Dominion Shooting Range

Seems a little sketchy and old when you first pull up. Watch out for pot holes. When you walk in though its a different story. The staff are very friendly and polite. It’s very laid back, which makes me feel more comfortable. It’s also safe from what I can tell. I’m not very experienced when it comes to guns, but I know some stuff. You do have to buy their ammo though and there is an $ 8 range fee per person. I have been there twice and took my recently purchased Smith & Wesson. Model 469 9 mm. A box of 50 rounds of 9 mm costs about $ 19.95 new. The reloads are $ 17 something. They also have a wide selection of paper targets for 50 cents each. They also have several guns that you can rent, but I’ve only used my own so far. Overall I had an awesome experience and will be back.

Good place for veteran and novice gun-​shooters alike. The staff here are incredibly friendly and professional, and I could tell there were a wide variety of patrons in there. The space ain’t pretty, in fact it’s down right sketchy heading into the parking area– you have to go through a used junk car lot to get there. But it’s a shooting range, so whatever.
My friends and I spent several hours there for a bachelor party and racked up quite a big bill with all the ammo we were shooting. This was my first time ever shooting a gun, but my friends said it was actually way cheaper than they were expecting.

I had a terrific experience at Dominion Shooting Range. WELL worth the (for me) 80ish minute drive. The shooting range in my town is very… the opposite of Dominion. Luckily my work often takes me to Richmond and I will be a frequent visitor. I hope to go monthly, we’ll see. I’m considering the yearly membership because the savings add up quickly if you plan on shooting there regularly. (The staff member who helped me showed me at the end that with a membership I would have saved $ 13 on my bill that day), On my first visit I only stayed an hour, and went through 100 rounds of ammunition. For $ 10 you get to rent two firearms (One on the range at a time). I also rented safety equipment (which I will be purchasing) and targets.
I had not fired a gun in years and I was eager to try out my new 9 mm Ruger but I thought it best to start with something smaller so I rented the 8 shot Ruger LCR with the Crimson Trace laser in 22 caliber. (SWEET GUN), then I tried the Walther P 22. The Walther P 22 may be TOO sweet! By the way, if you’re a gun noob like I am, the 22 caliber and the 9 mm are not even close to each other, not in recoil, not in how loud they are, my 9 mm sounded and kinda felt like a cannon after firing the .22 (and when another group came in with an assault style rifle, my 9 mm couldn’t match those decibels. Dominion offers a laid-​back, friendly, informative and safe environment for folks and I intend at some point to bring my son down to begin training him in the safe handling and use of firearms.

It had been a while since I had been here, so I expected a lot of improvement at my most recent visit since there is now a far superior range just across the river.
Boy was I wrong. In fact, they had made it more expensive. They now charge a range fee AND still make you buy their overpriced reloads to shoot.
The range is still dark and cold. So dark that you can barely see your target if you run it out to 25 yards. They still run the space heaters, presumably to stave off ice in the uninsulated range building.

This was one of my first experiences at a shooting range in Richmond, and it was okay. I’ve previously been to outdoor ranges, so that might be why I’m at a 3 star review instead of a little higher.
The staff was helpful, fast, and knowledgeable. Absolutely no complaints here on that. In fact, after my husband had a bad experience at another range in town, they gave him a freebie to the range so he would give them a try and come back! And because of the heat at the time, they had some complimentary bottles of water to take with you. So great customer service.
However, the actual range was a little dirtier, louder, and rundown then I expected. One of our targets (not the paper, but what you staple it to) wasn’t working right and we couldn’t get it adjusted. It looked pretty well used too. Not a big deal, we just shared one range and I was getting instruction from my husband so it worked. It is VERY SMOKY in there. Which again, I’m used to outdoor ranges, so I don’t deal with this as much. There was not a ton of safety guidance given, but maybe we looked like we knew what we were doing? I’ll also mention some of the clientele seemed a little questionable, but who am I to judge (maybe I looked questionable to someone there too!)?
Like Timmy mentioned, you have to buy their ammo. It’s a little more than you could probably find elsewhere, but the price is better than a couple other places in town. The other «equipment» is at a fair price as well if you don’t bring your own. I forgot my eye protection and I think they only charged me $ 0.50 to rent them for our session.
Overall, we’ll be back (in fact my husband’s been back several times), but I’ll be better prepared of what to expect.

I actually didn’t even know this range existed until my guy brought me to show me how to shoot for the first time. I’ve been twice so far, and the staff is very knowledgable and helpful.
Naturally, being a gun range, it’s very loud so if you bring your own ear protection — don’t bring those dinky little foam ear inserts. Just use their over ear ones. Your ear drums will thank you!
You of course can bring your own guns, but have to purchase their ammo from what I understand. And they have a very nice selection of guns to shoose from if you want to shoot theirs. It’s given me the opportunity to figure out what type of gun I would like to get having shot a few different ones. They have a great deal where you can «rent» 2 different guns for just $ 10. You can only take 1 in at a time though. This is what me and my guy do when we go so we can shoot 2 different guns the same day. We will go through 1 full box of ammo per gun alternating who shoots a full clip. Talk about a fun day date! :-)
They have all kinds of targets to pick from as well. We are partial to the Zombie targets though. You need to get ready for the impending doom of the Zombie apocalypse!
This is so far our go-​to palce for shooting as the one on broad street requires a membership to just step foot inside, and it’s quite pricey from what I hear.

So me and my gf have been wanting to go to a shooting range for about a year or so now. It’s not like we talked about it a lot, but we were interested in the idea. I thought about going to this particular shooting range because it was pretty close to our other points of interests for that day (it’s located in South Side).
When first arriving, the outside looks kind of beat up and it looks like a small closed up warehouse; some of the boarding was coming off, paint is chipped, etc. The parking lot surrounds most of the building and has about maybe 30 or so parking spaces and is located right behind a small car dealership. Visually, we weren’t impressed and looked a little sketchy but we were already there.
The employees here are SUPER friendly! I’m not sure how many times I can reiterate that. I can’t remember the fellow’s name that helped us through the whole process but explained everything to us from start to finish and what to expect considering this was our first time at a shooting range, and more importantly our first time shooting a real gun.
You HAVE to buy their own ammunition. You can’t bring your own. Since we were amateurs, we stuck to .22 caliber (dont quote me on this, but it’s the caliber they start off most people who are new to this experience). It was only 3.95 for 50 bullets which I thought was a pretty good deal. We shot two different types of guns, one was a pistol. The pistol was your standard size gun and the recoil wasn’t too bad. It was hard to figure out if anything was coming out b/​c it didn’t seem like we were hitting our target at all… haha. It only had about 10 bullets so we had to reload it a lot.
They have about 20 shooting lanes total and it’s located underground. It’s not really that big and it can get very loud and a little smoky down there. It’s also pretty beat up down there with ammunition shells everywhere.
The fellow that helped us out asked if we wanted to try something «exotic» and he said we should try some sort of rifle with an extensive name I can’t recall. At first, me and my gf looked at each other and we thought «Hell no, we can’t shoot something like that!!» But the employee reassured us that since it used the same bullet size, the recoil would be about the same. so we went for it! OMG, this may have been the best decision ever. The recoil was hardly there and the rifle was very comfortable to handle and shoot. This particular rifle had a red laser to help you guide so it was pretty cool. You could also shoot without having to pull back the gun so it made shooting a lot more fun.
Me and my gf definitely had a great time here, we both really enjoyed shooting the rifle and will definitely shoot other types of rifles the next time we come visit. The total came out to be about $ 45 for the both of us for 2 guns and about 200 bullets which was a pretty good deal.