It's raining shot!

[Rockrivr1]

Yesterday I was at one of the local clubs I belong to shooting at the rifle range. The firing line is pretty long and it's covered from one end to the other with a wood roof. When I got to the range, there were other guys there spread out across the range. The far left side was open so I drove from the road, which comes in on the right, to the far left and started setting up.

While I was there the other guys left, leaving me alone. Since I was set up already I stayed where I was. As I was about done shooting the Tuesday night Trap / Skeet league was starting up and I could hear them shooting away. The Trap/Skeet range is right next to the rifle range on the side that I was shooting on.

I wasn't paying to much attention to them, but they must have had several throwers going because the shooting was constant. Because of the noise I left my hearing protection on while I was cleaning up. As I was loading my stuff in the trunk, I took off my hearing protection and put it in the trunk as well. That's when I heard it

I hear noises sounding like rain coming throught the tree branches above. Before I know it, there's shot raining down right on top of me. The pellets were landing around me, bouncing off my car and off the roof of the covered firing line. I'm like, WHAT THE HELL!!! As I jump in the car I'm hearing the shot come through the trees all over the place. I put the car in reverse in a hurry and scram out of there.

Come to find out the Trap/Skeet range is set up so that the clay pigeons fly towards the rifle range. I was talking with one of the guys at the clubhouse and he was saying how someone should put a sign up telling people about that. Yeah! YOU THINK!!!!! :banghead:

Supposedly it only happens on the far left of the firing line. Does anyone belong to a club where this happens?

 

[ponyexpress]

I used to belong to a club where the sheet range was on a hill above the rifle range and when the skeet shooters were on posts 6 and 7 they used to rain shot on the targets down at the end of the range. I never heard of it causing any problems. We always used to joke about it when we heard the shot russling in the grass that it was "raining death again".

 

[sturmruger]

I agree that it would be unnerving but I doubt it would hurt anything. Just don't look up without eye protection.

 

[shermacman]

Gee, I have always found that the soft pitter patter of raining steel, lead and tungsten pellets to be soothing, relaxing.
It is the sound of fun! The sound of freedom! It helps me sleep at night.
Of course I wouldn't leave my car out under it, might damage the paint!

 

[mete]

That's either a poorly designed range or people not using the right ammo. At one of the ranges here we were rained on and the owner, standing next to me said that some jerk was using high velocity shot or something bigger than #7 1/2. He immediately lectured the shooter.

 

[TarpleyG]

This happens to us every 1st Tuesday night for IDPA. We are on a rifle range next to a skeet range much like you. We just don protective eyewear and keep setting up. Usually by the time we get all set up and start shooting, the shotgunners are mostly gone. A little lead rain storm never hurt anyone.

GT

 

[JesusCow]

That has never happened to me at the range, although the described setup sounds like the skeet range I go to.

It has, however, happened to me while dove hunting. A dove flew over and a guy about 75 yards shot at it. This guy shot at it three times and I was rained on for the first time.

 

[Chipperman]

It's raining lead, Hallelujah, It's raining lead.

 

[Sunray]

Relax, spent shot will only hurt you if you take one in the eye. Shooting glasses on at all times while on a range. And you can use it as an excuse to wear that old steel pot helmet.

 

[Greg L]

Just send a couple of rounds back in their direction

 

[hksw]

A similar experience here. I had met up with a co-worker friend at A&A in Boardman, OH one day. the front of the complex are a few skeet and trap ranges aimed towards the back, of course. We had wanted to do some rifle and shotgun (non-trap/skeet) shooting at the 200 yards rifle range located off to the right and back. (Had to cross a very small airfield to get to it.) As we wind through the drive to the range, my friend's Monte Carlo got pelted by some shot. Never went back there again.

 

[SaLted_peanUTs]

Last dove season I was hit by falling and flying shot numerous times.

 

[killermarmot]

never beend to arnage that has that kind of setup, but have had shot rained on me once while shooting in trukee