Hi,

Newbie here. Will be moving from CA to Maui next year. Just wondering what the gun scene is on Maui. Here in Cali I'm mostly a indoor range pistol shooter. On occasion I do hit the outdoor range to refresh my rifleman skills.

So where do people go shooting on Maui and what organizations are active?

Thanks,

Only public firing range is at Ukumehame. I shoot with Valley Isle Sport Shooters Club. Here is the website:

http://valleyislesportshooter.com/

Great bunch of people there. Don't need to be a member to shoot at the range. The open day schedule is on the website. It does get crowded there especially on the weekend open days.

thanks for your response. Please help me understand, in order to shoot it looks like I need to join valley isle and then IPSC or SASS? Is that correct? Do I have to complete in the tournaments as well? If I don't join, then I can only shoot on some mornings?

Are there any private ranges, gun clubs in Maui?

No, you don't have to join viss to just shoot from a bench.  You dont have to enter tournaments or any of that.  You'll pay $10 a day or something as a non member, on an open range day.  Which is 4-5 days a month.

Valley isle sport shooters hosts the open days.  They don't force you to join to shoot.

Nice range, and nice club.

Can be very windy at times and the range is usually very busy.... so get there really early.... Just my 2 cents... 

What is the Maui Shooter sentiment on reopening the National Guard 300 yard known distance range at Ukumehame?

There are a couple other gun clubs here. There is one club that only shoots rifles and they shoot at Ukumehame Firing Range. The other club is private and shoots I think in Ulupalakua.

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Nice range, and they don't have many of the same restrictions that Kokohead has, including allowing bump firing and human targets.

That being said, I am not sure I would be happy having a private club run the only public range on the island and only have 3 "open" days a month (at least for July, and of those open days, one was on a Saturday, one was on a Sunday, and the last one on a Thursday...) If it is truely a "public" range the public should have more access, especially if there is a fee involved. And, where does that fee go? Where is the operating agreement between the club and the county? Who is responsible for upkeep, the county? If so, why is the club charging for the use of the range?

Nice range, and they don't have many of the same restrictions that Kokohead has, including allowing bump firing and human targets......

Don't know any range that will let you shoot at "Human Targets"  But if you do I have an ex-wife....... 

Don't know any range that will let you shoot at "Human Targets"  But if you do I have an ex-wife....... 

Hahaha

Theres a new store in wailuku called Maui Ammo and Gun Supply. In about 2-3 months they will have an indoor range available. Dont know much detail. Four lanes from what ive heard. they have a website. mauigun.com and a facebook page also. Check um out.

Theres a new store in wailuku called Maui Ammo and Gun Supply. In about 2-3 months they will have an indoor range available. Dont know much detail. Four lanes from what ive heard. they have a website. mauigun.com and a facebook page also. Check um out.

Serious!,,  woo hoo!!! I'll check it out. Thx

^. Just called.  Guys super nice.  Hopes to open the range in sept.  he says he has the largest stock of ammo on the island.  I thought he said larger than all his competitors combined including SA....   

Mark is super cool. Cant wait for the range to open up to. Cant keep waiting for ukumehame.

Das what we need... more legal shooting areas... MAGS said they will provide... Make it happen and we will support! 

After all the years I've been using the Ukumehame range, my understanding is that the VISS is run by volunteers and they give many hours of personal time and effort in maintaining the site. The facility is in use by local, state, and federal agencies and the site is almost always in daily use.

Monies collected for range fees and memberships are for maintenance of the facility like landscaping and repairs, buying and building target stands and shooting benches, maintaining a training classroom, range insurance, etc. This operation is pretty much a break even situation and when the money doesn't cover, many of the volunteers dig deep in their own pocket by bringing in riding mowers and buying the gas to run the mowers.

As for the range officers, they are all volunteers who have regular jobs. They sacrifice much of their personal time to help keep the open days safe and running effectively. I heard that there could be more open day's but there are not enough certified RO to meet the needs to have more open days. Only recently the current RO are being certified here on Maui whereas a few years ago the potential RO had to go to Oahu to be trained and certified. A couple years ago the club actually had to take a last Monday of the month open day away because there was no RO available.

I am very proud on how our range has evolved over the 20 some years I've been going there. They are a great bunch of people taking care of the most beautiful range in the state.

I know it's been years since the last post. however, the state actually cleans most of the range. all the guys who cut the grass and clean up the area are the same guys who upkeep the armory on mokulele. I had to use the 5ton to drop off some equipment to them a few times so they could weed wack, chainsaw trees down ect. idk where the money goes because it doesn't go to the guys who clean the range. they always hate when they have to go down to do maintence down ukumaehamae. so I'm going to assume the money goes for other things like targets and supplies ect. however for the range upkeep the army national guards facilities state employees bounce between our armory to ukumaehamae.

I know it's been years since the last post. however, the state actually cleans most of the range. all the guys who cut the grass and clean up the area are the same guys who upkeep the armory on mokulele. I had to use the 5ton to drop off some equipment to them a few times so they could weed wack, chainsaw trees down ect. idk where the money goes because it doesn't go to the guys who clean the range. they always hate when they have to go down to do maintence down ukumaehamae. so I'm going to assume the money goes for other things like targets and supplies ect. however for the range upkeep the army national guards facilities state employees bounce between our armory to ukumaehamae.

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