*** moment at the range this AM

[Andras]

Went down to the local DNR rifle range. There's no official range officers there full time, so usually one of the shooters will do it. Today I was acting as a range officer since I was the first one there. For the first hour everything was running smoothly, shooting for about 15-20 minutes with a 5 minute break between stings.

We went range hot at 10:02 and I was planning to call a cease fire at 10:20, but as I finished a clip* around 10:15 I saw movement out of the corner of my eye. A guy at the other end of the range was walking down range with no call for Cease fire or Range Cold!

I put my rifle down and looked around to see if anyone else was shooting, no one was so I asked if I had missed a call for 'cease fire'. No one else at my end had heard anything either.

Turns out the dude checked with a few people around him, but didn't clear the entire range before going down range.


*Yes, a clip, I was shooting an M1 at that time.

 

[Eightball]

Had that happen every now and then. Some people just don't understand that yes, there are people on the firing line other than their immediate left and right....

 

[HerrWolfe]

That is why it is not a good idea to sell firearms to the mentally deficient.

 

[Headless]

I've seen it happen on the range i frequent too. I was just finishing up firing 15 or so 9mm down range when i caught movement out of the corner of my eye. It was some idiot walking BACK from going to replace his targets... on a hot range.

 

[Sunray]

Duh, they're not shootin' near me. Dumdedumdedum.

 

[LoadedDrum]

At my club, no one is that stupid. However, there are plenty of people who will call a cease fire to change targets without making sure everyone is aware it is coming. Several times I only found out when the buzzer went off.

 

[Titan6]

I have had the opposite happen. Someone else open up when everyone else was down range. Normally you don't see too many Darwin Award winners willing to walk down a live fire range in progress.