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Well I thought about it but he didn't seem to want to be doing what he was doing and seemed skittish (which I guess makes it worse doesn't it). I know I should have insisted (nicely) and that was my mistake but live and learn....I won't let that happen again. It was totally my fault for not handling the issue correctly. I've learned a lot since then. Plus it seems like it was just a fluke incident.

I have a CHL and one time when I went to the Grapevine Bass Pro to shoot, I was carrying a range bag to hold ammo and ear protection and so forth. The "door checker" guy chased me down in the store yelling that I needed to check in and get my gun locked. I was more than half way to the range at that point!

I told him, No, I don't.

He asked if I had a CHL, so I said yes.

Then he said, you still have to get your gun checked and locked.

I said, They told me here before that I did not if I had a CHL.

He pointed at my bag and said, yeah, but you're not carrying it concealed.

I said, Oh yes I am. (I did NOT have it in the bag)

Isn't that funny? Let's say I DID have it in the bag. It was still concealed!

That day I was not too happy with them. Generally, though, they are good to deal with. The older guys especially seem to be better in this regard. When I told the range guy what had transpired, he rolled his eyes and muttered something about the intelligence of the door guys and how he has told them repeatedly what the rules are.

I went there once to use the pistol range and it was my last time. At the time I think I recall the range fees were $17ish. Although the range seemed pretty nice, I had brough my CX4 carbine in and was told I would have to shoot it in the rifle range. I told them it was a pistol caliber and that the pistol range should do just fine. They insisted and I packed it up. I shot my pistol for a while and left.

When I entered, they checked my weapon and locked it and then filled out a card listing exactly how many rounds I had. It was a pain because I had a bag full of loose ammo and had to add up my mags. I told him I would just shoot it all but he insisted on counting. I'd love to walk in with an ammo can full and ask him to count them.

That was my last visit to Bass Pro Shops. Cabellas in Fort Worth seems to be a much better store with better prices. And, I got better customer service.

Well, sure, but it's a lot harder to find a place to practice at Cabelas

Rex B wrote:Well, sure, but it's a lot harder to find a place to practice at Cabelas

What are you talking about? There are full-size animal targets all over the place!

Look out guys. They are awful prowd of them targets.

OK, went back by there the Sunday afternoon after dropping of my wife at DFW. Had my range bag, waitied while the check-in boy inspected, tagged and documented two (very patient) guys ahead of me. One of those was leaving and he was doing the checkin procedure in reverse it seemed. Didn't look like much fun to me, but I don't have much tolerance for that sort of thing.
When it was my turn, I offered my bag and my CHL. The kid said "Oh, you have it on you. Go ahead in".
Lots more busy this time, but still no problem. Well, except for the guy to my left whose .45 kep lobbing hot casings over the partition onto my head. I decided it might be good to simulate SD shooting under fire.
Nothing like a random hot shell down your neck to test your concentration on the target

I go there pretty regularly.

Front-door folks are a variable. Luck of the draw, but no real complaints.

Range guys are excellent. Chris and Jeremy are both very knowledgeable, very polite and professional (and both are very good shots as well).

There are others who are great too, but one of these two is there every time I go.

Buggery= The hobby of collecting representitive examples of local insects
for study, and science projects :)

Also see: Falconery, pg 139


Anyway, the Grapevine location has withstood two fires , not one before it had to be rebuilt. It apprears that if you dont sweep up unburned powder grains until the seams in the cement fill with it, and that lights up and sets the walls on fire, and the old walls were pretty flammable as everyone found out...you will be missing a gun range. The first fire was a rifle shooter, and it singed him pretty good.(but they saved the range) the second, a black powder pistol shooter that was given permisson to fire it by the range person on duty at the time, hardly had time to grab his range bag and get out the door with his girlfriend before visability went to zero.
Black powder wasnt the blame for the fire.

I made my first trip to Bass Pro Shop in Garland today. There were no 30.06 signs posted outside. However as I approached the turnstyle inside, it was sporting a "All firearms and Bows must be checked..." sign. I breezed on past the sign and through the turnstyle. This Bass Pro Shop has an archery range, but no pistol range. What's the purpose of "checking" firearms I wonder?

S&W6946 wrote:I made my first trip to Bass Pro Shop in Garland today. There were no 30.06 signs posted outside. However as I approached the turnstyle inside, it was sporting a "All firearms and Bows must be checked..." sign. I breezed on past the sign and through the turnstyle. This Bass Pro Shop has an archery range, but no pistol range. What's the purpose of "checking" firearms I wonder?

If you bring your deer rifle in to have a scope mounted, or something like that, they want you to check it so they can inspect it and put a lock on it at the door.