Rio Salado Sportsman's Club

It's a great place to go and enjoy the shooting sports. The staff is friendly and helpful! A bad day at the range is better than the best day at the office.

Great staff and shooting facility. Friendly people and great times!

Do not go here. I just left Rio Salado Sportsman’s Club, and this was genuinely one of the worst range experiences I’ve ever had. There is a reason I normally prefer shooting in the desert instead of going to staffed ranges, and this experience reinforced exactly why. The RSO we dealt with was incredibly rude, pretentious, condescending, and unnecessarily aggressive. He would not stop hovering over our group, interrupting us, and inserting himself into everything we were doing. At one point while I was filming, he abruptly stepped in front of my camera, put his hand directly in front of my lens, and aggressively told me to stop. The way he approached me was completely unnecessary. I was standing perfectly fine, I was not in front of the muzzle, and there was absolutely no reason for him to come at me with that level of aggression. Instead of making the environment feel safe and enjoyable, he made the entire experience stressful and anxiety-inducing. Shooting is supposed to be something you can enjoy while still respecting safety, but this felt like we were constantly being watched, bothered, and waiting for him to come over and say something else. I completely understand that RSOs are there to enforce firearm safety. That does not mean they need to speak to people like they are incompetent, hover over them nonstop, or turn every interaction into some kind of authority contest. I’m also going to say what I was thinking in the moment. Seeing an RSO who is visibly missing a finger while simultaneously lecturing everyone around him about firearm handling did not exactly inspire confidence in me. I obviously do not know how the injury happened, but combined with his attitude and the way he handled our group, it absolutely affected my comfort level and trust in him. I also read another review describing the staff here as extremely rude, so clearly we are not the only people who have walked away feeling this way. The entire experience sucked the fun out of what we were doing and replaced it with anxiety and irritation. Safety and professionalism can exist at the same time. You can enforce rules without making customers feel intimidated or miserable. Our group left frustrated, uncomfortable, and completely over it. I will not be returning. Go somewhere else.

My husband goes here often and we went one weekday morning on a date to shoot my Mother's Day present 😉 my hubby bought me and have breakfast afterwards. I usually go to indoor ranges, like TSR, but I've done outdoor ranges in the past. The day was beautiful, for being August, and I was so impressed with the kind, helpful and very welcoming staff there upon arrival. I absolutely felt like all their rules are necessary and are what make you feel safe and want to come back. I'm surprised people on these reviews have anything negative to say about the staff, I observed none of that, just helpful, kind, welcoming ROs. I will be going back.

I've been on the sporting clays trail many of times, and it is awesome. They have water scattered along the trail, if you need it, and some shade when it gets hot. The stations are easy to navigate and use, and the targets range from beginner-friendly, to really challenging.

I’m actually updating my previous review as the customer service, specifically main range RO’s, has vastly improved over the last few years. It was atrocious before to where I dreaded coming and refused to bring my son. We’ve been a few times in the last year or so, and they genuinely deserve to be commended on turning their attitudes / customer service around. ROs are still firm but approachable and reasonable. Safety is still paramount, as it should be. Facility is top notch, prices reasonable in my opinion. Even targets and ammo are fair if you don’t bring your own of course. My only gripe here is the hoops you’d need to jump through to use the specialty ranges. I have zero issue requiring membership or even a specific safety course but requiring you to compete in pistol matches that you have zero desire makes no sense. I assume it accomplishes their intended effect of keeping it to themselves. That said I’m content using the public range as needed as it is always clean and well ran. Thank you guys for fixing the customer service on the main range.

Great, friendly staff and a lot of folks who are happy to see a young gun enjoying themselves. Just be safe and you'll have a good time.

A great place to go shooting, I have no complaints about this place and have enjoyed going every time

My brother in-law took a few of us here on Sunday morning, and I had the time of my life. The staff is serious and on point with gun safety but they are super friendly and personable. Mahalo.

Nice facility with helpful and friendly rangemasters.