Livermore Pleasanton Rod & Gun Club - Shotgun Range

Great facility. Nicely run with a friendly staff

We held a CYSSA State Championship shoot over the weekend with approximately 380 high school-age kids. They were able to accommodate all the shooter's and their families. Plenty of parking, including RV parking. Clean and well run facility. It does get a bit breezy at times. It's definitely a place to go and shoot Trap at.

Alot of trap fields, but alot of them face east instead if north causing a glare from the sun when looking for targets. Decent facility overall though.

Great staff and a well run facility.

I visited this place for the first time today with a friend. We did so because the outdoor range we usually practice at in San Leandro was closed. To keep it brief, when we arrived at the Livermore gun range, we were excited by how large and welcoming it seemed. However, that reality was just a figment of my imagination. After entering, a friendly young lady greeted us at the registration desk. She explained the usual safety rules, and we headed to our shooting booth. I should mention that their safety rules regarding when to stop shooting and when to begin were the opposite of those at the range where we frequently shoot. Right away, the two range employees shot us unfriendly looks. I didn't care about that because we were more interested in how my friend's Remington 700 rifle would perform. I shot it first and hit the bullseye but couldn’t eject the casing. The lever was stuck, and an employee took a rubber hammer to free it finally. Another employee closely watched my friend and me without offering any help. Since my friend had never shot his rifle after buying it some time ago, we figured the weapon hadn’t been adequately oiled. We decided to give it another try. The gun holds three rounds, so my friend said he wanted to try again. He shot and also hit the bullseye. But once more, the bolt jammed, requiring the same pounding technique to loosen it. I was holding the rifle while my friend was tapping on the bolt, and without either of us touching the trigger, the rifle discharged, hitting the overhead steel lip of our cubicle. We were both shocked, and the employee nearby was stunned, too. He immediately yelled and accused me of having my finger on the trigger while attempting to unlock the bolt. I denied having my finger on the trigger. (But my friend's finger might have been.) I knew arguing with these employees wouldn’t help. So, we decided to move to another part of the range to shoot our pistols. That's when one of the unfriendly employees laid down the law and warned us that if we broke another rule, we would be thrown out and banned from returning. I asked him, "Do you think you're talking to kids?" I told him I was a Combat Military Veteran and that I knew far more about handling firearms than he would ever know. He just replied that he was a veteran, too. We packed our things and left feeling quite disappointed. My friend mentioned he had heard many praises about this range. After my friend and I returned home, we bumped into another friend and told him about our experience at the range. What he told us next was astonishing. He said he owns two 700s and that they will sometimes discharge without being trigger-pulled. (I thought then, if those range employees were so competent, why wouldn't they warn us about such a horrible malfunction? Our current political climate contributed to the unfriendly atmosphere there — the likes of BLM, LGBTQ issues, and blatant suspicion of others' character. Hopefully, we will all move past this...