Shooting Range Etiquette...

[wbear]

Its so cheap to setup cameras now-a-days I'd just do that. If somthing happens review the video, find out who did it, and ban their ass. Have a camera in the parking area too in case you don't know their name you can see what car they get into. Make it very clear with signs that all actions on the line will be video recorded and people won't act up as much. You can post written rules all day long but unless you can enforce them, there will be those people who don't give a crap. If you can hold them accountable and/or kick em out on the other hand, then things would change.

Too much like a police state IMO but would be great on the Arizona border.

 

[ChattanoogaPhil]

Its so cheap to setup cameras now-a-days I'd just do that. If somthing happens review the video, find out who did it, and ban their ass. Have a camera in the parking area too in case you don't know their name you can see what car they get into. Make it very clear with signs that all actions on the line will be video recorded and people won't act up as much. You can post written rules all day long but unless you can enforce them, there will be those people who don't give a crap. If you can hold them accountable and/or kick em out on the other hand, then things would change.

+1

At the outdoor private club we got electronic gate cards and cameras. There's no secret about when someone arrives, when they leave, or what they did while they were there. No range officers (not counting organized shooting events on weekends). 180 acres and 6 ranges.... 7 days..... it's awesome. At the indoor private club we got cameras everywhere.... upstairs in the store and downstairs in the range, lobby and gun cleaning room. Not sure if there is a camera in the gunsmith shop or not but I'm thinking there is.

Wbear- "Police State". Not at all. Clean well kept ranges with polite and safe folks following the rules.

 

[AirLitenewbie]

Quick question: Should I be picking up my spent casings? I always clean off the concrete or shooting rest. Just wondering what you guys do with that 22 brass

Since all I shoot are revolvers, my spent casings never hit the ground unless I'm practicing with a speed-loader (in which case I pick them up later). I eject them directly into either a nail apron that I'm wearing for that purpose, or the plastic bag they'll go home in. This makes it super-easy to keep different size casings separate for either reloading or turning in for scrap. My presumption is that my casings are refuse that results from my activity, so I'm responsible for them just as I am for any other trash I generate.

By the way, as ore deposits for all of our favorite metals are becoming increasingly hard to find planet-wide and scrap/recycling will become more important in generating our materials, you might really miss those casings someday.

As to the subject of this thread, I think that creating a pamphlet might feel satisfying for the people who write it, but will make little difference because it would be preaching to the choir. The people who care already do the right thing, and the people who don't care won't read the pamphlet, or follow the guidelines if they do.

Our club has the few bad apples that you seem to find everywhere, who leave trash around (remarkable quantities) and have to practically crawl over the large "Handguns only" signs at the outdoor pistol range to destroy it with heavy-duty firearms. I actually caught someone in the act of that last one; a club officer was able to get there while the perps were still in place. They were terribly apologetic, didn't see the signs, and of course, they'd never do it again. Except that while I was watching, they literally destroyed our last remaining target stand. How they could not notice that they were literally blasting it to pieces, I can't imagine. Perhaps the same visual issues that prevented them seeing the signs.

Pamphlets aren't going to change people like that. I wish it was that easy.

 

[wbear]

+1

At the indoor private club we got cameras everywhere.... upstairs in the store and downstairs in the range, lobby and gun cleaning room. Not sure if there is a camera in the gunsmith shop or not but I'm thinking there is.

Wbear- "Police State". Not at all. Clean well kept ranges with polite and safe folks following the rules.

Yes cameras "everywhere" will catch the violators and that is good but there is a tipping point, i.e Britian. Too many cameras can make an oppressive atmosphere and become no fun. I don't want to be recorded when I scratch my a*s or pick my nose! How about putting up the cameras when there is a problem and taking most of them down after the perps are caught.

 

[Scuds03]

Yes cameras "everywhere" will catch the violators and that is good but there is a tipping point, i.e Britian. Too many cameras can make an oppressive atmosphere and become no fun. I don't want to be recorded when I scratch my a*s or pick my nose! How about putting up the cameras when there is a problem and taking most of them down after the perps are caught.

If video was so oppressing no one would shop at the grocery store, malls, wal-mart, target,go to casinos.. so on and so forth. The only time tapes would get review is if something happened that warrented taking the time to sit, watch and find out who shot something they werent supposed to and why. No range is going to be able to afford someone to sit and watch the cameras all the time. If someone happens to see you pick a wedgie on camera who cares we all do it! Its just a tool to keep would be yayhoos honest and accountable if they decide to be detructive.

 

[MnCowboy96]

I personally would feel perfectly okay with shooting at a range that was using security camera's. The only time any footage would be reviewed would be when there was an event that called for it. If they wanted to watch me shoot, go for it.

 

[340six]

I do not know how else to put other than "I have been shot in the leg at an indoor range"
I was younger and was shooting with my dad when I feal this "burning" and see blood and torn pants leg.
Strange it did not hurt till later shock
I remember it like yesterday! First dad says whats wrong? Gun will not fire....ect. Since I was shootin at the time with him looking on.
The Idiot was still takin pot shots at the side wall {Filed cinder blocks} and says hey I was just takin a few shots to see what damage it would do!

 

[jagen heie]

wow thats crazy. but as to the camera's ummm eventually someone would probably shoot them

 

[enfield]

wow thats crazy. but as to the camera's ummm eventually someone would probably shoot them

We'd probably know who did it, wouldn't we?

 

[Scuds03]

wow thats crazy. but as to the camera's ummm eventually someone would probably shoot them

Then they would not only get banned from the range but be prosecuted criminally. Then sued in small claims court if the range owner is pissed enough to take the time to do it.

 

[melloyello]

sounds cool. but the bad apples are still going to be the bad apples. Doesn't matter what rules or etiqutte there is if they want they still are going to show no respect for the range

just my thought

I could not agree more.