Pleasant Grove FOP Range

02/23/2026

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Notice!!!
Monday Feb 23 we are doing major road maintenance and applying a couple inches of reclaimed asphalt. It may not be passable with a passenger car at times. Pardon the progress. It will be worth the effort. This may spill over onto Tuesday the 24th.

02/01/2026

I just completed the February FOP Range newsletter. Here is a link to it....

01/24/2026

Got one this morning at 10 am. If you have joined but not yet completed your RSO, a crappy day outside like today would be a good time to get it done. The classroom is heated and comfy. Come on and get it done.

The next one is Feb 7, Feb 21, Mar 7, and Mar 21. Basically, every other Saturday at 10. Plan on getting here at 930. Bring your ID and current pistol permit to the office when you get here. Donald will make a photo copy for you which you take to the classroom and give to Lee, our GM who handles the RSO. It normally lasts about an hour and once complete, you have access to the facility.

01/13/2026

The new and improved Paper Pistol ranges are open! I pressure washed the old concrete which brightened everything up and painted the border safety yellow. Looks great!
This is something I have been wanting to do for my members for a very long time. If you have been following my posts, a while back I shared the story about spending a couple of weeks sifting the gravel out of the brass on these two ranges. There was more brass on the ground than gravel. In all, I pulled 23 5 gallon buckets of brass off the ground that had been left there by members. No one picked up their brass. Having a solid, clean, smooth surface to shoot from also means you will have the same to more easily recover your spent brass from. This upgrade was just under $14,000. It elevates the facility. All shooting positions on the whole facility are on a concrete base.
You will also notice some work has been done to the Steel Plate range. The overhead structure I built in 2018 had started to lean a few degrees backward. I cross braced the structure in 5 spots with cable and tensioners which pulled it back straight and strengthened it. They are unobtrusive and necessary.
Next on my list is a networked camera system to monitor all the activities on the facility at a central location in the office. The system will make accountability for trashing the ranges or damage caused easy to enforce. If you leave brass on the ground, trash on the tables or used targets on stands, you will be held accountable. The range cleaning fee of $50 is due and payable at your next visit before range use will be permitted. This elevates the facility.
I am 60. Maintaining this place was not really a big deal when I was a younger man. I am finding it harder to come up with the energy necessary to get on my hands and knees for hours cleaning up after range users. Every upgrade I have done over the last several years have one common goal... to reduce the work it takes to keep this place up. We have members who leave a mess, get called out on it with a phone call from Lee, then on their next range visit leave a double handful of brass on the ground and garbage on the range. The cameras and $50 cleaning fee / fine are here because of the few that are mucking it up for the rest. I have to do something to correct this behavior. Don't want to pay the fine? No problem. Good luck finding another facility. You will be trespassed and not allowed to ever return.

09/13/2025

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07/04/2025

Yep... We're OPEN on the 4th! Come have some fun!

07/20/2024

Did some range maintenance. Got some new plates hung with grade 100 chain on the Main Range's 100 yard line for our members to plink on.

Also did a full day of moving dirt on the berms on this range, getting them back into shape. Dirt wants to migrate until it hits a 15 degree slope. We need it at 45 degrees. Its at 45 again. Just part of maintaining the facility, keeping it ready for our members to safely enjoy.

05/21/2024

Range maintenance is a thing... I'm whooped.

Last week I replaced a bunch of water damaged wood on the range house and gave the whole exterior a fresh coat of stain/sealant. Took 4 days.

I got the range road graded again and spread two loads of reclaimed asphalt over its half mile length. Its something we do every few weeks to keep it smooth with no ruts or potholes.

Yesterday I hit the rifle range. The berms got restacked with proper drainage addressed and anything growing from the sides sticking out was cut and hauled off.

I spread gravel from the bench to the targets so no one will get dirty shoes changing targets.

I moved the steel plate rack to the center of the range target line and hauled 2 of the stands to the shop and welded up the frames where someone had shot the corners loose. It was intentional. Nice group on the corner to see if they can break it. They can. They did. I fixed until next time. There will be a next time because there are members here who want to see what their gun will do.

The lower rifle range looks a lot bigger now. Its a really nice place to enjoy your rifles or handguns you want to shoot some distance with.

Range maintenance is something we take as seriously as we do range safety. Constant maintenance keeps this place looking good for our members.

03/19/2024

The FOP Range has completely gone private. On Feb 1, we stopped the Trial Memberships. To now use the range, you have to be a member or the guest of a member. The feedback on this change is about what we expected. Dozens of our members have taken the time to tell us they are very happy with this change. On the other side, members of the public who have no intentions of joining to support the business have expressed their displeasure.

The change addressed safety. Now every person on the range with a membership has completed a range safety orientation with staff. They know what is expected in safe gunhandling, what they can and can't do here, and how to make the best use of the facility.

Our income is down for the short term with the loss of money from the by the day guys but over the long term will grow. We are averaging a new member every day where before we were seeing one every two days. Range dues are cheap. There are 12 different membership plans that will fit what you need here.

Joining is easy and done from the foprange.com website. Yes you can join online and come shoot the same day. The range has a finite capacity and will fill up. Join now to secure your spot at the FOP Range.

Call us with your questions, 205-744-2600.