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Model Forum / Radio Controlled / Air Models / June 2006Are Gun Ranges Safe?
Extremely - much more so than Model Airplane fields. Very few shooters get killed and maimed. The opposite is true with the little airplanes. > Extremely - > much more so than Model Airplane fields. > Very few shooters get killed and maimed. The opposite is true with the > little airplanes. Haha, the club I used to belong to, the flying field was ON the gun range. I don't recall any deaths or maimng tho, so yes, you're right, gun ranges are safer. d I'll go along with that. mk Oh dern, i nibbled. :) > Extremely - > much more so than Model Airplane fields. > Very few shooters get killed and maimed. The opposite is true with the > little airplanes. One of the clubs I belong to must be extra safe. Our flying field is bordered on the north by a public skeet shooting range and to the south by the police shooting range. Any errant model planes can quickly be blown to pieces before they're allowed to crash into anybody and cause injury. By coincidence, we've never gotten a noise complaint that our planes are too loud there. > Extremely - > much more so than Model Airplane fields. > Very few shooters get killed and maimed. The opposite is true with the > little airplanes. Is the flying field in the LA basin not next to a gun range ?? I think it is called "something downs" or whatever. Been a very long time since I was there. > One of the clubs I belong to must be extra safe. Our flying field is > bordered on the north by a public skeet shooting range and to the south by [quoted text clipped - 3 lines] > By coincidence, we've never gotten a noise complaint that our planes are > too loud there. Whittier Narrows is close to a trap shooting range. No ranges at The Basin.  SignatureDan AMA605992 KE6ERB http://www.fubar1.net "I've heard the screams of the vegetables..." Take out the "trash" to reply > Is the flying field in the LA basin not next to a gun range ?? > I think it is called "something downs" or whatever. [quoted text clipped - 8 lines] >> By coincidence, we've never gotten a noise complaint that our planes are >> too loud there. Yep that was the one. Thanks Fubar for refeshing my memory. > Whittier Narrows is close to a trap shooting range. No ranges at The > Basin. 'Cowboy' gun sport ends in tragedy Ocala Star-Banner December 18. 2005 6:01AM OCALA NATIONAL FOREST - A 39-year-old man apparently accidentally shot himself to death at a gun range Saturday while practicing a popular sport called cowboy action shooting. RS > Extremely - > much more so than Model Airplane fields. > Very few shooters get killed and maimed. The opposite is true with the > little airplanes. > 'Cowboy' gun sport ends in tragedy > Ocala Star-Banner [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > RS I just knew you would be here waving a flag, chicken f.cker. I could give you five model airplane deaths and a few hundred injuries for last year alone. When I say "chicken f.cker", I mean both kinds. You sound about 75 - am I close? I'm deeply impressed with the articulate reply Zara. You sound about 16 - am I close? > > 'Cowboy' gun sport ends in tragedy > > Ocala Star-Banner [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > alone. When I say "chicken f.cker", I mean both kinds. You sound about > 75 - am I close? > 'Cowboy' gun sport ends in tragedy > Ocala Star-Banner [quoted text clipped - 4 lines] > > RS Gun ranges are safe refuge compared to skiing slopes. At least practicing with a gun provides a benefit that is used in the rest of your life. Skiing? Idiocy, unless you live in the far northern latitudes. With that said, no one gets out of life alive. Do what pleases you, as long as it harms no one else. Happy Holidays, everyone. Ed Cregger What is it about these trolls that you all feel compelled to line up behind the boat and snap up the bait? In looking at this group, time after time, you all allow a few trolls to destroy what is otherwise a good group.... a place were good information on modeling can be found. Why, why, why, can't you ignore them? > What is it about these trolls that you all feel compelled to line up > behind the boat and snap up the bait? In looking at this group, time > after time, you all allow a few trolls to destroy what is otherwise a > good group.... a place were good information on modeling can be found. > Why, why, why, can't you ignore them? Without trolls, this would be a very dull place. Why, why, why do you keep denying. > What is it about these trolls that you all feel compelled > to line up [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > can be found. > Why, why, why, can't you ignore them? We are "socializing" by aligning our opinions of the topic. It is a loose form of bonding on like issues. Loosen up a bit. Take it easy. Usenet, or any other public forum, will never be tantamount to a super professional exchange of raw data. It just ain't gonna happen. Happy Holidays Ed Cregger >> What is it about these trolls that you all feel compelled to line up >> behind the boat and snap up the bait? In looking at this group, time [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > Ed Cregger I must say, that after getting to know you better, you're not bad at all. I agree Ed....I'm down here in Arlington...he he he....you are a pretty good guy... CJ >>> What is it about these trolls that you all feel compelled to line up >>> behind the boat and snap up the bait? In looking at this group, time [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > I must say, that after getting to know you better, you're not bad at all. >Extremely - >much more so than Model Airplane fields. >Very few shooters get killed and maimed. The opposite is true with the >little airplanes. Much safer than living in Toronto ("") > Extremely - > much more so than Model Airplane fields. > Very few shooters get killed and maimed. The opposite is true with the > little airplanes. Yes It's the idiots on them that are not safe. Our free flight fields are as safe as your free fight bullet ranges, but I'll bet if you had radio controlled bullets things would be different! When you have radio controlled bullets, thing will be very different! I guess not too safe if they don't like yer. lol > I guess not too safe if they don't like yer. lol Also not advisable to fly at a skeet range!! >I guess not too safe if they don't like yer. lol They are a lot "safer" than Model Aviation Fields. They discourage "a.sholes" from shooting. If you want to see a bunch of clowns in action - go over to the Tri County Eagles field, in Mahopac, NY. Be sure to wear your Hardhat. Outdoor ranges are safe as far as getting shot goes,but indoor ranges have a danger of getting hit with a ricashade round. Also a danger at an indoor range is the noise . Even with ear protection you can have hearing damage. If you shoot indoor, hook your shooting glasses over the earmuffs, not underneath them. Don't shoot magnums indoors. >I guess not too safe if they don't like yer. lol > Outdoor ranges are safe as far as getting shot goes,but indoor ranges > have a danger of getting hit with a ricashade round. Also a danger at > an indoor range is the noise . Even with ear protection you can have > hearing damage. If you shoot indoor, hook your shooting glasses over > the earmuffs, not underneath them. Don't shoot magnums indoors. I've never worried about a ricochet at a properly designed indoor range. We even had one guy that just got his 1911 45 back from a "well known" gunsmith, that went full auto when he first fired it in a IPSC match - needless to say, a few rounds went up to the ceiling (concrete). Yeah, I know, shoulda tried it before, but he just got it back that afternoon. However, even with "good" ventilation systems, the fumes can get kinda thick if many are firing (the one I went to had four seperate ranges)!!! >> Outdoor ranges are safe as far as getting shot goes,but indoor ranges >> have a danger of getting hit with a ricashade round. Also a danger at [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > However, even with "good" ventilation systems, the fumes can get kinda > thick if many are firing (the one I went to had four seperate ranges)!!! I believe the biggest danger by far in indoor ranges are the lead fumes. I gave up shooting in an indoor four-position smallbore rifle league because none of the ranges had proper ventilation. One of the guys on my team was tested for lead levels and he was way above the healthy limit. I'm dumb enough without plugging up my synapses with lead. :-) Good shooting, desmobob CRaSH...You're right about the fumes..also there is the lead danger. The way to avoid the full auto possibility is to load only one round in the magazine and one in the chamber, try the gun and if O.K. add a couple more in the mag. and try again. This should be done any time work has been done on the trigger pull etc. >> Outdoor ranges are safe as far as getting shot goes,but indoor ranges >> have a danger of getting hit with a ricashade round. Also a danger at [quoted text clipped - 9 lines] > However, even with "good" ventilation systems, the fumes can get kinda > thick if many are firing (the one I went to had four seperate ranges)!!! ...and it depends which end of the guns you are at - pointy end is not so good, blunt end is (usually) OK David > I guess not too safe if they don't like yer. lol |
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