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Many ranges don't have explicit rules posted - if not, I just apply the old adage "better to ask forgiveness than permission" and go about my business. They don't want you drawing & firing, but I haven't had a problem with unholstering & reloading my carry piece, and reholstering it when I'm leaving. (I don't make a production out of it.)

The one time a very irate range officer yelled at me was when I joined the firing line at a range in suburban Chicago. Someone emptied a magazine as fast as they could pull the trigger and Roger the Bearded Flunky came tearing and and SCREAMED at ME - since I was the "new" guy on the range - for violating the range's "no rapid fire" rule. Red in the face, he went on at some length, much to the amusement of the other shooters . . . and when he stopped for air, I held up my pistol - a Thompson Contender single shot! - and asked "I've only fired ONE shot so far - how long was I supposed to wait to avoid breaking your no rapid fire rule?"

Much laughter from the firing line, his face went from red to purple, and he stomped out muttering things forum rules prevent me from repeating.

I had a real heart-to-heart with the store's owner - who I knew rather well - and Roger the Bearded Flunky never bothered me again.