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The Gun Store

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Opened in 1988

  • first gun range in Las Vegas
  • 30 lanes
  •  2 new large VIP Bays with 6 lanes in each
  • more than 60 types of firearms to rent

One of the oldest Shops in vegas, but still in the top 3

My first experience with Machine gun rentals was here in vegas in the 1990s seeing @thegunstore on the way to the strip

how COOL was a full auto rental experience while on vacation
Needless to say I shot their Tommy gun way back then, took the parents and siblings too, thier first experiences I’m sure

Now there are a dozen other rental ranges, and The Gun Store holds its own, growing and increasing inventory over the years

One of my favorites, always friendly staff, good conversations too

This visit the gun shop was being remodeled, so just visited the rental portion of the shop

Saw a few groups arrive as i visited, all were international travelers, again, VERY cool to see 2A tourism thriving
Thank You to @TheGunStore in Las Vegas Nevada for being there all these years for the millions of visitors Vegas gets, many of them see your invitation to Shoot Full Auto guns

#NevadaGunShop
#LasVegasGunShop
#GunShowLoopholeTour
#GunShopLife
#RentAFullAuto
#FirearmsTourism

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National Firearms Museum

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3,000 guns on display (6,000+ in archives)

,1998

Fairfax, VA

  • Established in 1935 at old NRA Headquarters
  • 1998 moved to current location
  • 20,000 square feet
  • 15 Galleries
  • 85 exhibit cases
  • FREE – Open Almost Every Day
  • 50,000 – 60,000 visitors per year

Published on Nov 22, 2012

We had the opportunity to meet Doug Wicklund, Senior Curator of the NRA National Firearms Museum at the NRA Headquarters in Fairfax, Virginia (just outside of Washington D.C.)

Doug showed us the Firearms Library, the Conservation Lab and the Firearms Archives. Thanks to Doug and the NRA for this opportunity to share this ‘behind the scenes’ look at the NRA Museum’s Firearms Collection

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Titan II Missile Museum

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1 (one) 9 Megaton Titan II Thermonuclear Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

May 21, 1986

Sahuarita, AZ

  • Air Force Facility Missile Site 8
  • Titan II ICBM Site 571-7
  • 571st Strategic Missile Squadron (SMS)
  • 390th Strategic Missile Wing (SMW)
  • 1963 – became operational
  • November 11, 1982 – 571-7 came off alert
  • February of 1983 – concept of museum began
  • 1984 – deactivated 
  • September 1985 – Silo given to Pima County for a Museum
  • May 21, 1986 – Titan Missile Museum opened to the public run by the nonprofit Arizona Aerospace Foundation
  • 1994 – declared a National Historic Landmark

Titan Missile Museum
1580 W. Duval Mine Rd.
Sahuarita, Arizona 85629

Phone
520-625-7736

Email
info@titanmissilemuseum.org

Bracken Rifle and Pistol Recreational Range

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opened in 1986

Northeast San Antonio’s Original Shooting Range

  • Originally part of the Marbach family homestead
    once covered by fields of soybeans, potatoes, and sunflowers
  • 1960 purchased by W. Paul Vordenbaum, from his grandparents
  • 1970’s Mr. Vordenbaum sold gravel, sand, and clay to developers,
    resulting in the pit today
  • 1986, Bracken Rifle Range opened for business
  • Fully Handicapped Accessible

Bracken Rifle and Pistol Recreational Range
Shooting range in Comal County, Texas

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Piedmont Community College

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178-acres

Established on July 1, 1970

  • July 1, 1970 Established
  • 1979 Name changed to Piedmont Technical College (PTC)
  • July 1, 1985 expanded to include Caswell County
  • 1984-85—Person County Campus expanded
  • 1987 Caswell County Campus opened
  • 1987 Name changed to Piedmont Community College (PCC)
  • five semester Gunsmithing program
  • 2,080 hours
  • Gunsmithing certificate
  • Gunsmithing diploma
  • Associate’s Degree

Piedmont Community College
Person County Campus
1715 College Drive
Roxboro, NC 27573

(336) 599-1181

http://www.piedmontcc.edu/guns

Montgomery Community College

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9,000 square feet

  • September 7, 1967 first charter issued to Montgomery Technical Institute
  • 1968 Adult Basic Education and adult high school diploma programs began
  • 1975 64,000 square feet Campus built on a 149 acres
  • 1978 accredited by State Board of Education Department of Community Colleges
  • 1983 Montgomery Technical Institute became Montgomery Technical College
  • 1987 name changed to Montgomery Community College 
  • 1992 Business, Industry, Technology Resource Center (BITRC) created
  • 1994 44,800 square feet electronic library
    – for the  the North Carolina Information Highway (NCIH)
  • 2004 3,000 square feet Criminal Justice Complex built
  • 2009 6,400 square feet Forest Management Technologies program added
  • 2020 campus now includes 134,400 square feet on 153 acres of land
  • Gunsmithing degree, diploma or certificate
  • Daytime, evening, or weekend programs
  • offers a two-year associate degree program in Gunsmithing
  • two-thirds of class time is spent in the shops applying what is learned
  • Students build 3 custom rifles and a custom 1911
  • NRA affiliated Gunsmithing school (1 of 4)
  • Offers NRA approved short-term gunsmithing courses
    – three days to two weeks in length
  • Woodworking shop
  • Two machine shops
    – 13 milling machines
    – 23 high-speed precision metal lathes
    – surface and pedestal grinders
  • Welding Shop
  • Five-position, 100-yard outdoor firing range for use in test firing, chronographing, reloads and bench rest shooting
  • Midway USA Arms Room
    – the most comprehensive, up-to-date firearms inventory possible
  •  Brownells Labs

Montgomery Community College
1011 Page Street
Troy, North Carolina 27371

(910) 898-9740

https://www.montgomery.edu/programs/gunsmithing/

Dragonman’s Military Museum

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Over 3,000 guns

Opened in 1982

260 acres

Colorado Springs, CO

  • Private museum owned by Mel “Dragonman” Bernstein
  • 65,000sq ft museum on 260 remote acres
  • 80 military vehicles, 900 uniformed mannequins
  • Open April – November
  • $20 Adults / $10 Child Tours on Sundays

Dragonman’s Military Museum
1200 Dragonman Dr, Colorado Springs, CO 80929
(719) 683-2200
DragonMans.com

Dragonman’s Military Museum
Colorado Springs, CO

Possibly the best World War Two Museum I’ve seen. A very complete collection with tours led by Dragon Man If you have a chance to experience the Military Museum at DragonLand, you will not be disappointed

Dragon Land is AWESOME If you like guns, or Military history, then you need to visit this place This intro video will be just the first of a series of videos from Dragon Land The BEST Military Museum I’ve seen, and I’ve seen a lot of them Stay tuned for more from Dragonland, the coolest Gun Shop in Colorado

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