Ever damaged an indoor range?

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No, but I see homies try to be cute and take headshots and end up swinging their hangar and bobbing everyone else's.

I guess I need practice shooting moving targets anyway.
 
Nope. But newbies do it at Purdue at an astounding rate. If you turn around for one second all of a sudden there are a bunch of .22 slugs in the top wooden part of our bullet trap system :rolleyes: A small price to pay for RKBA though.
 
. My brother came along and I was having him shoot .22 rifle. Then he wanted to try handguns. As range was mostly empty I set him up. First rd the RO happens to walk in as he fires. He hits hanger and lead cuts target in two.. RO yells "CEASE FIRE" So I take gun and unload and bench. The RO comes over and yells at us for having some kind of explosive ammo or something. He saw it shred the target. I retreived the holder and part of target and you could see the smear of lead.
The RO then apoligized and got us some free targets....
I did hit a hanger with a Ruger single action. Like was said must aim low and I aimed normal. Just ticked it with a cowboy load. No damage.
BTW in case where 7mm being shot. Even thou it was printed on the wall what calibers allowed IMO if range Officer in charge gives me permission to shoot the gun I bring I should not be liable for damages. It sounded like shooter ASKED if it was OK and idiot said yes.... If that was case I wouldn't pay the $3k
 
No...but...
I once chastised an older fellow (and he gave me that 'shut up you don't know nothing you young whelp' look :rolleyes: )
for doing quick draws at our indoor range..with his finger on the trigger! :fire:
There is a waist high brick wall for the 'firing line' at that range, and there are several holes in it where idiots have had AD's in there....
:banghead:
 
I used to work on a gun store/pistol range in Central Ohio, those of you from Ohio will know which one Im speaking of. We had put up new sound insulation and a gentleman came in and shot the side wall of the range up with his Gold Cup. We called a cease fire and he refused to leave the range, the police were called and he was escorted from the range. I remember fixing alot of target hangers because alot of the people who come and shoot cant shoot worth a damn. All they want to do is make noise. I can only remember a few people actually coming out and admitting to doing damage to our range. Most people would come out and not say anything and we wouldnt find out until we put the next person on that lane. Of all the people that used to come out on that range, I only remember a few that were true marksmen, the rest were a bunch of amateurs who had no business around firearms.
 
Never did it myself but the last time I was at the range another fella did- shot up the metal plate that the target hangs from.

The range person was not at all pleased with this. I don't know if the person shooting was trying to hit it- if he wasn't then he sure needs more practice.:)
 
When I was on "The Small Bore Rifle Team"...

..in high school (MILITARY high school), a guy kept having AD/UD's into the ceiling. This was the same guy who kept sweeping us with his rifle. It WAS "high school", so we took him out back and "explained" it to him.

KR
 
range damage

When I was at the shooting range yesterday, we heard a crash
and all you could see was a flourescent light and fixture falling down from the ceiling. Boy the shooter sure was embarrassed.
 
I was at an indoor shooting range with a Buddy of mine one night when we saw tow new shoots blow the entire taget hanger right off the wire. Marvelling at how anyone could do such a thing and not die of embarrassment (they where pretty red though) we went back to shooting and then five minutes later my buddy double tapped his golck and took his hanger out to.:D
 
When I was 18, my first time shooting a 12 gauge pistol grip shotgun, I shot the entire hanger down. I got yelled at pretty good by the staff but didn't have to pay anything.
 
Blackhawk said

You'd think ranges would be bulletproof....

They sorta are. They just aren't IDIOT proof!:banghead: :uhoh:
 
How are indoor ranges constructed, though? The same as a normal commercial business structures? If you were to shoot straight up into the ceiling of a one-story range, would the bullet conceivably exit the roof?

That just seems odd, though I don't can't say I know of a way of keeping it from happening...
 
It would be very difficult if not impossible to make an indoor range ceiling bulletproof.

I don't think it would be a wise thing to do
because of ricochet dangers and weight considerations.
I'm wondering if there are any regulations on indoor ranges other than dealing with ventilation and the backstop.
 
One of the time I was at an indoor range, the guy next to me was shooting at a paper man sillowet target that was really long (and low to the ground). The target went so low, that even though he was hitting the target, the angle of the bullets caused them to bounce off (graze) the cement floor!! I could see slight dents in the cement, but luckily the bullets didn't richochet. The range master had the guy change targets that didn't go so low, but I don't know whether they made him pay for the damages or not.
 
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