Last Updated: August 17, 2023
The Frontierland Shooting Gallery opened along the right-hand side of Frontierland's main walkway in a 45 foot wide spot where the miniature horse corral had been. Rifles fired lead pellets at Frontier themed metal targets that had to belaboriously repainted every night.At first, the rifles sat on a cradle, but that left guests with too much room for error. Next, the guns were locked in a bracket that extended to the ceiling.
At first, the rifles sat on a cradle, but that left guests with too much room for error. Next, the guns were locked in a bracket that extended to the ceiling. Later, the park switched to compressed air and finally in 1985 to electronic guns that fired harmless beams of infrared light.
The Shooting Gallery is 45 feet wide
Required a "B" ticket in 1957
Required a "C" ticket in 1959
Required a "C" ticket in 1964-1965
From Attractions Report 1965
Lowered to a "B" coupon or 25¢ in order to stimulate cash business. Since there is only one "B" coupon per ticket book and the Shooting Galleries have high cash appeal this change should increase cash income. A cash price of 25¢ is also compatible with the 25¢ value given to the "B" coupon.
From WED Disneyland Dictionary 1968
Provides modern-day "pioneers" with opportunity to test their sharp-shooting skills in an old western setting with targets of wild geese, fish and buffalo.
Required a "C" ticket in 1970's
From Steve Birnbaum brings you the best of Disneyland 1982:
Sharp- shooters will enjoy testing their skills on the sitting ducks and speeding buffalo, squirrels, deer, moose, and rabbits here. Unlike many other shooting galleries in the rest of the world, this one is re- painted daily. When the ammunition-pellets made of lead from old car batteries-hits a target hard enough to knock it over, a fair share of chips and scratches result. In fact, a target may be nearly bare at the end of a busy day. For refurbishing, painters use 18 different colors of paint-nearly 1,500 gallons are used in the course of a year at this gallery and the one in Adventureland. Every other week, the paint on the targets is pressure washed off entirely and the galleries repainted from scratch. Note that Disneyland Passports do not include use of the shooting galleries, which cost 25¢ per 15-bullet round.
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