We, the neighbor and I carried some visiting Brits out to a local range for round of skeet or clays as they call it. At any rate as we were leaving the skeet range and I was in the process of closing off the skeet section in order to drive around to the pistol range and unlock gate when my neighbors SUV received a glancing round in the windshield, Jeep Wagoneer if anyone's interested. Went around and caught the motley creaux of I'll shoot steel plates crossways on the range derps! Went inside the gate and explained to them the asshole shooting almost got one of us. Owner of the Jeep had a few words with them and they packed up and split after I explained how this BS was being turned into the club for review! Here's the Jeep windshield review!!! I recommend it.
How in the hell can the entrance road be near the target area ?? Or was the folks just that damned reckless ( stupid) ?
there was some thing about tethering full auto at the range. never seen it though. maybe for uzi types?
Crawfish ponds on either side of the road doesn't help the approach but, I suspect these derps were shooting a 9mm across the range at steel plates at a 45 degree angel
My local range has had problems with idiots and frt’s. The liability insurance is expensive as it is. One of our board members lives within walking distance of the park and gun range. She calls our sheriffs department whenever these idiots decide to mag dump their AR’s. Most of them are not even members and the responding deputy has full authority to trespass anyone including members for this unsafe shooting situation.
Don't let the Brits post ANY photos of themselves shooting a firearm while in the U.S. of A. or they could find themselves in a world of legal problems back across the pond!
We don't allow steel on the public side of our range. I've seen fragments of plates and bullet jackets splashing in puddles 75 yards back in my direction. Even the little spinners have been an issue in the past. Dad comes out with the kids and we have no issues with them shooting .22 at them... Until some dipshit shoots one with a .44 Magnum. Then I have two armed male humans that are MY problem. So, no steel. My range, my rules. Clay, wood, charcoal, plaster, strips of wall paper (Try it, you'll like it!). But no steel. I've had an occasional clank on the tower roof, or seen a hot 9mm bullet bouncing along the concrete, but nothing with any Oomph from our neighbors who are shooting steel. Their range is actually firing at a 90 degree angle, and across ours. Sounds goofy, but they shoot into traps from close range, so it's never been an issue. We make a courtesy call to the local Sheriff before we start shooting full-auto toys. Saves them a trip when the lady in the glass house calls. They just tell her, "Yes, Ma'am, we know."
VTjr works at an indoor range. Over the holidays a jackwagon let his friend shoot his revolver. Shot the ceiling. Right above one of the steel deflectors and straight into concrete ceiling. Buddy thought it would be funny if he handed his buddy a 500 S&W mag with hardcast. Now a couple more people banned from the range and their range bill was a fair bit more than they had anticipated. Guess there was a lot of concrete particles on the range at clean up time mixed with the brass.
/\ /\ /\ I feel fortunate to have a tin roof at the range. Broken sear on a 12ga pump. Nice hole in the tin. Double action 500 S&W puts one through the tin on the third shot in recoil (fourth round in cylinder). Sister was hysterical. From her angle, the fireball appeared to blow her brothers head off. From my angle I could see he'd just got singed eyebrows and a bruised ego. Best part was that when I got there and asked how many rounds they'd fired, both father and son said "three." The four fired cases in the cylinder told the tale. They loaded single shots in the cylinder after that.
