Hackett and his silent business partner visited 32 indoor ranges - from Texas to Washington - before they presented their vision to the bank. "There were really no safe places to shoot," Hackett said. Hackett credits Redding police with opening his eyes to the need for a shooting range in Shasta County. He went back to school to get his business degree. So Hackett started brainstorming and came up with an idea for an indoor shooting range. "You gotta remember this was the Rodney King era. "A couple of sergeants said, Do you really want to do this?,'" Hackett recalled. What's more, Hackett received some candid advice from some Redding police officers.
"Getting a job here (in Redding) wasn't going to happen," Hackett said. Hackett had police job offers in Stockton, Richmond and Santa Barbara. The 37-year-old worked for the Redding Police Department as a cadet in the early 1990s. The Nice Shot name became known in law enforcement through advertisements Hackett took out in PORAC (Peace Officers Research Association of California) Law Enforcement News, a publication he says every officer receives. In addition, Hackett's business sells protective equipment and clothing to the military and security contractors working in Iraq. "Without the help of these instructors, I would never be able to do this," Hackett said. Hackett (he hires independent instructors to help him) has worked with departments in San Jose, Long Beach, Beverly Hills and San Bernardino.Ĭloser to home, Nice Shot holds gun safety certification and concealed weapons training classes.Įvery Wednesday night, some 30 Boy Scouts go to Nice Shot to learn about firearms and to target shoot. Nice Shot sponsors law enforcement training classes. I never see the ammunition," Hackett said. Ten years after Hackett opened the doors, he says that Nice Shot is one of the largest distributors of law enforcement goods in the western United States.įor example, Nice Shot sells thousands of rounds of ammunition to police departments in places such as Inglewood and Scottsdale, Ariz., Hackett said.
"Now it's grown to where we don't go to the companies, they come to us." "At first, I never really planned to sell firearms," Hackett said. Jeff Hackett never aimed to make Nice Shot anything more than an indoor shooting range.
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