Indoor range ventilation

[Bugkiller99]

Went to the local indoor range yesterday.

Now, normally, the air exchange there is such it resembles a small hurricane. To the degree you have to use cardboard backers for your targets.

Walked in yesterday, and it was dead calm. Acrid odor in the air. Smoke everywhere. Immediately Went to the desk and asked about it. "Oh, forgot to turn it on".

TURN IT ON?? Why was it off????

There were several shooters on the line when I walked in. They left shortly thereafter, so it seems they had been there for a while.

Needless to say, I waited a bit before going back on the line. Waited for the smoke to clear, literally.

How can you not notice a complete lack of ventilation? Smoke everywhere? If you are at an indoor range you should always be aware of the ventilation. Lead poisoning is an inherent risk at indoor ranges.

 

[diamonback68]

But, look what they have working there, not exactly MIT graduates.

 

[NZshooter]

But, look what they have working there, not exactly MIT graduates.

This. ^^^^^ Customers too.

I worked at a range part time for a while, sometimes we'd forget to turn on the vent system. I was always amazed how most people didn't care or notice. One time the whole system was down, we told people not to shoot but we couldn't prohibit them either and the boss didn't care (money is money) but some people, some of them not even hood rats, kept on shooting even when the there was so much smoke you literally couldn't see the backstop!!

 

[Salty RI]

I used to shoot at indoor ranges that didn't have any ventilation.

 

[USAF385]

My back yard has more than adequate ventilation....

 

[Bugkiller99]

My back yard has more than adequate ventilation....

Someday, my friend, someday.

 

[scooter123]

Last Saturday I went to a local indoor 50 yard range to sight in the new scope on my Rossi M92 and test some new 357 Magnum loads. The owner told me he was only going to charge me for a 1/2 hour but I could stay as long as I wanted to. Once I got into the range I understood why, that range couldn't have been over 30 to 35 degrees. Problem was it was so cold outside that with the air handlers turned on the heating system couldn't come close to keeping up. I got the rifle sighted in and tested one new load but after 40 minutes I started getting the shakes and called it a day.

 

[chief38]

These days we are more knowledgeable and much more serious about health concerns. Go back 50 years and I'll bet there are quite a few here that would shoot their .22 in the Basement on a Saturday afternoon - with no ventilation.