Oct 1, 2026 · 42 min · 14 segments
Tom Willingham, founder and CEO of Range USA, joins TFB's Behind the Gun to talk about how a career in commercial real estate turned into building the largest indoor gun range and firearms retail…
Now obviously, Range USA has been in business for, oh, let's see now, um, 14 years, 15 years.
... uh, close, close near, nearby there.
And it, I don't think it opened up until 2014 or so, maybe 2015, but that's only, that's a few years down the road, and Memphis is a decent drive from Cincinnati.
You know, I, I guess maybe you're asking about how did we spread, right? I mean-
Yeah.
Like, so, like what was the growth like? I mean, I, uh, you started like fif- you know, b- basically 15 years ago now.
Um, how long did it take to go from your first store, which I think was called Shoot Point Blank, right? That's what the, the group-
... you called it?
How-
When I first started, this is embarrassing, it was Point Blank Range and Gun Shop, right?
Now obviously, Range USA has been in business for, oh, let's see now, um, 14 years, 15 years.
... uh, close, close near, nearby there.
And it, I don't think it opened up until 2014 or so, maybe 2015, but that's only, that's a few years down the road, and Memphis is a decent drive from Cincinnati.
You know, I, I guess maybe you're asking about how did we spread, right? I mean-
Yeah.
Like, so, like what was the growth like? I mean, I, uh, you started like fif- you know, b- basically 15 years ago now.
Um, how long did it take to go from your first store, which I think was called Shoot Point Blank, right? That's what the, the group-
... you called it?
How-
When I first started, this is embarrassing, it was Point Blank Range and Gun Shop, right?
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