I don’t like public ranges because of what I call ‘Perfessers’ working up loads and doing unusual things. Annoys me when they seem to always take a lane in the middle of the line so as to inflict the most risk on the largest number of other shooters.
You have to scan around at public ranges before setting up to make sure you’re not just plopping down next to a ‘Perfesser’ or an otherwise commonly dangerous schnook like Señor Explodo de la Lapua as we see here. What an ass. Hope it cost him a fortune.
Usually, I just go shoot in the desert despite having an outstanding public range nearby.
There's a public, unsupervised range near here. If I pull up and anyone else is shooting, I turn around. If I am shooting and someone shows up, I pack up and leave.
I know that Perfesser as I met him at the range last year. Had just picked up a new AK-74 with red dot sight. He looks over and said those are not very good weapons and you won’t be happy with the way it preforms. In one mag. I had it hitting in the same spot every time at 25 yards. I packed up to go home as I was going to the outdoor long range the next day. Last words from the Perfesser was you must have got the good one.