Here are my experiences:
1. I wanted a "bruised shoulder" day at the range, so I took my M95 Steyr, and my M38 and M44 Mosin Nagants to the range. I am lining up my sites when I swear I hear a musical number going off. Passing it off as my imagination, I go back to my sites and let loose with a thunderous kaboom from the M-95. Well after one magazine of 8X56R ammo in an indoor range, I switch to my M-44 with Albanian ammo. I do a rapid fire exercise at the target and I hear a frantic "Cease Fire" come from the back, so I open the magazine, and lean the gun against the wall of the stall I am in and step back. There's some nimrod holding his ears and trying to talk on his cell phone. :banghead:
everyone else is looking around wondering what's going on. I ask who needs to go downrange, and no one answers up. Smelling something fishy, I asked who called "Cease Fire". Of course, it was the guy on the phone who raises his hand. The other shooters start yelling at him. He takes the hint and leaves the range. While he's in the store talking on the phone, I tell the range staff what happened. He tried to come back in, but wasn't permitted to by the staff. His guns and buddies are still on the lane firing away (acting MUCH better than this nimrod). When I am done, I clean up and head into the store where he confronts me asking if I was the one who told the store. I said "Yep", smiled and said "don't be so rude next time".
2. 2 Weeks later, It's not bruised shoulder day, but Black Powder testing day. I had picked up some Goex Black Dawge 12 Gauge Shotgun shells to try out for Cowboy Action Shooting. It was me and 3 other people on the range, so I was allowed to try it. Well, if anyone has ever fired this ammo indoors, think twice. LOTS of smoke and noise. I load up the shotgun and let loose. Lots of Sulphuric Smoke and big kabooms cover the target in smoke and flame. I quickly load two more rounds and let loose again (gotta practice for CAS). I thought I heard a scream after the 4th shot. After putting down the shotgun, I look around wondering what the hell happened. I try not to bust out laughing. There's the same nimrod, holding his ears with an open cell phone on the ground. Turns out he walked into the range talking on his cell phone without hearing protection right as I was shooting the 1st Black Powder loads. I didn't hear the first set of screams. I called a Cease Fire and walked up to the nimrod, to see if he was ok. He was a little shaken. I helped him up and walked him to the store portion so I could talk to him, and just get him out of the range before he hurt someone else. One of the employees asked where his hearing protection was, I told him probably still on the floor of the range with his cell phone. Trying not to laugh, the employee got the manager who told him not to come back.
I can understand being stupid or inconsiderate one time, even tolerate it on a gun range. But I can't stand it twice, especially from the same person. He's tried to come back at least 4 times that I know of (I was there at the same time) and each time I tell the employees of his antics and how the manager banned him from the store. He hasn't shot there since.
......problem is usually solve when the offender drops their cell phone, and trys to cover their ears in pain
. Seriously though has this ever really happen to anyone, it's hard to imagine someone trying to use a cell at an indoor range
