Jeff Burgess
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Let’s see them try to build a range like this in the USA
Not going to ever happen. As far as I know and it is certainly the case here. It's illegal to shoot over a roadway.
Looks great; from the last part with the flags in the background, it appears to be in Switzerland.....
I remember seeing a photo of another range in Switzerland where the entrance road came from behind the backstop berm and ran alongside the shooting lanes. They never had an issue there either.
Here's an indoor range in Germany that is pretty cool (even if the dialog is German):
Believe it or not, the people who designed and approved the range carefully considered all the safety implications. From the baffle wall design, to the ammunition and rifles permitted, there is zero risk of bullet hitting the road. You also have to understand that the majority of Swiss rifle shooting is a 300m course of fire in the prone position. See: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schiesswesen_ausser_Dienst#Eidgenössisches_Feldschiessen
The reason the range was built here is because there is simply a lack of appropriate land in a small country such as Switzerland. There is also a high demand for ranges, due to the number of target shooters, but primarily due to the number of national service members who have to shoot their compulsory programmes.
I risk offending by posting this on a primarily US message board, but it's quite grating to hear US commentators try to apply their shooting culture norms to other countries, as if they are the sole authority on safe use of firearms. After all, if you do a Google search for 'gun range accidents', they pretty much all occur in the USA. Search for 'Swiss gun range accidents'?
I risk offending by posting this on a primarily US message board, but it's quite grating to hear US commentators try to apply their shooting culture norms to other countries, as if they are the sole authority on safe use of firearms. After all, if you do a Google search for 'gun range accidents', they pretty much all occur in the USA. Search for 'Swiss gun range accidents'?
And I bet it would very hard to find an insurance company that would even think about insuring a range that is shooting over a public roadway .