot beyond 400 yards until today, this was a great trip. They have a ton of steel targets of all different shapes and sizes going out to 1000 yards. A lot of the steel is tough to spot in the above pic, but easy to find with a decent scope. The firing line has approx 10-12 shooting benches and there were only a couple of other guys shooting when I was there. The owner seems like a good guy and was on hand to chat/offer advice, etc.
I do have two items of what I hope are constructive criticism. I am admittedly a newbie when it comes to long range shooting (as mentioned before I shoot mostly AR's and handguns at 100 yards and under) so maybe this is a stupid comment, but it would be helpful if there were some indications of the distance of the various targets. I don't own a rangefinder and between my rudimentary ranging skills and the fact that I didn't really know how large the various targets were (is that an 18" plate at 500 yards or a 9" plate at 250?). Once I got out beyond 300 yards I had a fair amount of difficulty determining how far away the targets were. I'm sure some of this is due to my own inexperience, and I can even understand experienced guys wanting the challenge of ranging the various targets, but how about the option of getting some kind of handout that gives the ranges of some targets. I was there today to figure out what the drops were with my ammo and my rifle at various distances and wanted to try to get on target as quickly as possible. Again, I acknowledge that a more experienced shooter would have probably estimated the range to various steel targets better, but I have to think there are an awful lot of us in the Northeast who, even though we shoot a lot, have zero experience with shooting out beyond 3-400 yards.
My other comment is that this place really is wicked expensive. $30/hr or I can join for a year for$1000! My old club was located 15 miles outside of Boston, had decent facilities and offered shooting out to 300 yards a couple of time a month and cost $125/yr. Moreover, I think last winter this place was closed from November through March/April, so your $1000 full year membership was only good for 7-8 months. I understand that the owner put a chunk of money into building this range and I think it's great to have a nice facility like this within driving distance, but at these prices I see myself going maybe half a dozen times a year. If a year membership were $500 - hell even $600/yr I would give serious consideration to joining, would probably be there at least a couple of times a month, maybe more. It would be really great to develop my long range shooting. But at its current cost I just can't justify the expense. I suspect a lot of people feel the same way, since the two times I've been there, only 3-4 other shooters were there. Honestly, I suspect they would do better if they dropped their prices. They would make less money per customer, but there would be more customers.
So, in conclusion, if you have never had the opportunity to shoot out to 1000 yards, live within driving distance of the Catskill mountains of New York, and want to treat yourself to a fun day of shooting, this place is definitely worth a visit, just bring a bunch of cash and a rangefinder.
