In our June issue’s Guncation feature, we told you about several awesome places where you can add training to your travel plans. Those included ATAC in Shady Valley, Tenn.; Gunsite in Paulden, Ariz.; Machine Guns Vegas in Las Vegas; NRA National Firearms Museum in Fairfax, Va. (near Washington, D.C.); NRA Whittington Center near Raton, N.M.; Ox Ranch near Uvalde, Texas; Staccato Ranch near Austin, Texas, and Staccato Vegas; Thunder Ranch in Lakeview, Ore.; and Paramount Tactical in Summit Point, W.V. Please be sure to check out the main article for all the details on these excellent training locations and their surrounding areas.
Since we didn’t have nearly enough space in that issue to detail all the great places you might go on a guncation, here are 33 more locations to consider, grouped regionally and then alphabetically. And we’ve still only shown you the tip of the iceberg, so be sure to check wherever you might be going!
Pacific:
- Mid-Valley Clays & Shooting School in Gervais, Ore. (between Portland and Salem)
- Rabbit Creek Shooting Park or Birchwood Rec & Shooting Park in Anchorage, Alaska.
- Threat Dynamics in Sherwood, Ore. (near Portland)
West:
- Battlefield Vegas or The Gun Store and Range in Las Vegas, Nevada
- Ben Avery Shooting Facility in Phoenix, Ariz.
- Buffalo Bill Center of the West in Cody, Wy. (near Yellowstone National Park)
- Cameo Shooting and Education Complex in Palisade, Colo. (near Grand Junction)
- Cowtown Range in Peoria, Ariz.
- Scottsdale Gun Club in Scottsdale, Ariz.
- The Armory or TNT Guns & Range in Salt Lake City, Utah
Midwest:
- H&H Shooting Sports in Oklahoma City, Okla.
- Lincoln Trap and Skeet in Lincoln, Nebraska
- Texas Gun Experience in Grapevine, Texas (near Dallas) or Defender Outdoors Clay Sports Ranch in Fort Worth, Texas
- The Range at Austin in Austin, Texas
Northeast:
- Insight Firearms Training in Cridersville, Ohio, or Prescott Valley, Ariz.
- Recoil Firearms in Detroit, Mich.
- SIG Sauer Academy in Epping, N.H.
- Tactical Defense Institute in West Union, Ohio
South:
- GUNTRY in Owings Mills, Md. (near Baltimore)
- Lock & Load Miami in Miami, Fla.
- Massad Ayoob Group in Live Oak, Fla. (training also in other locations)
- National Museum of the Marine Corps in Triangle, Va., National Museum of the United States Army in Fort Belvoir, Va., or XCal in Ashburn, Va. (near Washington, D.C.)
- Peacemaker National Training Center near Gerrardstown, W.Va. or Panthera Training near Old Fields, W.Va.
- Royal Range USA in Nashville, Tenn., or The Outpost Armory in Murfreesboro, Franklin, Hendersonville or Nashville, Tenn.
- Tactical Response in Camden, Tenn. (training also in other locations)
- WOFT (Where Our Families Train) in Orlando, Fla.
Still not fitting your vacation plans? Often, well-respected instructors train all over the U.S., so if there’s one you’ve been following, check out their events.
