I'm not privy to the ways of the rifle man yet, so I'm not familiar with the reasoning that some rifle ranges employ regarding rifle ammunition FMJ. The rifle ranges here in Dallas-Ft.Worth are usually outdoor, with a few indoors here and there, but I've not visited those.
I hope that anyone who owns/operates a range and employs this rule can explain the reasoning behind it. This is not a disgruntled visitor who got turned away because of his FMJ, so I'm not looking for a fight or to raise a gripe. I simply am uninformed to the magnet trick to detect FMJ, which I'm guessing is steel-core related? If so, are all FMJ like that? Reason I ask is that I've seen FMJ that don't get denied use, is that because it's a target/plinking designated round?
It just seems there is some ambiguity regarding which FMJ is allowed, not allowed... or the rifle ranges I've visited just don't enforce it all the time.
The only reason I'm aware of is that the dirt berm, or the bullet trap is not designed to handle certain types of FMJ ammo, and to generally put out "NO FMJ allowed" has me questioning what exactly can I shoot at a rifle range that ISN'T the more expensive hunting round, hollow-point, etc...?
I hope that anyone who owns/operates a range and employs this rule can explain the reasoning behind it. This is not a disgruntled visitor who got turned away because of his FMJ, so I'm not looking for a fight or to raise a gripe. I simply am uninformed to the magnet trick to detect FMJ, which I'm guessing is steel-core related? If so, are all FMJ like that? Reason I ask is that I've seen FMJ that don't get denied use, is that because it's a target/plinking designated round?
It just seems there is some ambiguity regarding which FMJ is allowed, not allowed... or the rifle ranges I've visited just don't enforce it all the time.
The only reason I'm aware of is that the dirt berm, or the bullet trap is not designed to handle certain types of FMJ ammo, and to generally put out "NO FMJ allowed" has me questioning what exactly can I shoot at a rifle range that ISN'T the more expensive hunting round, hollow-point, etc...?