Top 5 Gun Ranges in Fort Worth, TX You Should Visit in (2024)

Regardless of your stance on guns, there are people who would be on the opposite side of the argument. Take for example, if you ask any gun owner, one thing that each one will tell you – firing off guns is an exhilarating experience.

Which is more true than you’d like to accept. Guns are power, humans gravitate towards power. Southerners pride themselves on the 2nd amendment – their right to own weapons bestowed upon them by their founding fathers. Let’s be honest, guns are as American as you can get.

A city that’s situated in the center of North Texas, Fort Worth is known for its rich history of cowboys and cowgirls – which is as southern as you can get (see what I’m getting at).

Amongst USA’s finest, here is a list of top five gun ranges in Fort Worth where you can go to blow off some steam, buy some guns or to simply educate yourself better about all things guns.

Here’s The of list of Top Five Gun ranges in Fort Worth:

1. Defender Outdoors

Don’t let the title mislead you, they are the best gun range both indoors and outdoors in all of North Texas. All that you see here is as good as it gets, state-of-the-art. The shop premises has everything from indoor/outdoor ranges, retail shop to buy/rent guns, gun training and they even hold competitions occasionally.

Their trainers are well educated on guns, the equipment is polished, well maintained and they even have a gunsmith shop in-house. Overall, this place is very well received (by all the people who’ve visited) in every aspect. If you are in Fort Worth and feel like letting a few rounds off, this should be your first choice.

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2. Alpine

Alpine is one of the oldest gun ranges in all of North Texas. Established in 1968, it started off as a small rural environment for gun owners to practice, buy and learn about guns. Today they still maintain that (but much bigger) gun range along with a store that is (their words, not mine) filled to the brim with guns (MURICA, YEAH!!!). Jokes aside, their armory is quite extensive (Pistols, rifles, optics, ammunition of all kinds and even gun safes). They too organise a lot of events and competitions for gun owners.

There’s also the Alpine Steel challenge, where you compete against the leaderboards on shooting gallery trails. Alpine is also amongst the largest distributors of reloading equipment and components for most types of guns.

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3. Shoot Smart

Here is a gun range that approaches things slightly differently, their experience is centered mostly around customer satisfaction of all things. Shoot Smart pride themselves over the experience that they provide to you as a customer. They guarantee the best possible experts to train or advise you during your visit there,  the shooting accessories are top quality and their staff works towards getting you whatever you need to have the best possible experience that you can have.

The trainers at shoot smart also provide functional training associated with guns such as: Texas LTC, home defense and modern sporting rifle. If you’re looking for a customer-centric experience, Shoot Smart claim that there is no place else like theirs.

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4. Elk Castle

As a gun related place, Elk Castle leans more towards their store for sales of guns and accessories. The gun range is more of an added benefit. If you like getting surrounded by guns (what Texan wouldn’t?!), this is the place for you. As their website banner reads, they “Buy. Sell. Trade.” offering older guns as well.

The catalog of weapons is quite extensive – no gun, no bullet and no component is missing from it. In terms of a gun collection, Elk Castle outclasses multiple other gun retailers with ease. They have a 1.200 sq ft. gun range that is overseen by RSO certified instructors only. For all things guns, this is the place for you.

 

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5. Winchester Gallery

Winchester Gallery provides the fullest experience as compared to any other gun ranges on this list. They have fair pricing on shooting lane rentals, the gun range itself is quite massive (20 pistol lanes and two rifle lanes – split across two buildings). They offer classes for certification programs (LTC – License to carry, hunters education and novice pistol instruction).

Winchester Gallery also hosts a good gallery of guns in their retail shop. It is more of a public experience than the rest. Some of the facilities provided here are also state of the art (the ventilation systems and the touch-screen targeting system).   

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That’s all folks. Happy hunting!