Iron City Armory Indoor Range Membership?

[Misery Loves Shotguns]

So my fiance and I just got the revolver she's been wanting since I taught her to shoot and now we're considering joining the range at ICA. It's $300 for a year (?) for a member plus guest, we can shoot our own ammo and it's really close to where we live. The bonus is that she said if we had a membership to a club nearby, she'd be on board to buy another gun or two. I've gone to the shop to do a few transfers but I've never looked at their range. I'm off today so I'm going to head over once they open and check it out. Does anyone have thoughts to share? $300 is a lot for an indoor only range but it's close and we'll save time and fuel so it kind of evens out.

[Orive 8]

My wife and I are waiting for the Iron City Armory range to be completed. Depending on the "rules" for use, we will most likely buy a membership - $300 for the both of us for 1 year.

It really breaks down to this: if both of us shoot 2x each month, the membership pays off. We currently shoot 2x each month, once at Collier Sportsmen and once at A&S Indoor Range. So shooting at a range that is only 10 mins from our house is a big plus. Again, for us the deciding factor will be the "range use" rules.

I am planning on stopping by the place again today to show it to a friend who is also interested in a membership.

[Misery Loves Shotguns]

I paid for the membership. Pistol range isn't complete yet but the membership will start once it's complete. Which rules are you curious about specifically? Buy a membership and you can draw from a holster, shoot your own ammunition, shoot your own targets and the $300 membership you mentioned let's you bring a guest and share a lane. They'll have rental guns too. It will eventually have a rifle range too but that's going to be a while before it's finished. In general, I think it's going to be a lot of fun.

[Misery Loves Shotguns]

12-19 update! I asked for a refund of the range dues because I would rather have that money for other stuff and they've been delayed countless times and guess what? I couldn't get an answer from the store, I had to talk to the owner who wasn't there so I asked this question on their facebook page.


Got my refund today and sure enough, they told me I wasn't welcome back. It's comical to me to see my post from a little over a month ago where I was actually excited about this place.

[Misery Loves Shotguns]

The previous post was the public response and this was the private message this asshole sent me

[Kazz]

The previous post was the public response and this was the private message this asshole sent me

WOW

That's about all i can say. I will never give this place a dime. I run my own small business and I would never in a million years speak to a customer that way. What a complete and total asshole.

[bmckee561]

I am a member at ICA and was told I would be permitted to pick up my spent cases after shooting. I reload and my brass is important and expensive to me. I spend a lot of time reloading and was pleased to hear that I would be permitted to recover my spent brass. This was all prior to purchasing my membership.

I stopped in yesterday to shoot with the grandson in tow (He was very excited to be going to shoot) and prior to getting started, I inquired about picking up my brass just to be certain it would not be a problem. I was told that any brass hitting the floor belonged to ICA ..........and that if I wanted to recover my brass I would need to use a brass catcher.

WTF!

This is not what I initially was led to believe. I am quite pissed off. Many customers could care less about their empty brass and are happy to leave it behind. I am not one of those customers.

I will purchase a brass catcher, I will use it. It may take some time to get it set up at the indoor range, but my membership provides for unlimited range time. And if they want to keep any brass hitting the floor, so be it. Not much of my brass will ever touch their floor what does they are welcome to.

I have picked up 4 different firearms from ICA...... You think I am going to pick up any more there?

[Orive 8]

I posted this already on the other thread, but I figure that I would post it here too...

I'm a member at Iron City Armory, with that said = when the year ends I won't renew my membership unless certain things change.

1. The policy about not being able to pick up YOUR OWN brass. I don't reload, but I do pick up my brass to sell later!
2. The change in their policy about letting guests of members use their own ammo, now guests have to purchase ammo from ICA. This make it hard to invite someone out to shoot with us "Oh by the way, you have to buy their ammo when we get there...."

It's a shame, because the range is only 10 minutes from our home and 5 from our business.

[St. John Browning]

I came here to comment about ICA's new policies and find tht others beat me to it.

Like bmckee I was told that I could pick up my own brass when I joined. That's my property that he's stealing. And the bit about guests having to buy ammo there as well as target is total bool too.

The business is showing signs of sliding down the tubes already. Changing policies mid stream to generate a bit of revenue is a sign of despiration.

Ive never bee therre when there were more than a few shooters. Usually, I'm the only one. Other commercial ranges have people sitting around waiting.

They've cut their hours, another cost cutting measure.

Ive been getting emails from Iron City Landscaping. I guess thats his sideline business to pay the bills.

I never got a copy of membership terms and conditions or else Id be waving that in his face. Im sure a lawyer could comment on the legality of not giving me a copy of the contract and then changing it in midstream.

Im not renewing in December.

[bmckee561]

I have been told by the voice on the phone that I would receive a membership card upon my next visit to the range. I wonder if that is when I will also receive my ducumentation on rules and policies?

On another front for ICA, I received my brass catcher yesterday and after using it and adjusting it at Coraopolis District Sportsmen Club, I will have it at all of my sessions at ICA. That way any of my brass that I shoot should remain in my possession. That is of course if they don't modify their policy to say "Any brass fired within ICA facility becomes ours".

Anyone know if the brass policy holds true for their outdoor facility. I know shotgun hulls must be left after firing.