gun range

noun

plural gun ranges

: a place where firearm shooting is practiced

… took him to the gun range on weekends to shoot a .22-caliber rifle.

—Mary Ann Thomas

compare firing range

Examples of gun range in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Now, officers can enjoy the convenience of the new headquarters’ training facilities, including an armory and a 50-yard gun range with shooting targets that can move around and enough space to bring in cars to train for different scenarios. — Amanda Rosa, Miami Herald, 9 Sep. 2026

There’s an incident at a gun range where Ned’s fear of looking emasculated requires his army vet girlfriend to fall for his very dumb, very obvious lies. — Ben Travers, IndieWire, 9 Sep. 2026

The Dallas police training academy and the department's gun range are on the front line of attracting new recruits, according to Comeaux, who compares that appeal to state-of-the-art training facilities and college athletes. — J.d. Miles, CBS News, 8 Sep. 2026

Richard O’Lenick, the owner of New Jersey gun range Gun for Hire, was returning to New Jersey after a trade show in Reno, NV. — Alaina Mencinger, AZCentral.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1904, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for gun range

• arrange
• derange
• estrange
• exchange
• midrange
• change
• grange
• mange
• strange
• interchange
• rearrange