Mostly weekday shooting so I ammgoing to ask about the associate, and your right it allows me to go elsewhere with minimal loss.
As an associate member of TargetSports I know for a fact that you will not be able to use the facilities on weekends with an associate membership.
I have tried to ask many times, and even if you go with a full member on a weekend, they will not allow you your own lane, busy or not, the two members one full, one associate will share a lane.
As for the facility itself, it is fairly good. We don't have too many options in the GTA, and you get what you pay for.
Some of the target retrieval machines are very slow, and some are almost non-working.
This can be incredibly frustrating, so make sure to test the target fetcher before you unlock/unpack your toys. (relevant esp. because as per the rules, you must un-case at the lane, with muzzle in a safe direction. (good rule btw))
The pros:
Close to GTA
Indoors so weather is a non-issue
They don't care how frequently you choose to shoot your cartridges (mag dumps are almost encouraged!
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In-building gun shop has a decent selection of new/used/ammo , and parts/mags
The cons:
Full membership is IMO too expensive for what they provide (they are a business first, and a 'gun club' second, as mentioned in this thread)
Air filtration/exhaust definitely leaves a little bit to be desired. I can stand it, but I only stay 3 hours max, and probably once a month. If you were there often, 2-3 times a week every week of the month, I would look into other options or a gas mask style of personal air filter.
They are often extremely busy , especially at peak hours
There are some ND's in some of the lanes benches (indicating that some 'members' are not qualified to use firearms) I have not seen anyone behaving poorly or unsafely though, in my 10 or so visits.
Some of the target fetchers are slow or broken, and they seem not to care about fixing.
Hope this helps!
-J
ps - I was thinking of going there today to shoot. If anyone want to meet up there, PM me with a suggested time, and Ill try to accomodate/arrange.