There has been a lot of debate about this, on a lot of different forums...for example if your NFA weapon is owned by a corporation...then anyone that is on the board or an officer can have happy trigger time. The problem is with the definition of the word "possession." Anyone that has a NFA weapon, must always be the possessor of it...this verbiage was baked in, so that I can't register a weapon and then give it to my felon friend Johnny Six pack to go rob a bank with. I don't think anyone is going to prosecute you if your friends or family shoots your toy in your presence. A high school friend of mine now works for BATFE, and he gave me the example of the Knob creek shoots and several other MG shoots where all kinds of people shoot NFA weapons that "technically" aren't registered to them. Your example of ranges that own F/A guns and renting them is also a good one. The thing that the bureau cares the most about is that the weapon be legal and registered. As long as you are there in person, supervising while the weapon is in operation, You should be good to go, any "rational" person is going to have a hard time bringing charges against you as long as you aren't engaged in any sort of illegal activity like robbery etc etc etc.
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