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BoondocksFTA™ Main Building
Boondocks Firearms Training Academy™

CLASSROOMS

Boondocks Classroom with instructor
Main Classroom

Main Classroom

Pavillion
Pavilion Classroom

Pavilion

Our Main Classroom is  35' x 35' and located adjacent to our Pro Shop. It can comfortably seat up to 30 students with chairs and tables and larger groups of up to 50 students with theater seating arrangements. It has full audio/visual hookups, blue guns, and other training aids.  It also has a microwave and refrigerator available for students that wish to bring their own lunch.

Our Pavilion has both climate-controlled and open-air options.  It has Picnic Style seating for up to 36 people and can also serve as a lecture-style classroom for up to 18 people.  It is conveniently located next to our Pro Shop and restroom facility and has a refrigerator,  microwave, wood-burning fireplace, and gas grill.  The Pavilion is also available to be rented for Birthdays, Showers, Weddings and other social events.

RANGES

Snake Creek Range
Boondocks' Snake Creek Range - Premium Option
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Training Range 1 (Snake Creek)

This little creek snakes its way across Raymond, MS and through BoondocksFTA™. During the Civil War, Snake Creek served as a key position for the Union Army during the Battle of Raymond.  After the battle, many of the Confederates who had escaped bivouacked here for the night.

Features

  • 75' wide x 60' deep
  • Covered
  • Lighted
  • Fans
  • Power Available
  • No Steel Targets

Rental Fees

  • Weekdays: $250/day
  • Weekends: $500/day
  • Nights: +20%

Training Range 2 (Champion Hill)

The Battle of Champion Hill, fought May 16, 1863, was the pivotal battle in the Vicksburg Campaign of the American Civil War (1861-1865). Union Army commander Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of Tennessee pursued the retreating Confederate States Army, under Lt. Gen. John C. Pemberton and defeated his army twenty miles to the east of Vicksburg, Mississippi, leading inevitably to the Siege of Vicksburg and surrender. The battle is also known as Baker's Creek.

Features

  • 100' wide x 150' deep
  • 12 Lane Remote Controlled Turning Target System
    • Programmable for any course of fire
    • 24 Automated Resetting Steel Plates
    • 12 Stationary Steel Targets
  • Flash/bangs Okay to Use

Rental Fees

  • Weekday: $250/day
  • Weekends: $500/day
  • Includes technical support for target system
  • Nights: +20%
Champion Hill Range
Boondocks' Champion Hill Range
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Member Range 1 (Robinson Range)

Raymond Roberts Robinson owned extensive property in Claiborne and Hinds Counties. He donated the land in the center of Hinds County for the site of the county seat of Raymond, MS, which was named for him. Judge Caldwell was his son-in-law. Raymond Robinson was a Revolutionary War veteran, and the land in Hinds County was given to him as a veteran's pension.

Features

  • 75' wide x 75' deep
  • ​Steel Targets
  • Flashbangs okay to Use
Alumni Rifle Range - RSO assistance

Features

  • 15 yards deep - Handguns
  • Steel targets & target stands
  • 75 yards deep - Rifles

Member Range 2 (Waverly Range)

Waverly mansion was built 1831-1834 on a parcel of land approximately a quarter of a mile from the town's courthouse by John B. Peyton and his wife, Mary Fairchild Lewis. On May 12, 1863, General Grant and his men occupied Waverly and camped on the grounds.

Long after General Grant and his men left Raymond, historic Waverly continued to be the home of the Peyton family. It has been in the family and passed down from one generation to the next.

Waverly Range consists of a handgun range and a long gun range up to 75 yards. On the weekends, Waverly is designated as the Alumni Range.

Force on Force Training

Porter Force on Force House

The Porter House is a Force on Force training site with multiple training scenarios including Home Defense, Workplace Violence, Restaurant Simulation and Hotel/Motel room clearing options.

  • Approx. 2,700 sq. ft.
  • 1½ Stories
  • Fully Covered
  • UTM/Sims ONLY

Rental Fees

  • ½ Day: $250
  • Whole Day: $500
  • Nights: +20%
  • Video Service: $50/hour (2-hour minimum)
  • Includes technician. Raw footage provided on a zip drive.
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