Shooting Range Safety

[Duckslayer100]

Bismarck -- at least your dealing with english speaking individuals.

.223 hot empties hitting my body Nobody stops shooting. They all look at you like you need to check a target. The AR / handgun craze ruined the public ranges here. The only time it was good is when ammo was hard to get or high priced.

You talking the free one at Casselton? Yeah...I'd much rather pay for Horace that go to that deathtrap.

 

[guywhofishes]

You talking the free one at Casselton? Yeah...I'd much rather pay for Horace that go to that deathtrap.

doesn't seem like there's anybody there at 10:00 am on Mondays

 

[2400]

I hope you kicked his ass.

Fixed it for you...

 

[Sum1]

Iv been witness to two separate instances where someone was shooting while a guy was down range. In one instance the guy down range was myself when I was a young fella. The ole man chewed that guys ass in front of a full range of people. He was damn near in tears.
I now go at first light. Hate ranges when there is more than two people.

 

[shorthairsrus]

Horace before new ownership (years back when they built new rests and they were moving dirt) had a guy take a 45 set up a target the bullets would hit the ground and fly over the hill into the rifle range you could see em practically tumble in the air. The 45 had no backdrop hill. Ground was rock hard. Boys in the rifle area had incoming

 

[DirtyMike]

I’ll continue to drive to my secret 300 meter gun range.

 

[Bed Wetter]

I’ve always heard about how dangerous the Casselton range is. I spend plenty of time there. I’ve found that people tend to pick up on queues and learn how to behave themselves. For example, I’m very vocal about communicating with EVERYONE on the line. In turn, every individual then makes sure to communicate with everyone else when he or she is ready to fire, has ears in, chamber is clear, need to check a target, etc. As guys come and go, this communication continues. There are still dummies, but it feels like people are becoming much better about implementing safe protocol. I also talk to the guy on my right to make sure he lets me know if a single piece of my brass hits his personal space.

 

[Allen]

If someone is down range and you even fondle your bolt, you're going to hear from me.

A rifle is to be CLEARED and left alone until all are back from the targets. An accidental discharge is maybe even worse than someone "aiming" at a target.

 

[shorthairsrus]

If they speak English they may pay attn. They got a ak 30 sht clip. U just bring a spotting scope and aim at an old target

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And when the guy with the 50 and sand blasts

 

[bowhunter88]

A few years back i was at the wilton range a few weeks before deer opener. I showed up at the same time as two others. We walked down, put up our targets, I Walked back and was getting my stuff together and noticed one of the guys was still standing down there 10 yards to the side of the target. I was waiting for him to walk back, but the guy he was with would take 2 shots, the one down range would walk over to the target and yell back where he was hitting and walk back to the side. They did this a few times, at one point i asked if that was the smartest idea and the guy told me to mind my own business. I had to sit and wait to shoot until they left.

 

[Davy Crockett]

I’ve always heard about how dangerous the Casselton range is. I spend plenty of time there. I’ve found that people tend to pick up on queues and learn how to behave themselves. For example, I’m very vocal about communicating with EVERYONE on the line. In turn, every individual then makes sure to communicate with everyone else when he or she is ready to fire, has ears in, chamber is clear, need to check a target, etc. As guys come and go, this communication continues. There are still dummies, but it feels like people are becoming much better about implementing safe protocol. I also talk to the guy on my right to make sure he lets me know if a single piece of my brass hits his personal space.

Thumbs Up Most people don't intentionally do stuff at a range that will get their ass chewed , Some people just simply have not had the proper training and discipline. I too was embarrassed by my old man a few times when he would see someone mishandling a firearm and blow a head gasket, Every time it was kids that didn't know better. For some It takes experience at the range to realize the etiquette. same as at the golf course and boat ramp. Range officer training should be mandatory for hunter safety Then people would at least know basic range rules. It isn't rocket science. I still say a sigh posting the major rules should be in place at every range, Mostly because not everyone that hangs out at the range has taken hunter safety. I got told I was bitching when I made a comment about a you tube vid on here where a guy cleared the chamber and looked directly down the BBL of a handgun . I don't give a rip how much YOU know about firearms and that the camber was clear , I simply don't think it's cool for kids to watch adults that claim to be experts on hand guns looking down the BBL. Do what you want behind the scenes but don't post it on you tube for kids that don't know better. AT least my grandkids don't need to see crap like that.

 

[shorthairsrus]

None of the foreigners hunt nor take gun safety class. Most of who is shooting are at the range r for self defense or trying out their new 50 cal

 

[Achucker]

Wow I can imagine how I would react. Guy should be banned from range. They need to track down who it was (cameras on sight!) And fine him and ban him.

Here is a solution that might help lessen the amount of people at the range.
https://youtu.be/MUlLXNPCap4

I am kidding of course. So no one start ripping in about this video. May have to skip a ways as it is long.

 

[LBrandt]

I have an old dryer at 100 yards, old washer at 200 yards and old deep freeze at 300 yards in pasture and a back deck and four wheeler for checking targets. Even the cows have learned to stay off down range when the old mans on deck.

 

[PrairieGhost]

I have run into real idiots at the range. One blasting six inch holes in the new plywood with his shotgun to show off to his girlfriend. When I chastised him he said oh well it's free. I told him when he finds free plywood let me know.

That said I almost found myself on the other end of this type of story one day. June the grass and alfalfa on our range was about knee high. It came right up to the bottom of the 2x8 pieces of plywood. So there was about eight or nine guys on the range. One guy about 50 years old and about 4 foot 11 in boots decided to walk behind the 200 yard target and relieve himself. So I am down on the bipod and pushing rounds into the magazine when I see him come around the target zipping up. The guy next to me was about ready to touch off. The brain needs to stay in gear behind the trigger and at the target.