Red Brush Rifle Range is about to become the newest outpost of one of shooting sports’ fastest-growing disciplines. The Metal Madness Easy Up system has been installed at the Newburgh, Indiana facility, marking the first time the portable, competition-ready platform has been deployed outside of its home state of Kentucky. The inaugural event will be Feb. 28, 2026, and the range is open to everyone.
Metal Madness has been building momentum since founder Ed White developed the discipline at Grand Rivers Shooting Range in Grand Rivers, Kentucky, which until now was the only range running the Easy Up configuration. Red Brush Rifle Range, one of the Metal Madness Shooting Sports Association’s newest affiliates, becomes the first in Indiana to carry the system, and the first outside of Grand Rivers to take it live.
Easy Up is exactly what the name suggests. The entire system is mobile, storable and built for rapid deployment. It delivers 50 target presentations inside a 40-by-80-foot footprint and accommodates everything from airsoft guns to .45 ACP-chambered firearms. A portable shooting house—identical to a permanent shoot house except it has no roof—anchors the live-fire side of the setup.
“Two people can set up the entire range in less than an hour,” White said. “Plus, the simplified set-up and take-down process allows for range bays to be used for other shooting events.”
That flexibility is a significant selling point for affiliate ranges that need their bays to serve multiple purposes. No painting between shooters is required, which keeps the pace of competition moving. Firearms are flagged and safe when competitors move between lanes, addressing one of the more common logistical challenges in multi-lane formats. The system also integrates online training, internal digital scoring and a slick website—infrastructure that was recently upgraded across all MMSSA affiliate ranges, each of which now has its own event calendar and results portal.
The hardware is priced to match the accessibility the sport is known for. Complete Very Safe Target systems and engineered frame drawings for both airsoft and live-fire are available for less than $3,000. MMSSA membership runs $25 per year nationwide, covering scoring, prize events and sponsor discounts.
The sport itself is deceptively straightforward to learn and genuinely difficult to master. Each of the 10 lanes features four numbered 12x12-inch square steel plates and one round 12-inch stop plate. Competitors must engage the numbered plates in sequence before finishing on the stop plate—the timer doesn’t stop until that final target rings. Plate order is randomized for each lane, so memorization is not an option. Miss a plate or fire out of sequence and it costs three seconds. A shooter’s final bracket time is the sum of the eight best lane times out of 10.
With more than 60,000 possible plate-order combinations across 10 lanes, no two matches play out the same way.
Perhaps best of all, Metal Madness is built for the whole family. A visit to Grand Rivers makes that clear immediately—grandparents, parents and kids all compete side by side, cheering each other on between lanes.
“Metal Madness is a game for everybody,” White said. That accessibility extends to the business side as well.
“We’ve made it easy and affordable to set up an MMSSA shooting range,” White added. “My goal is to educate people about shooting sports and make it a ‘kitchen table discussion’ that involves the entire family.”
The Feb. 28 event at Red Brush Rifle Range is open to all comers. MMSSA membership is not required to participate, though non-members will not have access to total times. Setup begins at 8:00 a.m., check-in opens at 9:00 a.m. and the safety meeting is at 9:50 a.m. The match starts at 10:00 a.m. Walk-ons are welcome. Final check-in and payment are handled on-site—cash only on match day. Red Brush Rifle Range is located at 3299 West Eble Road, Newburgh, Indiana, 47630.
To register or learn more about the Easy Up system and Metal Madness affiliate opportunities, visit mmssa.net.
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