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hongdae2 · Joined: 17 Sep 2006

i've done some skeet shooting outside of seoul but the olympic skeet shooting range is being scheduled to close down by the government next month.

i've heard that there are some shooting ranges in seoul and that you dont need any licenses to fire a few rounds. has anyone ever tried it? if so, where and how much was it?

Jack_Sarang · Joined: 13 Aug 2006

There is a newish shooting range in Ilsan, at Jungbalsan Station near the new "Western Dom" shopping mall.

You can shoot about 7-8 different hand-guns including a .45. However, its a rip-off for foreigners. Its 40,000 for 10 rounds. Only 20,000 for Koreans. Apparently they get a lot of Japanese tourists stopping in, so for "tourists" its 40,000 won.

Trying to explain that I'm not a tourist was met with, "You no Korean, you 40,000."

Bibbitybop · Joined: 22 Feb 2006 Location: Seoul

Lotte World, seriously.

Hyeon Een · Joined: 24 Jun 2005

halfmanhalfbiscuit · Joined: 13 Oct 2007 Location: Seoul

Taerung has a shooting range (NE Seoul,near Nowon)

.45 was about 45.000?for 10 rounds,a local Uzi 60.000 for a clip of 30 rounds.

No doubt the prices are half for Koreans,but what are you gonna do about it?I wanted to shoot some guns.Could have written to the Consumer Commission later I guess.

The .45 was a bit difficult for me to control.The .38 nice and punchy,like an extension of your fist.There are magnum handguns down in Busan,apparently.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Someone should point them out as discriminating.

Isn't there a new law against this exact thing?

mistermasan · Joined: 20 Sep 2007 Location: 10+ yrs on Dave's ESL cafe

when i lived in hawaii there were similar scams. something was priced too high for the locals but no problem for the japanese. what to do? they had the "kama'aina" (local folks) card. walk in, show your kama'aina card(a hawaii drivers license would suffice) and get discounted pricing.

shoots brah, dats de kine. mahalo.

GoldMember · Joined: 24 Oct 2006

Do what's common in the USA, if the shooting range is too far away, just head on down to the local schoolyard. Fixed targets are for wimps, real men shoot at moving and screaming targets.

bjonothan · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Location: All over the place

seoulstyle · Joined: 20 Nov 2007

I shot a 0.45 at Lotte World. It was my first time shooting a gun. My accuracy was 72 percent. I was quite proud. Firing a Magnum has some serious kick. The magnum will be nothing compared to the AK47 and the Rocket Launcher I will be shooting in Cambodia Wink

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seoulman1 · Joined: 02 Feb 2007 Location: Jamsil

The Great Toad · Joined: 12 Jun 2004

Man I love shooting guns so much. The last time I shot one was my 357 when I was in law enforcement and I had that cuz I was too cheap to buy a 9 mil - not like I was ever going to need it anyhow. America is pretty safe- well ok there are those cops in LA who get shot but my stuff was all drive around and do paperwork. I miss 6039065 she is probably in the arms of some Devil Hound in da Gulf right now all hot and fiery. I shot my Nine in Cali like it was c00l but my most exciting memories are not shooting but throwing. There is nothing like knowing when the spoon falls out of a grenade that it must explode and kill everyone in a 5 meter circle. Guns just fire where you shoot them- well ok machine guns also will burn your hand but that is not a fatal frag. On the shoulder though you got to love the sweet incessant recoil of a 240 golf 60 machine gun. I never shot anything in Korea but I use to center mass man sized paper targets before and old Iraqi tanks in da Gulf. Still there is no way I am going to pay 40 bucks to someone to shoot their guns at a boring range with safety violators when I use to get paid to shoot my guns on a natural range with safety muzzle aware contemplative and surprised recoil pro Marines like me. But, I'll go if it is a Dave's gathering and you pay for my rounds in return for my basic rifle man course and how to aim and pop drop like a Hell Dog Range Pro.

bassexpander · Joined: 13 Sep 2007 Location: Someplace you'd rather be.

Toad, I like you, but I'm glad I wasn't your superior. I would hated having to read through your reports!

bjonothan · Joined: 29 Apr 2003 Location: All over the place

I am also a gun enthusiast. However I only ever shot small-bore rifles, shotguns and recently a lot of handguns. If you are planning a trip to Thailand or the Philippines you will get a much better deal at the shooting ranges.

There is a shooting range at the big crocodile farm in Bangkok and in the Philippines you can go to the shopping malls and head to the bottom and find a shooting range in some of them. The philippines was pretty cool. You can get a 45 or a 38 with one hundred rounds for about 70 or 80 bucks.

If you want to go for the big weapons, head to Cambodia and get an rpg launcher, rpk, ak47 e.t.c.

Sorry great toad, being a US marine doesn't impress too many people I imagine. It's something to do with the low kill rates and high friendly fire rates.