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Today I found the downside to good ventilation. I went to the DFW Gun Store to shoot. They must have had the ventilation fans cranked way up, because there was quite a breeze in there. Made it less hot but the dern targets were flapping in the breeze so bad it was hard to hit the bullseye.

Oldgringo wrote:Given heat endices of 110°, are indoor ranges hotter'n outdoor ranges?

It's a different kind of heat. Outdoors there is a breeze, and (at least at the Garland Shooting Range) you are standing in the shade, so the sun isn't beating down directly on you. At the indoor ranges, there is no noticeable air flow, and so the hot air is stifling. I sweat very little at GSR, but at the indoor ranges I sweat so much I have to keep wiping the sweat out of my eyes in order to continue shooting. I've been to three different indoor ranges now. They've all been the same - so hot I can't shoot long without sweating like a pig.

secure wrote:Providing conditioned air to a range is expensive but it can be done.
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Problem is most of the ranges around town are built into existing commercial space with less than adequate HVAC.

Would you pay a couple bucks more to shoot in a facility that was cool in the summer and warm in the winter? I would.

Absolutely.

Texas Size 11 wrote:That's why I just go to the Garland range in the summer...if I am going to be sweating it out either way, I might as well enjoy being outdoors.

That plus outdoor ranges are what I'm used to from my Navy days.

Then it would likely be hot in the summertime, right? Why is that? Do the ranges not think people want to be comfortable while shooting? It's especially bad for the women. They didn't last more than a few minutes before they wanted to get out of there.

I've now been to two different indoor ranges in the Dallas area (Targetmasters and DFW Gun Range), and both of them were hot. Targetmasters was almost insufferable. DFW Gun Range was a little better but still hot, and the range wasn't well lit. (That's one reason why I"m getting night sights. I discovered I can't see the front sight very well in dimly lit conditions.)

Is there an indoor range where the temperature is comfortable?