Saddle Creek Gun Range

Saddle Creek Gun Range is an outdoor gun range in Lakeland, FL, open to the public. One reviewer calls it a county run range where pistol, rifle and shotgun shooting are all possible, and another describes a "nice range in the park". Reviewers call it small, and one visitor notes that it is not fancy.

One reviewer describes 25-yard pistol and 50-yard rifle lanes, and several put the longest distance at 50 yards. One reviewer adds that targets can be placed at whatever distance. The shooting area is covered but open on all sides, and one reviewer mentions that the restroom is close to the firing line. Targets and ear protection can be bought at the range, and reviewers say it supplies a hammer and staple guns for putting targets up. One reviewer says the range gets crowded on Saturday mornings.

Several reviewers describe the range master or range officer as knowledgeable, and one reviewer says the officer helped sight in a rifle. Rapid fire is not allowed, according to several reviewers, and one recalls being corrected for it.

Families use the range too. One reviewer's son fired first shots with a new rifle, another reviewer brought their wife to shoot her first pistol, and a third says their kids practiced with a .410, a 20 gauge and a 22, and calls it a great place to start out youngsters. Saddle Creek Gun Range is a small outdoor shooting range in Lakeland, FL, with pistol and rifle lanes and a range master that reviewers describe as knowledgeable.