Valhalla Shooting Club or Thunder Ranch

USPnTX · February 21st, 2007, 01:34 PM

Has anyone heard of or dealt with the Valhalla Shooting Club? I'm turning 40 in a couple of months and my wife wants to give me a really cool birthday present. So I am trying to figure out what I want to do. The Valhalla Shooting Club looks like a great place but maybe I would be better served going to Thunder Ranch or somewhere like that for some weapons training. Any thoughts would be appreciated.

obxned · February 21st, 2007, 02:45 PM

'Valhalla Shooting Club' sounds like where you hope to go when you die. Are you sure you can trust this woman????

purple88yj · February 21st, 2007, 03:25 PM

I wouldn't mind attending "summer camp" at either location.

Rob Pincus, of Vahalla, is actually a member here, although I am sure that class schedules and other business aspects keeps him off the site regularly.

Pete · February 21st, 2007, 04:43 PM

No actual experience of either but based on what I have seen on Personal Defense TV shows Rob Pincus is a very fine instructor and they have a modern facility.

I know these things cost a few dollars but why not vow to do both and just choose one for your 40th, rather than eliminate one entirely. I'm sure you will learn a lot at both establishments.

jednp · February 21st, 2007, 04:48 PM

I'd like to be able to go to either of these to be honest. Vallhalla would be nice, as it is in colorado and I'm always up for an excuse to make a drive through the mountains! Just expensive, and I'll have to save that trip for the future.

Redneck Repairs · February 21st, 2007, 05:45 PM

IMHO Valhalla is nice and modern , but Clint like the late Jeff Cooper will only be with us so long. Personaly i would not pass up the chance to school under courses he personaly sets the standards for were it me . After all no one says it has to be your last school lol .

Optimistic Paranoid · February 21st, 2007, 08:48 PM

I don't know the people who run Valhala. They may be very good.

I DO know that Col Cooper took his own grandaughter to train at Thunder Ranch with Clint Smith (during the dark days when the Col wasn't welcome at the "new" Gunsite.)

Can you think of a better recomendation for ANYBODY?

Tangle · February 21st, 2007, 08:59 PM

I took the Thunder Ranch Level II Handgun Low Light Level - it's about as good as it gets. But, that was when TR was in Texas.

mr. orange · February 21st, 2007, 11:20 PM

I don't have any personal experience with either but when researching Valhalla the only price i found was a membership fee with was some ungodly number like 20,000( don't know how long the membership is) but they give you a custom 1911 and IWB carry rig.

retsupt99 · February 21st, 2007, 11:51 PM

is to attend one of these nationally known schools...soon!

GunSite...Thunder Ranch...Vahalla, etc.

From what I have read, any of these places would be a great experience and well worth the $$$.

It's gonna' happen...

ret

February 21st, 2007, 01:34 PM	#1
USPnTX Distinguished Member Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Dallas, TX Posts: 1,380	Valhalla Shooting Club or Thunder Ranch Has anyone heard of or dealt with the Valhalla Shooting Club? I'm turning 40 in a couple of months and my wife wants to give me a really cool birthday present. So I am trying to figure out what I want to do. The Valhalla Shooting Club looks like a great place but maybe I would be better served going to Thunder Ranch or somewhere like that for some weapons training. Any thoughts would be appreciated. __________________ "Do not fear those who disagree with you; fear those that do and are too cowardly to admit it" - Napoleon

February 21st, 2007, 02:45 PM	#2
obxned VIP Member Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: OBX, NC Posts: 2,253	'Valhalla Shooting Club' sounds like where you hope to go when you die. Are you sure you can trust this woman???? __________________ http://www.obxammo.com/ There is only one gun law in this country, the 2nd Amendment. All else is bureaucratic nonsense that I choose to comply with or not at my discretion. When governments make laws, they must consider the unintended consequences.

February 21st, 2007, 05:45 PM	#6
Redneck Repairs VIP Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Colorado Posts: 5,141	IMHO Valhalla is nice and modern , but Clint like the late Jeff Cooper will only be with us so long. Personaly i would not pass up the chance to school under courses he personaly sets the standards for were it me . After all no one says it has to be your last school lol . __________________ Make sure you get full value out of today , Do something worthwhile, because what you do today will cost you one day off the rest of your life . We only begin to understand folks after we stop and think . Criminals are looking for victims, not opponents.

February 21st, 2007, 08:48 PM	#7
Optimistic Paranoid Member Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 56	I don't know the people who run Valhala. They may be very good. I DO know that Col Cooper took his own grandaughter to train at Thunder Ranch with Clint Smith (during the dark days when the Col wasn't welcome at the "new" Gunsite.) Can you think of a better recomendation for ANYBODY? __________________ Regards John Life Member - American Society of Armed Political Malcontents Question Authority. Hang As Necessary! In God I Trust. Everybody Else Keep Your Hands Where I Can See Them!

February 21st, 2007, 11:20 PM	#9
mr. orange Member Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 125	I don't have any personal experience with either but when researching Valhalla the only price i found was a membership fee with was some ungodly number like 20,000( don't know how long the membership is) but they give you a custom 1911 and IWB carry rig. __________________ Guns don't kill people, Husbands that come home early kill people.

February 21st, 2007, 03:25 PM	#3
purple88yj Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Piedmont Triad, NC Posts: 1,100	I wouldn't mind attending "summer camp" at either location. Rob Pincus, of Vahalla, is actually a member here, although I am sure that class schedules and other business aspects keeps him off the site regularly.

February 21st, 2007, 04:43 PM	#4
Pete Ex Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: USA Posts: 2,572	No actual experience of either but based on what I have seen on Personal Defense TV shows Rob Pincus is a very fine instructor and they have a modern facility. I know these things cost a few dollars but why not vow to do both and just choose one for your 40th, rather than eliminate one entirely. I'm sure you will learn a lot at both establishments.

February 21st, 2007, 04:48 PM	#5
jednp Member Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 164	I'd like to be able to go to either of these to be honest. Vallhalla would be nice, as it is in colorado and I'm always up for an excuse to make a drive through the mountains! Just expensive, and I'll have to save that trip for the future.

February 21st, 2007, 08:59 PM	#8
Tangle Senior Moderator Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Chattanooga Posts: 6,611	I took the Thunder Ranch Level II Handgun Low Light Level - it's about as good as it gets. But, that was when TR was in Texas.

February 21st, 2007, 11:51 PM	#10
retsupt99 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 22,811	One Of My Short Term Goals... is to attend one of these nationally known schools...soon! GunSite...Thunder Ranch...Vahalla, etc. From what I have read, any of these places would be a great experience and well worth the $$$. It's gonna' happen... ret __________________ "That I cannot do." "Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks." *********************************** NRA Life Member

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