Sunset Hill

[silvertiger27]

A friend who's never shot before is visiting from Ohio, and a taxi driver recently mentioned a range called Sunset Hill. Judging from the website, it seems like a nice place that would accommodate my guns and also has rentals in case something catches my friend's eye.

Has anyone been to Sunset Hill who can report on its quality?

[Breadman03]

I've never been there, but have had several people recommend the place. I would go there if I wanted to rent a gun, but I have enough to keep me busy for now.

[jcabin]

Sunset Hill does NOT rent guns. You pay a dollar per round to shoot any gun. It's a tourist attraction.

As far as being able to shoot your own guns, you will need to pay for the annual membership which is 30 or 35$, plus take their worthless safety course. Anyone who wishes to shoot in the, "members area" will need to pay this fee. In this area, you can only shoot your own guns.

The other area is the "rental area", where you choose a gun, the instructor places 7 rounds in the magazine, at $7, and you fire the gun while standing directly beside the instructor. It's $7 for 7 rounds of 9mm to 45acp, and only gets more expensive as you go up in caliber.

If you find my information lacking credibility, be sure to call ahead and ask them about their pricing before you make the trip. There are quite a few gun ranges in the lehigh valley/allentown area that are if not cheaper atleast closer and will likely accomodate your needs better than sunset shill.

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

Have not gone to Sunset Hill in over ten years,Jcabin describes it accuratley a Tourist Trap/Attraction !

[dc dalton]

I'll add my 2 cents. Haven't been there in well over a year. If you do some searching here you will find my rants about the place.

In a nutshell it's a tourist trap and because of that everyone, experienced or not, is treated like a tourist. THE ROs (except for one who is a member here) hover over you like you are a child, they are so bad at times you want to turn around and tell them to FO.

Secondly they won't let you shoot reloads and / or re-manufactured ammo (which is all I shoot) yet they pick up the brass at night and the owner reloads it for his "$1 a shot" tourist guns .... nice huh?

I live 15 minutes from it and we had memberships but you will never see our butts over there.

[LifeInPa]

I visit Sunset Hill every now and then, usually because a friend from the city comes up and has a place in Gouldsborough and Sunset isn't too far or I take a nice day off to go shooting since the drive from where I live (via the backroads) is beautiful. I will say this, never visit the place on a weekend or holiday. It is a tourist trap indeed, you will be on a line for 30 mins and you will have to rub elbows with the cast from the Jersey Shore and the "Ghetto Gansters" from the inner city. Go on a weekday and it's very nice, ghost town to be precise. I had a bad experience awhile back with one of the range officers and my father, after that I only went 2-3 times. On those visits the RO's were nice as was the girl at the desk. I am joining a member only club soon so I will probably ever visit Sunset Hill when I absolutely have to.

[jcabin]

I visit Sunset Hill every now and then, usually because a friend from the city comes up and has a place in Gouldsborough and Sunset isn't too far or I take a nice day off to go shooting since the drive from where I live (via the backroads) is beautiful.

Eh. The Tobyhanna SGL range is about 10 minutes from Gouldsboro.

[NathanB]

Sunset Hill does NOT rent guns. You pay a dollar per round to shoot any gun. It's a tourist attraction.

As far as being able to shoot your own guns, you will need to pay for the annual membership which is 30 or 35$, plus take their worthless safety course. Anyone who wishes to shoot in the, "members area" will need to pay this fee. In this area, you can only shoot your own guns.

The other area is the "rental area", where you choose a gun, the instructor places 7 rounds in the magazine, at $7, and you fire the gun while standing directly beside the instructor. It's $7 for 7 rounds of 9mm to 45acp, and only gets more expensive as you go up in caliber.

If you find my information lacking credibility, be sure to call ahead and ask them about their pricing before you make the trip. There are quite a few gun ranges in the lehigh valley/allentown area that are if not cheaper atleast closer and will likely accomodate your needs better than sunset shill.

this is spot on.

[silvertiger27]

Thanks for the feedback and warnings, guess I'll hunt around for better ranges near here, definitely don't want a touristy range. I'm moving soon so I don't want to re-up my EFGA membership, but I might just suck it up and do it because overall it might be cheaper than taking her to a normal range.

[LifeInPa]

Eh. The Tobyhanna SGL range is about 10 minutes from Gouldsboro.

I appreciate the suggestion but I don't have a hunting license and they only allow you to load a few rounds at a time.