Shooters World Orlando Review

I’ve been to a few ranges, but the one I used to always go to closed down. When looking for a new one in Central Florida, Shooters World popped up. The pictures looked too good to be true, so I had to check it out in person. It is one of the most amazing firearm related places that I have seen.

When you walk in, you’re greeted right away from staff, and the “Trend Circle.” The Trend Circle is a round display of 198 different hand guns. They have no magazines, and the firing pins and trimmed, so they are safe to pick up and manipulate.

While trying to take in all the rest of the retail space in, they have endless glass cases along the walls filled with firearms that are separated by manufacturer. In the middle of the room are shelves packed with any type of accessory you can think of. If for some reason they don’t have what you need, they can order it for you. 

After you realize that that is just the retail space, the rest of the first floor is filled with lane after lane of 25 and 50 yard ranges. All climate controlled and filtered for your comfort. Touch screens panels control your target’s distance to the inch. Lanes are bright well maintained. 

In this area is where you can fill out the range form on a tablet when you bring your own firearm, or rent one of their firearms. You have tons of rental options including machine guns and a Barrett .50 caliber sniper rifle! How do you shoot that on a 50 yard range? Well, that’s when you go upstairs and experience their 100 yard range. Yes. A 100 yard range indoors. It feels like something out of Batman, and it’s incredible. 

Also on the first floor is a full service gunsmith, high end juice bar, and the Salt Lick Saloon: a laser shooting gallery perfect for teaching the younger ones the fundamentals of shooting in a safe, fun, and rewarding way.

Down the hallway on the second floor, you are flanked with seemingly endless lanes of a 15 yard range and two massive classrooms on the other side. You can also browse their selection of per-owned firearms. That’s my jam, but it was a smaller selection considering the rest of the store. Right above the retail space you’ll find membership lockers, gun safes for sale, and a small lounge next to very high-end hunting rifles and shotguns that are available for purchase. 

I felt like a kid in a candy store. There was so much to take in, and I’m sure I’m missing something. I encourage you to watch the video at the end of this article which features General Manager Ryan giving me a tour of the facility. He covers everything you need to know, and so much more. 

Get yourself over to Shooters World, and let them know that I sent you! Want more range reviews? Don’t forget to check us on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube! Thanks for stopping by!

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Good To Go | Book Review

When I read, I prefer nonfiction so that I may learn something. History books are boring though. When a true story is written down as a novel, I get hooked. That was just the case with Good To Go written by Harry Constance and Randall Fuerst. 

Good To Go is the true story of Harry Constance, a decorated member of Seal Team Two. It covers his time before the Seals, annoying times of trying to get in the Seals, during his three tours in Vietnam, and even his time after. It's written in first person, and written very well. 

His story is incredible. From start to finish, I found it hard to put this book down. This isn't just a war book. While all that is well documented in the book, it goes deeply into his personal life: family, relationships, friendships, and so on. 

Normally first person writings of nonfiction are not entirely my style. My most recent read before this was American Sniper, and while I have much respect for Chris Kyle, he's not a writer. The book, while an incredible story, was so poorly written. Good To Go was an amazing novel, and true. The last book I read that was this good was Marine Sniper. 

He focused on the story, and gave history lessons when needed only to help set the scene. He didn't talk about the free love and anti-war movements of the 1970s to state them. He made them part of the story. They affected his time overseas, and his relationship at home. 

Everything tied in together and came full circle. Every name he mentioned had a reason. The prologue and epilogue met. Everything detail flowed into the next to create one seamless and engaging linear story. 

That, perhaps, was maybe one of the book's only short-comings. There were some times where a double space, or maybe a new chapter would have been appropriate. Some things happened months apart, but were the next line. Still, the flow was good over-all. 

If you want to read a book about Vietnam, intense battles, struggling life back home, tactics, and backstabbing, then this book is for you. It sounds cliché, but I had a hard time putting this book down.

Have you read this book?  Let me know what you thought about it in comment below.  If you have any suggestions alone these lines, let me know as well!  For more book reviews, make sure you come back, and please check us out on Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Thank you for stopping by.

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