Is my range not normal?

[Gaerek]

After the Dallas fire at an indoor range, the steel core I could understand. Also rifle and big mag ammo limitations are probably to protect the backboards on the indoor range.

Yep, their rules specifically state the steel core ammo is a fire hazard, and the limitation on caliber is to preserve their backstop (and prevent shoot through).

On a side note, I saw a guy there last week shooting, and every round was sparking off the floor. As I was leaving, I mentioned it to one of the guys behind the counter. He mentioned something about, "He said it wasn't Russian ammo." Then grabbed eyes, ears and a magnet. Sure enough, steel ammo, and they kicked the guy out. He was mad, and kept insisting his ammo wasn't steel core. But the round hanging off the end of the magnet, by the bullet, kinda proved him wrong. He said he was never coming back and he'd tell his friends not to go there. The reply was priceless:

"Don't let the door hit ya, where the Good Lord split ya!"

For the record, this range is almost always packed...one guy and his friends won't make a lick of difference.

 

[zincwarrior]

Well in his defense, when I heard about this issue, the only thing I heard was Tula, and that the boxes don't say.

But yes, I was at an indoor range, setting up IDPA targets when smoke started coming through the side. A round had caught up some stuff on fire on the adjacent range. OK...

The one that really got me was a fire at an outdoor range in drought ridden central Texas. It started from a spark and spread about 8 feet in about 10 seconds right up to the shooting benches. WO! Everyone ran for it. A few went over the chain link fence that separated us from the parking lot. Yowsa.

 

[Gaerek]

Well in his defense, when I heard about this issue, the only thing I heard was Tula, and that the boxes don't say.

In defense of the range, they actually specifically mention Tula. I should have specified. When being led out, even after the magnet test, he was insisting the round wasn't steel. It wasn't the excuse of, "Hey man, I'm sorry, I didn't know." It was, "That's not steel ammo!" while looking at a round of his ammo dangling from a magnet by the pointy end.

If it was an honest mistake, they wouldn't have kicked him out. It was the fact that he was lying and being a d-bag about it.

 

[David White]

The range I use (currently) has no RO and you can pretty much shoot what you want.
Last year they ruled that you could not rapid fire any weapon. I didn't know that at the time and I was shooting multiple rounds on a B27 target, rapidly.
The guy next to me was throwing the stink eye until I finally asked if he had something he wanted to say to me.
He admonished my rapid fire and threatened to report my behavior. To whom I have no clue as there are no RO's to be found.
I told him that if one cannot "rapid fire", how does one simulate a defensive scenario? He had no answer for that and I told him to go ahead and report me. I continued with what I was doing.
This range is outdoors. It has ZERO staff on hand. It has ZERO safety precautions. Members "police" themselves, period.
It's also way out in the sticks and I will add that bad things feel like they could happen at any time, ( injury, assault, theft, vandalism). It does not give one a feeling of safety and serenity! I've seen drinking at the firing line and all manner of horse play!

So, on one hand, you do pretty much what you please. On the other hand, if trouble breaks out, you are DEEP in the sticks and you are on your own!

 

[zincwarrior]

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Well in his defense, when I heard about this issue, the only thing I heard was Tula, and that the boxes don't say.

In defense of the range, they actually specifically mention Tula. I should have specified. When being led out, even after the magnet test, he was insisting the round wasn't steel. It wasn't the excuse of, "Hey man, I'm sorry, I didn't know." It was, "That's not steel ammo!" while looking at a round of his ammo dangling from a magnet by the pointy end.

If it was an honest mistake, they wouldn't have kicked him out. It was the fact that he was lying and being a d-bag about it.

Yea thats kind of a giveaway.