|
S |
M |
T |
W |
T |
F |
S |
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
5
|
6
|
|
7
|
8
|
9
|
10
|
11
|
12
|
13
|
|
14
|
15
|
16
|
17
|
18
|
19
|
20
|
|
21
|
22
|
23
|
24
|
25
|
26
|
27
|
|
28
|
29
|
30
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Forums10
Topics38,469
Posts545,142
Members14,409
| |
Most Online1,271
Apr 26th, 2024
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 75
Member
|
OP
Member
Joined: Feb 2002
Posts: 75 |
I have an afternoon open while there next week. Any suggestions for gunshops or a shooting venue? Thanks.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9 |
SLC proper or one of the 'burbs?
If you are going to be near SLC proper then you might like to visit Gallensons on the corner of 200 South and 200 East near downtown. Lots of stuff.
Other then Gallensons we don't have alot of 'good' gunshops. South of SLC about 15 minutes will get you to Sportsmans Warehouse in Sandy, UT. Another 15 minutes will get you to Cabelas Lehi, UT.
Most of my nicer gun purchases have been the luck of walking into the right pawnshop at the right time.
Shooting is a bit more difficult. Some of the clays ranges have odd hours during the week and may be changing to summer hours now. None are very close to SLC proper but with a car easy enought to get to. I can't remember if any of them have rental guns.
Mike
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15 |
Cabela's gun library gets my vote. They are about 1/2 hour from downtown SLC.
-Shoot Straight, IM
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9 |
I see you are in Chicago. I just returned from a week in Chicago. Nice place to visit but I'll take the SLC area any day over Chicago. 
Last edited by Utah Shotgunner; 04/20/07 02:24 PM.
Mike
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15 |
Yeah, West Valley and Rose Park are really great places.
-Shoot Straight, IM
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9 |
My first home in Utah was in Rose Park. It does not deserve a really bad reputation. My home in Phoenix was purchased purposely in rough neighborhood to save some money. At least in Rose Park I knew who my neighbors were. Heck my old neighborhood in south Phoenix had more shootings in one year then all of Utah the year I moved here.
BTW - IM, I hadn't noticed before that you lived in Utah. What part? I am now in the NSL, Centerville, Bountiful area.
Brian,
Normally I would be glad to run you around to our few good shops or take you shooting but I'll be out of town for work next week.
Mike
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15 |
I live in Layton. I'm originally from Ogden.
Brian you might also want to visit the Browning Firearms Museaum in Ogden.
-Shoot Straight, IM
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Dec 2001
Posts: 3,588 Likes: 9 |
Brian,
IM's idea is a good one. The Browning Museum is very interesting and there are a couple of other museums in the building including a railroad museum. Very interesting.
Mike
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,269 Likes: 521
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 2,269 Likes: 521 |
BrianB,
Hill AFB has a very nice skeet and trap range, they also have a fun 5 stand course set up. A round of skeet/trap is relatively cheap (last time I was there it was $3.50) and 5 stand is something like $5. The suggestions for the Browning Museum are good ones, its a neat place with alot of interesting stuff. This has nothing to do with hunting or guns, but if you want to see/go someplace really nice, take the short drive north up to Bear Lake. Its beautiful and theres a small shop there that has the best milkshakes ever made. You could also grab a fly rod and fish the Weber river around Devils Spine turnout, lots of browns and you'll have good luck on the whitefish as well. Lots of fun things to do in Utah, and the women are nice to look at too.
Dustin
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15
Sidelock
|
|
Sidelock
Joined: May 2006
Posts: 809 Likes: 15 |
I'll tell my wife, she'll be flattered.
-Shoot Straight, IM
|
|
|
|
|
