Shooting Range and Action Sports Recreation Area

Shooting Range and Action Sports Recreation Area is an outdoor shooting range in Carlsbad, New Mexico, open to the public and laid out with separate areas for different kinds of shooting. Reviewers describe sections for handguns, archery and long range rifles, along with shorter rifle ranges, skeet and pistol ranges.

Reviewers do not agree on how far the long range reaches. One reviewer describes ranges varying from 10 to 400 yards with plenty of space to spread out, and another reports steel pendulum targets at 100, 200, 300 and 400 yards with long range of more than 400 yards. Two other reviewers put it at 500 yards, one of them unsure, and an earlier reviewer mentions a target at 580 yards. Several visitors advise bringing your own targets, at least for pistol and for sighting in, although one reviewer found a variety of targets already set up at the longer distances. One reviewer mentions sun shaded hoods, and reviewers also mention restrooms on site.

Etiquette comes up in the reviews as well. One reviewer notes there is no range master but finds everyone pretty respectful, and another says there are knowledgeable people who help or give advice to anyone new to shooting. One reviewer adds that the only ask is to pick up your own shells, and another writes a plain reminder to clean up after yourself. Two reviewers call the range well kept, and one describes people who come to shoot and are well mannered.

One visitor calls the range "my favorite place to decompress." With handgun, rifle, skeet and archery areas, reviewers describe short and long distances for shooters in Carlsbad, NM.