Tobyhanna SGL Range Reports

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

Knowing what us seasoned shooters know about this range at this time of year, I will wait till after deer Season to go shoot a few of my recently purchased firearms. My COVID related of recent ,this strain is a bad one, wife is still recovering from Covid 1 month out !

[MAGUA]

Range closing 03-20-24

Posting this info since no one else has. Tobyhanna SGL 127 will be closed on 03-20-24. The Game Commission has posted signs of the closure a few days ago , they are not giving any open date.
they are supposedly going to completely dismantle and rebuild the range with new benches , target stands , construct a roof / canopy on both rifle and pistol range . perform lead remediation on all the impact berms.
who knows how long this will take to be finished ! Just giving a heads up to people who shoot there regularly .

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

This is good news, a more Modern update of the range. Years ago me and friends volunteered cleaning up the range with the assistance of Off Gildea. But like all things it should be more maintenance on a regular basis.

[X Hunter]

I hope the new modifications are like the Scotia Range in Centre County and not like the Wexford Range in Allegheny County.

Both ranges are concrete slab with a roof over head that is tall enough to easily use a ram rod on your muzzle loader rifle.

The Wexford range has the benches bolted to the concrete and there is a 2x6 rail about 18* and 36* up the support posts of the roof structure. With the rails at 18 and 36 inches, you can*t shoot kneeling or sitting. The benches in relation to the support posts make standing and prone very cumbersome.

At Scotia, the benches are bolted to a chain and there are no rails. Center County shooters are smart enough to not go forward of the concrete firing line. The benches can be moved to the rear so that a shooter can practice all 4 positions or shoot from the bench.

[MAGUA]

I was up there today shooting pistol and one of the Gameland maintenance crew drives in and starts taking down the closed range signs and says they are delaying the closure date to sometime in April .
He said they are delaying the work due to the weather ! I guess who ever got the contract for the job is a prima donna and will only work in 50 plus degree weather .
I could see them dragging this out through the spring and most of the summer .

[Qtrborecrazy]

Thanks for the updates.

[MAGUA]

Range is open as of today . I was up there today shooting .
The Gameland website still says it is closed until further notice . I guess they will eventually update the website .

[MARINE DIVISION TWO]

About time, I also saw the website saying it was still closed. What are your impressions of the new and improved range ?

[MAGUA]

I don't think it was worth waiting over four months to be finished . Having a roof is always nice for the sun and light rain or snow , heavy rain with wind and i think your going to be soaked lol .

Who ever was in charge at the Game Comm for the layout and design should be fired or resign. They have three different height benches on the pistol side 10 yards and the 25 yard section has no bench or rest of any kind , so when someone wants to shoot at 25 yards they will have to put all their gear , ammo bags ,etc on the dirty old concrete .

The rifle side benches have a plastic bench top and one swivel seat for each bench . The benches are too close to the end of the roof , you and your gun will be getting wet with a moderate rain with wind .

I don't understand why they tore out the concrete benches ,concrete is as solid as it gets and you had two seats at each bench .

[STKR928]

Range is open as of today . I was up there today shooting .
The Gameland website still says it is closed until further notice . I guess they will eventually update the website .

Excellent - thanks for the heads up. I drove by Wednesday and noticed it was still closed. Hopefully get some use out of it before the hordes discover it has opened back up.