WestKentucky
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I have recently joined a club and am very nervous and concerned about the safety on the rifle range. So far each time I have gone the range has been busy, but as it gets cooler I know traffic on the rifle range will dwindle. I'm very nervous about being the only person on the range and heading downrange to set up targets, especially since the range has a low valley in the middle which could easily hide a person walking to/from the back half of the range. My fear is that someone would be downrange and obscured when another person arrives, new person has no way to know and goes hot on a cold range.
The range is 325 yards max, no range attendant (rso) and the valley cuts out about 50 yards in the 175ish range. There is a sign-in sheet at the building but I doubt anybody goes to sign in since the rifle range is way off to the left. There is parking right at the firing line so someone SHOULD put 2 and 2 together.
I intend to informally bring up my concern and see what happens. I do want to have suggestions for improvement to safety protocol in case they ask. Do any of you all have any experience with a similar situation, or suggestions I could propose? My current thought is to stay on the front end of the range unless someone else is there to keep the range cold until I return, and I certainly would offer to set targets for them at the far end just to keep someone on deck. I do have an orange hat and vest in the truck to wear to be more visible.
The range is 325 yards max, no range attendant (rso) and the valley cuts out about 50 yards in the 175ish range. There is a sign-in sheet at the building but I doubt anybody goes to sign in since the rifle range is way off to the left. There is parking right at the firing line so someone SHOULD put 2 and 2 together.
I intend to informally bring up my concern and see what happens. I do want to have suggestions for improvement to safety protocol in case they ask. Do any of you all have any experience with a similar situation, or suggestions I could propose? My current thought is to stay on the front end of the range unless someone else is there to keep the range cold until I return, and I certainly would offer to set targets for them at the far end just to keep someone on deck. I do have an orange hat and vest in the truck to wear to be more visible.