Booked SafeSide Lynchburg for a bachelor event. Michele was very accommodating and helped secure all the details. The guys had a blast in the range and throwing axes! Definitely recommend!!
A great selection of firearms and the staff is very helpful and friendly.
Specifically asked the people in the sales department did they have ar mags in 7.62x39 before I drove over 40 minutes to them they said yes- I get there and they didn’t have ANY! So they told me they would order 5 for me, fast forward two weeks I call back they tell me they have them there . Another gentleman gets on the phone and says I’m sorry there under someone else’s name ( Ben ) in which is not me and that they don’t have them nothing but inconsistent information and issues . My experience I won’t waste my time with an incompetent place ..
Safeside Lynchburg is a great range full of very knowledgeable people. Ellen and Javier (forgive me if I spelled your name wrong) were very kind and extremely helpful to a prospective gun owner like myself. I will definitely be going back and doing more business with them!!!
I should have posted that I used to work there (Covid). Great place. Nice, knowledgeable people. Clean range.
Great indoor pistol and rifle range. Wish they had an outdoor range as well. Also have a great variety of rental pistols and rifles. But staff is friendly and accommodating also theres axe throwing there now. Which is pretty cool.
Awesome experience both the gun rentals and the axe throwing range. Spent 2 hours here for a bachelor party and had a blast! The staff was awesome as well, they were extremely personable and helpful.
Best 100 yard range Ive ever been to! All indoors and climate controlled, zeroed 7 rifle there on a hot day outside.
The best range I’ve ever experienced to date. As I walked in the door I was greeted and pointed in the right direction to go to the pistol range. You take a quick little safety class by watching a video to make sure you know the safety rules. There is both pistol and a 101 yard rifle range! Prices are great. If you don’t own any guns, no worries they have a huge selection of guns to rent. Looking to buy a gun they have any thing you could think of and a great staff that is educated on the guns.
Nice clean establishment. Great location. Staff very knowledgeable and helpful.
Hug place full of choices. First time in and was treated like a regular and I like that. Very informative staff. Only down fall like everywhere else ammo is limited. Otherwise it would be a 5 star. Thanks again for the help
I would give 6 stars if I could, I purchased a Sig 226 Legion, i live out of state and the entire staff i dealt with was professional, knowledgeable, and made the whole experience great!! I will definitely make a trip down just to see the shop and buy some items from the storefront just to support them, thank you safeside and Merry Christmas!
Nice range . little pricey . great training instructors.
The glove policy is a bit much for corona prevention, but it’s understandable at the same time. This is always my first pick for a range.
Great place to shop and to target practice. Very friendly staff that will help you if your new to guns and shooting or a very experienced shooter/enthusiast. They also offer training in many different ways. Definitely go check this place out. Worth every penny Ive spent there so far and will be returning very soon.
Im a Diamond member at the Lynchburg location. The facility is really nice and I use it almost daily. I have bought multiple firearms, accessories, and ammo there. However, the customer service in generally terrible. Many of the staff have no customer service skills and Gary the manger has been rude on several occasions. I know many others that feel the same way. Im leaning to going back to Lynchburg Arms since they are very friendly and helpful.
Awesome experience. Kelly was great and really made my shooting experience one to remember.
Nice people and they had what I was looking for while no body else did. Beautiful Facility. 1st time there today but not my last I Hope.
Amazing experience at SafeSide! I was unsure which handgun would be right for me. The knowledgeable staff at SafeSide took the needed time to walk me through the pros and cons of each. Thanks SafeSide!
My family and I came here last weekend and for most of us it was our first time shooting a gun. We wanted to try something new and we used Groupons which were a great deal! The staff was very friendly and knowledgeable. Ken took his time explaining the differences between the guns, how to hold them, safety precautions, etc. Chris helped us during the duration of our visit while we were in the bay area and was very knowledgeable and answered any questions or concerns we had. Jennifer was also very knowledgeable and helped ease our nerves and made us feel comfortable. John and Rachel were also very helpful and made our experience great! 10/10 recommendation!
Been to their soft opening and their grand opening and I must admit, this is probably the best gun range in Lynchburg and the immediate surrounding area. Their shooting range is top notch in terms of quality and ease of use. The staff is very friendly and are very knowledgeable. They have a decent selection of firearm accessories and firearms. Their gun rental counter is really hard to beat in terms of the different types of pistols and rifles at a persons disposal. Their prices are reasonable as well.
I have been to this range multiple times and I have enjoyed each trip. I definitely recommend this shooting range.
All in all not a bad place. But the staff is inexperienced on some of the process in doing a FFL gun transfer from on line sales. The fee for the transfer is a little high. You may want to consider a different place especially if you have experienced delays from the state police in the past.
Shooting range neat, awsome staff and customer service is great. I found the staff to be good in depth and knowledge. The lead instructor I found to be among the best I have come across.
Poor customer service and rude. Will not go back
I have been shooting here for over a year and have a membership and usually have a good experience with good customer service but today I walked in exactly at 5pm and it was a closed party and the guy at the desk was extremely rude. I am a combat veteran and a local business owner and I would never treat my customers this way, even if the Republican Party is here to shoot.
Visited this range twice with my 11 year old son. Both times I was extremely impressed with the services provided as well as the friendliness and helpfulness of staff. I could not be happier with my experience at Safe Side. It was well worth the money spent for the experience of shooting such a wide variety of guns. Go check it out!!
Ran into problems on their website that overcharged me. However, I went in the next day, and worked it out with the staff. Fully reimbursed + a free hour on the range. Great employees with a great attitude!
My husband absolutely loves this place! I enjoy going on dates here, they have made me (a beginner) feel very much at ease and welcome! Highly recommend!
Awesome experience! My wife wanted to go shooting for her birthday, we had a great time from the moment me were greeted at the range counter. Shooting lanes were clean, and professinally kept. The range master John put everything over top for us. He saw my wife having trouble with jerking the trigger pull, he spent some real time talking her through it and even made a gun recommendation as the pistol she was renting was a tough one to shoot. He even gave us a few shooting instructions after we swapped our rental pistol. We had a great time, I hope safe side recognizes who they have in John, totally awesome guy, great place to shoot!
The facility is nice, but the staff is very rude, especially the range officers. I will not be coming back.
I went to shoot for the first time in a long time and found the staff very helpful and the gentleman running the range was very helpful with tips to increase my accuracy and safety. I would recommend them to anyone.
Highly recommend. I will be completing my build through them. Customer service goes along away and these guys know how to help the customers. Their facility is very organized, spacious and they have a large variety.
Only been here once so far, but had a great first experience. Facilities are clean and welcoming, coffee at the front door, bright and open sales area loaded with lots of guns, ammo, and accessories, along with friendly and knowledgeable staff. They also have a good web and social media presence, and have weekly promotions.They have both a pistol range and a rifle range (I only used the pistol range). If you dont have all your own gear, you can rent for reasonable cost. They even have a wide selection of rental guns if you want to try something out before you buy.Probably the safest place in Lynchburg. 😉Great job, guys. Ill be back!
Great place!
Worst experience ever the guy helping us seemed he had better things to do than assist us after he asked if he could! Coming from 15 years of customer service experience I was highly dissatisfied and will definitely not be back My fiance was going to spend good money on an AR rifle but not with that unacceptable service!
The range is very nice but they didn’t seem to want to sell me a firearm even after I told them I wanted an ar and a pistol so that $1400 went to petreys gun store.
My husband and I went to check out this place today and it was very nice. The staff were helpful and friendly as well. Well definitely be going back soon.
When ones rights are replaced by communism, you appreciate those who know what the Constitution guarantees despite foolish government officials and self serving justices (Judases)! THANK YOU SAFESIDE TACTICAL!
Really awesome place! Clean, well maintained, very professional atmosphere. Hands down one of the best shooting places I’ve been to. Would highly recommend!
Very friendly and helpful staff. Good selection of firearms and accessories. Nice range facility and a good selection of firearms to rent.
Safe, most important part. Range is clean but does get backed up. Would have been a good move to build a few more lanes.
Warm and friendly environment. Utmost importance on safety. Great selection and fantastic shooting range facility.
Horrible customer service. If you must shop at SS, drive the extra distance to their Roanoke location or shop at one of the other great local shops in Lynchburg.
I purchased a Glock from these fine folks. I typically stop in once and while to window shop. The staff is very knowledgeable and helpful. If you like a good sale pay attention to their Facebook page! They have some good ones here and there.
Reasonable rates. Clean, modern facility. Knowledgeable and friendly staff. Store is well-stocked. Offers classes for CCW, beginning shooters, etc. Very nice!
Enjoyed the class I took right after they opened. The staff was friendly and my instructor was very knowledgeable
Excellent place to get a firearm its awesome!!
Cool store. Nice range. No complaints
I had a great experience. I ordered a gun online and it arrived in a couple days! I was thinking it could be weeks. The price was lower than anyone in the area. No transfer fee from their website.....
Top-of-the-line facility with excellent lane availability. Theres hardly ever a wait to get a lane to be able to shoot. The instructors are very knowledgeable and the staff is very friendly and relatable. Weapon pricing isnt too bad however Im giving this establishment a three star rating because the pricing is outlandish to be able to shoot here even if you have a monthly membership it is still costly. $15 for 30 minutes just doesnt seem that worth it to me, maybe for an hour but all things considered every time I walk in there to shoot I only get 30 minutes of time spend $15 to shoot $15 for ammo $5 for eyes and ears and a dollar per target. Thats 36$ dollars before tax. I think I will stick with Lynchburg Arms.
Great range and great people. 112 yard rifle indoor range cant ask for more. Good selection of guns and accessories too.
Very nice range! Staff is knowledgeable and friendly! Safe side Tactical will be my go to range from now on!
Great place to shoot and they know their stuff. The people that work here are really nice and willing to help.
Participates in illegal firearms transactions, which is why I no longer felt comfortable working for them and Im not the only former employee with knowledge of illegitimate actions. Black Dog Sporting Goods has better prices anyway with a law abiding owner to boot 😁
Great experience!! Staff was extremely helpful and knowledgeable. Facility is really nice.
Very helpful. Looking forward to doing business with them . love the 100yd shooting range
It was a decent experience. My wife and I and her sister and her husband had fun until it came to checking out. We were supposed to pay around 50 towards the end due to ladies day. We ended up paying close to 100 because the lady who let us rent had a shift change. So he charged everyone way over. Their ammo is really expensive as well. For service,ammo,firearm purchases Id go to Indian Rock, Black dog, Staunton River Outdoors,Petreys guns and hardware. Range useage I would use them but bring my own weapon and ammo.
I have had nothing but good experiences here with SF Lynchburg. I have bought a couple firearms from them and both times the individual that helped me, was able to give me ATF regulations and knew the weapon pretty well. Each Range officer I have dealt with is very friendly and I notice them helping people. I think the ranges are nicely set-up, I do wish they had more 100yd ranges though. The ammo is only a few cents to a couple dollars more expensive then buying at Walmart. Gun prices are respectable.The things I do not like:The website;you cant search for in stock items, prices are not matched in the store, many items in store not on the website, and a huge amount of stuff on website arent in store, but they will order you anything you want.Range fees, I think they should do 1/2 hour, 1 hour and an all day pass.
Great place to shoot and buy firearms and accessories.
Had a lot of fun. Clean, friendly and very professional. We will be back
Best indoor shooting range in Lynchburg by far! Excellent selection of firearms for purchase and its the first range Ive seen where you can rent a wide variety of guns to fire on the range. I rented a Sig Sauer MPX and Springfield Armory pistol with an attached silencer. Great experience.
I’ve been in SafeSide a handful of times. Ive always had good expririences in the gun shop. I have bought ammo, ordered gun parts, and had SafeSide install parts on a handgun. The gun parts took a long time to come in but I was informed it would be a while when I made the purchase. The reason I am leaving a less than satisfactory review is because of the range.This was my second time at this range. My first experience was pleasant. RSO was nice and I had a good experience. My second visit did not go so well. SafeSide is currently running a promotion with LU. The promotion is for $10 all day range pass with 2 free targets and half off rentals. I called ahead to inquire about my upcoming visit. I asked if I needed to pay with flames cash or if I could use my debit card. I was instructed my debit card was fine and I just needed to show them my student ID. When I arrived for my visit I was told I was not able to use the promotion because I had to pay with flames cash. This was frustrating because I called ahead specificslly to avoid this problem. I could have paid with flames cash if I was informed it was necisarey ahead of time.Another issue I have is with their website. They have listed that rental guns are $20 for multiple firearm rentals. What is not listed is that if you want to shoot the MP5 that you need to schedule an appointment to do so. In addition to scheduling an appointment there is a $30 charge per magazine you shoot not including the cost of ammo.I went in hoping to use the LU discount to shoot one of my personal firearms and the MP5. I was not given the discount nor could I shoot the firearm my wife and I drove 20 mins to shoot. I will not be back to the range there and I will pass my bad experience along to all my shooting friends.
Positives: Shop/Range are very clean. It is rarely busy (no surprise)Negatives: The set up of the store and range are very poorly thought through. The check-in (and rental) process is horribly designed. Usually 1 person is manning the desk and everyone else is of no help (standing around not working). The same person who runs the check-in desk often runs the rental desk, so if you are trying to rent a gun, you are likely have to wait upwards of 15-20mins if they are helping another customer. (This applies both ways, if they are helping at rentals you will have to wait 15-20mins to check in). Their times posted online are not always accurate (long range closes at 6pm not 8pm). The store does not honor sales prices as advertised. Advertised $75 off Ruger pistol in email, in store claimed that it was only $50 off saying that they would charge me the online price instead of in store price. Even though I was standing in the store looking directly at the price tag ($279.99 in store, $299.99 online).This store clearly has a management and communication issue. Its tough to watch and unfortunately they will likely close soon due to not being able to pay off loans on the facility since they frequently lose customers.Some other great options for the Lynchburg area are- Lynchburg arms (store and indoor shooting range)- Liberty Mountain gun club (If you are affiliated with Liberty University)
Very helpful staff state of the art both pistol and rifle ranges
Absolutely loved this gun range. I will be back again!
If i could give no stars, i would. we were in the pistol bay and the range staff (john) was EXTREMELY NASTY AND RUDE. he was very nasty to everyone who came in. speaking to the manager was useless as he condones such nasty behavior. i will not return.
Good customer service,knowable and friendly personal. Cant say great prices, but fair.
Great staff great inventory and great service
Great facility,great people, a bit over priced
Very nice and friendly staff clean range nice equipment
Great place, nice setup, friendly staff!
Employees have a know it all attitude and rude.
Finest shooting range in Virginia!
Very professional staff. Well organized facility.
Place is great, good gun rental selection, great staff
Great facility built in very sketchy area.
Rude staff, awful experience.
Great folks here
Got my license thanks guys
Top of the line range, very impressed
Great gun shop
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