Blue Ridge Mountain Cave Stage -- possibly the coolest thing ever.

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How did they control the possibility of ricochets? It seems like, although pretty awesome, shooting in a case would be pretty hazardous.
 
From what I was told they used bullet-trap targets like some places are starting to use on all shoot-houses. Which is great as long as everyone hits the target or at least the backstop. It would seem to involve a somewhat heightened level of risk.

Personally ... and this is a bit embarassing ... it looks cool enough that I'd probably take the chance. :eek:
 
Yeah, that was a lot of fun. Easy to run past a target or two...

No on the frangible ammo. All of the targets were backed with six layers of conveyer belt fabric, which made for a good backstop. I don't think the ricochet hazard was terribly high when shooting limestone.

Oddly enough, the gunshot reports were substantially muffled in the cave. A hundred feet down, you could barely hear them if you kept your ears on.

-C
 
"You are in little twisty passages...you are about to be eaten by a grue."

T)ake pistol
T)ake flashlight

:D
 
Wow, that guy appears to be moving along pretty good for a no-light environment.

There is supposed to be a "low light" stage at the NC State IDPA this weekend. Not sure what to expect.

I think that guy could use a flashlight with a less focused beam.
 
Meanwhile, in the real world, a buncha bad guys with AKs are hiding in a cave. They redshirt their smelliest guy to draw fire, and concentrate their fire on the shooter as he engages the redshirt. After the racket ceases and many minutes of silence, the shooter's buddies, who are prudently waiting outside the cave decide that he's dead, realize that Plan A was really dumb, and then send in the satchel charges.

:neener:
 
I recently completed the Concealed Carry course at a local shooting range and part of the course included time in a simulator In my hand was a Glock except it fired a laser beam instead of a bullet. The scene was projected on the wall. The instructor was manning the console and could actually vary the scenarios at will. (Meaning you could go thru the same scenario has the guy ahead of you and what happened to you would be entirely different.) When it was over, the instructor could show you where your shots landed.

I was surprised how much it felt like the real thing. The adrenalin and endorphins are pumping... It REALLY felt REAL.
 
I am truly jealous of the man in that video. Sadly there are no caves (that I know of) around here, nor do I have the ability/funds to make a safe shooting environment in one if there was. *Sigh*, maybe one day...
 
Kendal Black said:
"You are in little twisty passages...you are about to be eaten by a grue."

T)ake pistol
T)ake flashlight

:D
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Ah, that brings back memories, but most people here are probably too young to have ever played Adventure, Colossal Cave, or even Zork.
 
Is there a purpose to this other than running thru a cave with a flashlight and shooting targets? I mean really what’s the purpose? :confused::confused::confused:

Granted for the majority this maybe a different experience but what’s the application other than being different?
 
Is there a purpose to this other than running thru a cave with a flashlight and shooting targets? I mean really what’s the purpose?

Granted for the majority this maybe a different experience but what’s the application other than being different?
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This is a competition stage from a 3-gun match.

In the practical or "action" shooting disciplines, the match director comes up with lots of different challenges for the shooters to tackle. A wide variety of such challenges might let him test shooters' abilities to shoot around obstacles, shoot while moving across broken ground, shoot in/around/from vehicles or buildings, engage moving targets, and lots of other skill sets.

The shooters' runs are timed and then their accuracy is combined with that time to determine a score. Fast is good. Accurate is great. But you have to balance the two to place well in competition. (...and in real life too! ;))

This one happened to combine low-light shooting/flashlight manipulation and movement in one stage, with the added benefits of the weird audio and visual orientation distortions of being in a cave. Having shot and run lots of low-light stages, with and without hand-held lights, I can promise that not very many shooters put them all in the "A" zone.

Not sure what "purpose" you're looking for. I mean, there weren't any real bad guys in the cave. No animals were being hunted. They weren't eliminating hunger or bringing about world peace. The purpose is simply to test shooters' skills and produce a score.
 
Neat idea for a stage...unfortunately that guy would have been as dead as Fanny's fried chicken in any real life scenario. Run around with the beam on--just change your name to "Bullet Magnet" why don't ya? <g>
 
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