Originally Posted by NvTwist74
The range has nothing to do with anything outside of it. The range is great for players to compare against each other, a clan to make sure everyone close to each other & for a player to see progression in his toon the higher dps gets. Outside of group play, clans & the actual range dps numbers don’t matter at all in PVE open world.

I'd agree to a point. Shooting range targets don't move around too much, or shoot back, or get suppressed, or flail around on fire. I recommend the range as a good litmus test for if your build can do what it needs to do, but the only true test is trial by combat.