Detaining other shooters at a range after an AD?

[Jeffrey Lebowski]

I've never seen it,

x2. Most I've seen is a spark on a concrete wall, presumably (hopefully) from the farthest stalls to the side.
I have, however, often wondered why the target aren't more beat up. A few places they are, but I've never seen that action live, myself. Granted, I aim for the target and not all the other stuff.


I was at Firing Line one morning probably ~8 years ago and some dude shot off his own thumb. Early morning so nothing much in town was going on and seemed like every cop in Englewood had to come by. I don't know if anyone was "detained" but a buddy and I were stuck up in their retail store for a solid 45 minutes while they sorted it all out.




Edit: Shootist.

[O2HeN2]

Why I like a membership-only range like Whistling Pines. Not perfect, but much safer grade of shooter.

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[Gman]

What I've been hit with behind the firing line I wouldn't define as "shrapnel". It's usually jacketing material that comes back toward the shooter after the lead bullet splatters against the trap. Most of it is usually closer to the floor height, so don't wear open toed sandals.

I've also been hit by bullet splatter outside with a group shooting steel targets, so it's not unique to indoor ranges. I've been nicked in the face a couple of times by it. It's one of the reasons we wear safety glasses, right?

[HBARleatherneck]

Every single cowboy action match you shoot, you will get hit with lead. Sometimes it hurts, sometimes it doesnt, sometimes it draws blood.

[O2HeN2]

What I always thought was an amazing video:



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[Jefe's AR]

That private membership fee doesn't sting as bad now.

I've only been hit with hot brass. Sometimes down the back of my neck after my shirt caught it. Most of this happened at The Shootist. Not sure what was up w/ their stalls, but I usually observed ejected shells coming over the stall divider. The guy to my left coming at me and mine going to the guy on the right. Sometimes it bounces off before going over and that's usually when I start dancing.

[motoboy]

What I've been hit with behind the firing line I wouldn't define as "shrapnel". It's usually jacketing material that comes back toward the shooter after the lead bullet splatters against the trap.

Yes, a much better description than I used.

I just wanted to make clear that it was some type of bounce back/ricochet material that she was hit with as opposed to a direct shot or AD type of scenario.

[Colorado Fatboy]

What I've been hit with behind the firing line I wouldn't define as "shrapnel". It's usually jacketing material that comes back toward the shooter after the lead bullet splatters against the trap. Most of it is usually closer to the floor height, so don't wear open toed sandals.

I've also been hit by bullet splatter outside with a group shooting steel targets, so it's not unique to indoor ranges. I've been nicked in the face a couple of times by it. It's one of the reasons we wear safety glasses, right?

This happened to me a few months ago. I was shooting steel plates outside and took a good chunk to the face. It actually went up under my safety glases and stuck under my eye. I had a pretty good cut on my nose and burn under my eye. Could have been real ugly without safety glasses. The worst part was everyone asking "what happened to your face?!"

[izzy]

I used to shoot at the Silver Bullet quite a bit. I used to get hit by some type of bounce back all the time. I don't know what it was that was hitting me for sure. Usually in the shins, it'd sting pretty good sometimes. I've never noticed it at other ranges.

[milwaukeeshaker]

And you guys still think they are not keeping records on guns. He was not even near the accident, so why were photos taken? I will bet everybody on that range had their pic taken and also a photo of the firearm and serial.

Well I was on the range today when this all went down. Last I heard it was only a bit of shrapnel to her arm.

I had been in the store last week checking out a CZ 75B compact PCR. I had worked some OT this week and with the crappy weather I decided to take some pistols with me and also buy the CZ if they still had it. Got there about 1:00 and was done with paper work and on the range right before 2:00. I had taken a peak into the check in area when I first got there and they were not too busy but by the time it took me to get back they had filled up a bit.

A very young couple were filling out paper work and right when I was gearing up to go into the range he was like "I want to rent a AR". With this and the wanna be gangbangers that were all milling about inside I was glad they had two range officers and my assigned lane was the very last one on the right. About a half hour in and being very pleased with my latest purchase there was a bit of commotion. I was loading up some more mags I had been kind of keeping a eye on things anyway but did not really see anything going on. I had heard some non pistol rounds going off at a fairly high rate and know that this is frowned on. It did not last long and figured that one of the RSO had put the kibosh on it. Was it the AR guy ? not sure, they also had a rental PS90 out on the line at the time also.

A few minutes later I heard one of the RSO say to the other " she is just hit on the arm" and "she is at the counter getting cleaned up". It was just a few minutes later when the cease fire and safety all weapons order was given. In came a bunch of sheriff officers and Arvada PD. Everyone was told to leave their stations as is and to come out to lobby. Those of us who were actually inside the range were sectioned off from those who were not inside at the time. We were all asked to ID ourselves and give basic info. After about a hour and half wait the detectives showed up, we were escorted back in and told to stand just outside the booth we were occupying at the time. Since I was by myself and not near the lane she got hit me and my firearms were photographed and told I could clean up and leave.

My best guess. AR kid was shooting too fast for his skill level. Hit something solid and the gal got hit. Not sure, could have been PS90 dude also???

One other observation. The young couple, the group of "kids" and gal that was hit all looked Hispanic. They did not all group together while we were waiting so I do not think they knew each other. I do think that the investigators were looking at this angle though.