Open Range Day 4JUL25

Welcome students, alumni, friends, families, and neighbors! To celebrate 4th of July we will be opening our private shooting facility free to the public on the afternoon of July 4th and July 5th, 2025.

8am to 1pm: FREE Firearm Safety Class. Click here to register if you are a beginner. Firearm and ammo provided.
1pm to 6pm: All ranges open. Check in with a range safety volunteer who will help you get set up.
6pm to 11pm: Potluck BBQ. Bring something to share. Eat drink and be merry! Make some friends, celebrate what makes America a wonderful country. Hot showers will be open. All are welcome to camp.
11pm till 6am: Quiet hours. Students will be camping out and getting some rest for tomorrow’s classes. You can continue to make merry, but please do so quietly.

What to explore: 

Free ammo for kids under 18!
25m pistol range
100m Carbine range
1000m Rifle Range
Static and reactive steel targets!
Holsters and rapid fire are encouraged
Shooting and moving are encouraged
Tactical and teamwork drills are encouraged
Night live fire practice is encouraged
Train with vehicles on the range
Bulletproof walled shoothouse for CQB practice
Shade, tables, and benches for you to rest and lay out your gear
Fresh filtered spring water
Flush toilets and hot showers
Camp kitchen, grills, sinks, and refrigerator for cooking

Prerequisites:

You must have prior safe weapons handling experience. If you are a beginner, take the morning’s firearm safety class to satisfy this requirement. All weapons and ammo provided.
You must register in order to attend.
You must fill out this liability waiver: https://monarchdefense.org/liability-waiver/

Alcohol Policy: 

Once we cease fire and unload weapons, you are welcome to crack open a cold one and enjoy an adult beverage, but you will not handle any more firearms, including unloaded ones, until sunrise the next morning.

Rules of Conduct: 

Be polite, be courteous, be respectful of people, targets, equipment, and our facility.
Dogs, families, children all welcome.
Each range will have a Shoot Boss. He or she is a volunteer. Be nice to my volunteers. Respect and listen to the Shoot Boss as his job is to help you have a safe and fun time.
Share the range with the other shooters. They might be working on a drill already when you show up, and it isn’t what you want to work on. Make friends, play, learn, and wait your turn to set up the exercise you want to work on.
Bring some snacks or drinks or steaks or salad or fruit to share. Let your heart and imagination be the limit.
Gentlemen, pee anywhere EXCEPT the toilet. The toilets flush with valuable spring water, and are for our lady guests and for taking a shit.
You can park at each of the ranges, but be mindful to not block driveways and roads. Drive carefully to not run over anyone’s stuff.
Ask for permission before taking pictures of anyone or their stuff.
Pick up your brass and put it in a bucket before you leave the range.
If you use any bowls, cups, plates, or silverware, do your dishes after eating.
Do not leave food out exposed to the flies and rodents.
No steel core rifle ammo on targets less than 150 yards/137 meters.
Frangible rifle ammunition only at less than 100 yards/91 meters. This means all steel targets on the carbine range and pistol range with rifle calibers.
Frangible pistol ammo only at less than 7 meters on steel targets.
Steel targets only inside the shoothouse. This means frangible bullets only inside the shoothouse.
We will have frangible 300blk, 7.62 nato, 5.56 nato and 9mm nato if you want to trade for frangible ammo to shoot steel up close.
You are welcome to wear a loaded pistol in a holster, but it must stay in the holster unless you are on the line, and are actively shooting.
No Show and Tell or weapons handling near the vehicles.
Keep your long guns on a sling, bagged or boxed up, and unloaded unless you are actively practicing on the range.
Finally….the most important rule of all, train within your limits.

Location :

300 acre private facility in the Diablo mountains 1 hour east of San Jose, 1 hour south of Livermore. Cell reception is unreliable out here; Do not trust Apple Maps, Google Maps, or Wayz. Detailed driving directions will be emailed to those who register. 2 wheel drive accessible.

Cost:

Free

How can I contact the organizer with my questions?

Brian Wang is the event organizer. He can be reached at 408-892-5460 or info@monarchdefense.org

What is the cancellation policy?

We do not issue refunds, except for in extreme and unforeseeable circumstances. Notify us by email at info@monarchdefense.org before 1 hour before class starts, and we will happily apply your full credit towards a future event or class. You must use your credit within 1 calendar year from original event or class date.