Guns, Gun Dealers, Shooting Ranges....

[Crawlin]

I want to make this a sticky at some point.

The object of this post is for all of you weapon experts to point out WHAT shops and maybe a NAME of a person to talk to so that the inexperienced people may have a place to visit when considering their first firearm purchase(like I am).

I would also like to see a list of shooting ranges, both indoor and outdoor and what each place caters to(i.e. if they don't allow certain types of guns)

I would also like to see recommended manufacturer's and WHY for certain types of guns. For my personal gun, I wanted just a nice semi-auto rifle to hit the range with. I see AR-15 popped around alot, but I also see a TON of different manufacturer's of those type weapons. Same thing goes for pistols. (www.gunbroker.com has got me drooling) I see a huge variety of opinions on 9mm and .45 models. It would be nice to condense this all into a big post to sticky for new users as I don't see this site going away anytime soon

Thanks guys. I will continually update this thread with your information.

Recommended Gun Dealers -

1. Badger Outdoors
2. Shooter's Shop
3. Shooters Sport Center


Recommended Shooting Ranges -

1. Badger Outdoors (Indoor Range/Handguns Only)
2. McMillers (Outdoor Range/Variety Allowed/No .50 BMG Rifles)
3. Shooter's Shop (Indoor Range/Handguns Only)
4. Shooters Sport Center (Indoor Range/Handguns Only)
5. Vilas Co. Shooting Range in Eagle River (Outdoor Range/Variety Allowed)


Recommended Ammo For Caliber-

1. White Box Winchester Ammo (Handguns)
2. Green Tip 5.56 (AR Shooting)
3. Federal Hydra-Shok JHP (Personal Defense)