Re: These Guys are NUTS!
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Taofledermaus</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: mtmisfit</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Other than it's a short distance to the berm from the bench I don't see a problem with the backstop.
It is adequate to stop the bullets, they are close enough not to miss and shooting off a rest. Based on the fields behind them I'd say they are outside city limits and vehicle traffic is further from the firing line/impact berms than many formal shooting ranges. A popular range near me has firing lines less than 100 yards from and parallel to the highway with no side berms at all.
If they wish to waste their ammo shooting that close it's up to them. It's not like they are shooting up highway signs or abandoned warehouses/busineses as is popular in some major cities.
JMO </div></div>
I was happy to see someone with an accurate sense of situation in the video. The berm was constructed of railroad ties forming a big box, and then filled with sand.(I asked for details when I was invited to film there) It is three feet thick at the top and much thicker at the bottom and also had chunks of cement piled up against the back of it. I think most shooters know that three feet of sand would be much more of a safety margin than necessary.
Excellent point about shooting from the benchrest. How could they have missed? At the outdoor ranges I shoot at it is much easier to miss the berm and have a flier than to miss this berm. Behind the range berms are farm houses and roads, but we just don't see them. Perhaps people have issues with the video because they don't have a good understanding of physics or underestimate human ability, and just react seeing something potentially dangerous.
From my perspective, actually being there filming, they were safe. I was asked to film the rifle's action in high speed to check its operation.
Honestly, had I not been there and just watched this video from the tunnel-visioned perspective of the camera, I'd be making the same smarmy comments some of the other posters have left here. Thanks for watching the video. </div></div>
That is one perspective - as a measure of competence to judge it could be good to know how many ranges you have constructed in your time.
Here's another perspective on No Danger Area range construction:
http://www.mod.uk/NR/rdonlyres/4A6FC685-...DangerRange.pdf
Shit happens - even in the safest of places.
If I was a driver or passenger on the road in front of the half-wits "range", I don't think I'd be too impressed with their interpretation of range construction for use with a centrefire firearm
