Bellevue ranges - seeking opinions on West Coast Armory/Bellevue Gun Club vs. Wade's/Bellevue Indoor Range... in context with membership costs

[Nephilim_hewer]

EDZZ. Gun works is long gone. It became Sams and now is Westcoast Armory North.

I miss the Gun Works...I still have free range passes from them. slightly expired I guess.

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[sobo]

Thank you; that's what I would have presumed... but for whatever reason, mine don't look like that.

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[jjjcoutu]

I'm also looking at starting out in the area — which range did you end up going with?

 

[Jennyo]

You can buy life time memberships with Front Sight...oh wait.

Maybe one day we will be able to use our lifetime memberships....

 

[Jennyo]

I'm also looking at starting out in the area — which range did you end up going with?

Have you looked at snoqualmie Valley Rifle Club? Outdoor range, annual membership of $125 a year, you can shoot rifle, shotgun pistol and archery. A great range, with great people and lots of other disciplines (Womens only, black rifle league, IDPA) to shoot.

 

[jjjcoutu]

SV was definitely on my list to check out. I was also considering Marysville, but location is kind of important since I'm spending a ton of time commuting. Thanks for the rec!

Have you looked at snoqualmie Valley Rifle Club? Outdoor range, annual membership of $125 a year, you can shoot rifle, shotgun pistol and archery. A great range, with great people and lots of other disciplines (Womens only, black rifle league, IDPA) to shoot.

 

[bluehell]

I'm also looking at starting out in the area — which range did you end up going with?

Sorry for my super-slow response... and even after all this time, I embarrassingly have yet to take any action. But it's still on my to-do list, so I will report back when I... do. And likewise, if you've progressed on this further/faster than I have, I'm still in the market for more info, and welcome yours.

But as for my next steps, I'm planning on pinging WCA/BGC to see if they can be more competitive with Wade's/BIR family plan - if not, I think cost (of a lifetime membership) will lead me to Wade's.

Cheers.

 

[ATCclears]

In Tukwila you might consider the SPAA.

Seattle Police Athletic Association

www.spaarange.org

 

[coreymet]

It has been YEARS since I was there (as I moved to the other H--L Hole Oregon) but Issaquah Sportsmans club was always a nice place to shoot. Not as far a Snoqualmie Valley perhaps.

 

[American123]

Renton Fish and Game Club is my preferred range. I don't like shooting indoors and a lot of the public that goes to the indoor ranges are outright dangerous to be around.

 

[gmerkt]

Issaquah Sportsmans club

I was a member there for a number of years. It's a nice range, run as a non-profit, safe crowd of people. On weekends it gets very busy and benches for rifle are very tight.

lot of the public that goes to the indoor ranges are outright dangerous to be around.

This, ^^ absolutely.

As to the original question. I'm not in favor of buying lifetime membership in anything. Places go out of business, get shut down, people die, people lose interest, etc. I've got a lifetime membership in the Everett Sportsmen's Club, but I earned that a long time ago through volunteer work. Everett is a seasonal range, so I don't recommend it for people who want to shoot year round. You can buy day passes to try it out when they are open. I don't know what the annual membership policy is these days.

 

[Jennyo]

Just a question out of curiosity...
You mention that you like to practice where you can draw your weapon from a holster, is there a gun range in the Seattle area that allows this or do you shoot outdoors on public/private property, ect?
I also would like to practice where holster draw is allowed if there is a local Seattle option.

Snoqualmie Valley Rifle Club. BEST outdoor range in King County