If its an hour away from major population center and considering the demographic that would be prevalent(old well off retired guys) he might want to consider RV parking spots. For California I would say as long as he does his research to make sure that kind of money is in the area hes building he should be ok. Make sure he has reactive targets at the range as those are all the rage these days. Instead of $800 he should make it $750...for some odd reason that number seems much more attractive and is only $50 less. Also he will have to be extremely careful how he does members only days. If he cuts out too many days he will not be able to convert non-members into members because they will go, get turned away, and get pissed off and not come back. Especially if they show up after driving an hour(I know it sounds stupid why they wouldnt check but I have out of state customers do this all the time to me without calling first to confirm a $10-20,000 car is even still available!). Might even want to have some kind of heli-pad installed for the well-heeled clientele ;-D