It sounds like you had gone to an indoor range. Most of our indoor ranges also have remote operated target movement. However, they're really not meant for shooting rifles. I had gone to an outdoor range, which is really just a hole cut into a hillside. My target was taped to an Amazon box! Sounds like a bad range. My local indoor range has plenty of loaner handguns, and they're all in good shape. The range staff will even check the sights for you for free (adjustments cost you though!). Ah, if only your governments acknowledged the God-given right to defend oneself...