Shooter’s Paradise

First time target shooting, we have a great time and staff are friendly and accommodating. Highly recommends this place.

After a 20+ year absence from a significantly changed gun market, we were recommended to use Shooters Paradise to practice run a new handgun purchased elsewhere, of larger caliber than my last handgun. After asking a lot of questions on a busy day, my wife and I decided it was time that she took a firearms safety and training class from a Pro, and not me. While she’s been in class, I’ve used their range to practice with a new purchase, and also have rented a number of different handguns to try out in their range. The rental fees seem cheap to me, and you have to use their ammo on their gun. A tad pricey for the ammo, but I get why they don’t want my unknown ammo run through their gun. I’ve had more 22 FTE’s with my cheap ammo in my gun than their ammo in their 22, so I get it.
Brad has been an exceptional experience for my wife, initially a very awkward newbie to gunning, with very limited experience of only a bit of plinking while camping. She already feels surprisingly confident, and a now accurate shooter too. Another plus is that she’s found another use of recreational time to go sport shooting, and is a safer and better gun owner. Even more surprisingly, the owner Anne has really gone out of her way to make sure my wife felt comfortable, was being treated well, and was happy with her training. We are both totally satisfied with our experiences so far, and will continue to use their range for practice time, and potentially use them for another purchase or transfer. An A+ experience, and highly recommended.

Everyone that I have met that works there has been very nice and put the effort in to be helpful. They don’t try to push you to buy something that you don’t need and they make sure you understand why you need something. Being new to firearms myself they have taken time to ensure I know the correct procedures and emphasize safety. They really try to help you learn what’s best for you, they don’t try to force you to do what is best for them.

Very nice, helpful, knowledgeable people so work here! My favorite place to buy guns.

Awsome staff, they take there time with you experienced or not, very helpful and respectful. Purchased my first handgun hear and a couple rifles. Love going hear. Highly recommend. Nice and clean indoor range.

My husband, my cousin, my best friend and I went there this past Sunday. The people in there are absolutely amazing. Very excellent service. We even had a small misunderstanding (I left early while they kept shooting, but left my credit card there since I was paying) and I had to come back to show ID. They let the remaining people of our party just sit and chill (and play with the laser range) while they waited for me. The people are totally great and the price is perfect.

Much much better. They have been making a effort to change and it shows.

i do not understand the bad reviews!!! went with my brother to do a private party transfer with the buyer. there was a problem and Danielle went above and beyone – WAY above and beyond making several phone calls to point the buyer in the right direction. she could have just said, «i can’t do it.» and left it there. she was talkative, friendly had a great attitude even though her time was being wasted.
Darin was also very friendly and talkative. i can’t speak highly enough for the way we were treated

Arrogant and Obnoxious employees who are unwilling to help. Stock varies but you can find far better pricing in the local area and get better service else where. In short, save your time.

This range has professional instructors, a very nice range, and a great store.
The management subscribes to old-​fashioned courtesy and customer service.
Top notch facility!

I love Shooters paradise and they are friendly environment I bought my first firearm there and great customer service:)
I will always remain a loyal customer at Shooters paradise!

Too busy counting their money to order me a magazine for my gun. They left me standing there by the counter just saying «Sorry», like too bad for you. I kind of hinted and asked how much it would be to get a magazine ordered but all I received was a price and they kept on counting their money. It was not closing time, by the way. I wont be back.

I recently went in to get information on transferring a couple hand guns into my name from my father in AZ. Being new to this I had questions and they were more then helpful all the way around. They knowing I wasn’t going to spend any money with them that day answered my questions in detail, gave me the right forms, and told me what to expect while I was working through the DOJ process. This was all while they were busy as hell one afternoon. Great service!

When people are confused about why others don’t shop «local» they need only to go to Shooters Paradise to find out. My soon to be husband visited this location recently and was very disappointed. He knew exactly what he wanted and they were some of the most uninformed, useless salespeople we have ever dealt with. Here’s the scenario: he walks in and the salesgirl says nothing. Just stares at him. He tells her what hes looking for. Nothing. After an extraordinarily uncomfortable silence she says «You need to take a class to buy that gun.» He says, ok sounds good. Sign me up. Nothing… silence. Then «Um, we don’t have the book.» Ok… silence. Then, «It’s $ 25.» The book or the class? Silence. «You get two tries to pass… but we don’t have the book… or the gun.» Thanks, you are so wonderfully unhelpful retarded salesperson, now we’re off to Roseville where they not only have the book AND the gun but they were nice enough to tell us about it.

Came here last Thursday to shoot some glocks. The staff here were friendly and show us everything and answered all of our questions in detail. The place has vast array of different guns in various calibers to practice firing. The range itself is small with about 8 stations. The range is a very safe and controlled environment as it should be. My crew and I were the only ones in there so it was really fun. The only change I would make is to be able to clean up the used shells and trash from the individual stalls. Overall a cool place to practice shooting. I will come back again soon.

I was surprised to see the rating this business has currently. I would encourage folks to take them with a grain of salt. Some years back I too thought they could use improvement, but as of late, improve they have! The wall displays are stunning and beautifully organized, they are creating a nice new training room for CCW classes (& probably other classes I don’t know about), and they have great new air systems on the range that keep the smoke factor down even if it’s a busy shooting day.
I recently took shooting lessons and was VERY impressed with my instructor, John Maskell and have improved greatly. Sometimes I feel sorry for instructors, who have to stand there and watch you do the same things you should have overcome already, but John has the patience of a saint. «It’s all about the dance…» he calmly says, and tries to put all of the steps of being a quick and accurate shot together. He’s also been helpful in making site changes to my weapon and supplying me with other guns that might better fit me. It’s great that Shooter’s Paradise has a large supply of guns they will rent you at the range — you get to experience many different guns and this can oftentimes help you when purchasing another.
I’ve taken lessons with two other instructors there in the past too over a couple of decades, but John is the best of them all — and he’s there NOW — take advantage of this if you want to improve! Even though a lesson is usually understood to be an hour long I’ve been amazed at the extra time John has given here and there (if he has it to give of course, isn’t too booked up). You never get the feeling you’re «on the clock». If you’re working on something that more time will benefit you right then you’re just given more time to continue.
As for classes… the computerized information slides were begun by Robert, who used to be one of the owners. I believe he had been a Green Beret when younger. He provided students with a wealth of information in a few hours time. And the classes were small, because the training room was small, and the range has about 12 lanes.
My husband wanted to try a different class for CCWP recertification, and thought shooting outside might be nicer, so we took the class at Yuba College. Not to put down their instructor, but there was not NEARLY the information given out here as you get at Shooter’s Paradise! And if you were renewing you didn’t even have to stay for the «discussion part of the class»! I chose to stay anyway, but can’t say much more was gained by it…
I found shooting outside for a test to be annoying. I was glad I had a visor and sunglasses because by the time my turn came up to shoot (probably an hour and a half or two after the classroom stuff because with 30 — 40 people there you’re going to wait your turn…) the sun was right at the crest of the «mound» your target was in front of so you were shooting into the sun.
When you go to Shooter’s Paradise there’s a list to your left in the booth of shooting methods they think are important you be capable of. I assumed this was standard everywhere for people qualifying to carry. I know the variety of stances and distances has made me more confident and accurate. I’m not going to miss shooting quick and from the hip! (And this would probably be the hardest for me, not having my eyeball on a site.)
I was very surprised when after the Yuba College class at the range we only had two distances to stand at and could shoot any way we wanted! We also didn’t have to shoot as many shots or vary in methods (two hands, strong hand, weak hand, from the hip, etc.). I was shocked that there were people who failed THIS test!
The people who go through the class at Shooter’s Paradise are coming away better trained, flat and simple.
I am sorry if other people have felt the staff was not attentive enough to them, we’ve been treated great there and are grateful to have a local indoor range that’s convenient no matter what time of year/​weather, and who we can count on to repair our guns, sell ammo, or whatever else we might need. It’s nice to not have to go to another town at least 50 miles away for service. I say SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL BUSINESS, especially if it’s one like this!

Went here for the first time with my brother-​in-​law last week. I have to admit we were both kinda weary since this place got some bad reviews on here. We both had a great time there, the old military guy (John, i think) was helpful and super friendly. You can really tell he enjoys what he does. He was helping someone else when we walked in but he made eye contact and nodded his head to at least acknowledge us. He talked to us for about twenty minutes about guns, set us up for the range, brought us a pen to mark our target and talked to us for a while after. Super good guy, I thought. We’ll definitely be going back here when we get a chance.

First time visit today. Good selection. Anne spent a great deal of time with my wife, and was very professional and polite. We’ll be going back.

This was our first time shooting a gun. I have never been into guns but my sister and boyfriend wanted to try it. It was a spur of the moment decision. Lee was amazing! He picked out the perfect gun for the 3 of us. We had 3 different ones so we were able to try shooting other guns. Lee stayed with us the whole time. Teaching us how to shoot. He gave us great tips and even took pictures of us at the end. A great experience for our first time. The prices were extremely reasonable as well.