Miles Hall barely knew how to shoot when he and his wife, Jayne, opened a shooting range in Oklahoma City in 1981. Now, H&H Gun Range accounts for 5 percent of the state's gun sales. Revenue hit $15.3 million in 2009, and the company landed at No. 1,123 on the 2010 Inc. 5000—its fourth appearance on the list.
Our first house was a mobile home out on a lake. My dad told me that if I was going to live in the sticks, I needed a gun.
I'd had a Red Ryder BB gun as a kid but had never shot a handgun. So Jayne and I decided we wanted to learn how to shoot. The problem was that there was just one firing range in the city, and it was a dump.
It dawned on us that the shooting community in Oklahoma City was daggum big. We were having a blast learning to shoot and thought other people would, too—if we could make the experience more like going to the mall. So we got a loan and opened our own range. We also rented guns, taught classes, and sold ammunition.
H&H stands for "hers and his"—because Jayne still can outshoot me.
