EDIT: this whole situation was my fault. There were no hidden fees, the fee for hitting the carrier is black and white rule #10 that I failed to read! Had I not fired my rifle with NO sights this never would have happened! It's not easy to hit the carrier, it is a considerable distance from the target. Please don't let my situation reflect negatively on Safefire. I sent them an apology email today and received a reply from the owner that shows this is exactly the type of range we need to support! Please if you are on the fence about visiting, because of my situation or not, please go and give it a shot! No pun intended ;-) I highly doubt you will regret it as the facility is high tech, clean and most importantly they truly care about taking care of their customers including difficult ones like myself! Will copy/paste this as another reply to this post just to ensure everyone watching this thread gets to see it. Also huge thank you to all of you that replied and really helped me put this situation in perspective.
Went to safefire today for their event and got to fire a full auto AR with can (Thanks to Brimstone!) was a great experience until the RSO told me he was charging me $50 for hitting the carrier. It didn't damage it beyond scrapping some paint off. No previous warning that hitting the carrier would result in a fee. I only went in the first place because it was $10 to get in and I wanted to test fire my freshly built AR. I told the cashier I wanted to contest the fee and he told me the carrier has a computer inside that cost $5000 and I was lucky it was ONLY a $50 fee. Is this typical of indoor ranges? I feel so ripped off. So my $10 visit could make me liable for a $5000 piece of equipment?! Had I known this before hand I never would have gone.
Went to safefire today for their event and got to fire a full auto AR with can (Thanks to Brimstone!) was a great experience until the RSO told me he was charging me $50 for hitting the carrier. It didn't damage it beyond scrapping some paint off. No previous warning that hitting the carrier would result in a fee. I only went in the first place because it was $10 to get in and I wanted to test fire my freshly built AR. I told the cashier I wanted to contest the fee and he told me the carrier has a computer inside that cost $5000 and I was lucky it was ONLY a $50 fee. Is this typical of indoor ranges? I feel so ripped off. So my $10 visit could make me liable for a $5000 piece of equipment?! Had I known this before hand I never would have gone.
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