[Brotherbadger]

My advice for shooters to use a public range?
1, Don't go on weekends.
2, Don't go on weekends.
3, Avoid public ranges immediately after a gun show weekend.
4, Don't be shy about letting a fool know about his or (very rarely) her unsafe behavior.
5, Remember that the range officers goal is that everybody goes home with the same number of holes that they came with!

Great advice, i'd also recommend staying away just before Deer season starts. I went at 9:30 am this Wednesday(our rifle season starts Saturday), thinking it would be empty. NOPE. The place was packed with guys sighting in their rifles. I was there an hour, and was muzzle swept by 4 different shooters pulling their rifles out of their cases, or adjusting their scopes. The range officer was on top of it immediately(he honestly did an excellent job, all things considered), but it's still something i'd prefer to avoid.