I stay away from indoor ranges to avoid the contained report intensity and the contained pollutants - some indoor ranges are worse than others. Outdoor firearms shooting allows a much larger atmosphere to dissipate the report noise and the burned powder byproducts. In other words, I am an indoor range sissy but doggonnit, I like me.
Same thing happened to me at my favorite outdoor range. Fortunately they weren't very busy and I was able to move away from him and continue my session.At a outdoor range where I used to shoot I had a guy on my right shooting a 338 Lapua and a 300 Win Mag, both had muzzle brakes. Almost blew me off my bench just from the deflected gasses and the noise was unreal. I had to stop and move away until he quit shooting.
our outdoor range always asks if you have a muzzle brake. if so they set you up further from others. with muzzle loaders they usually try to set you up downwind of others.Same thing happened to me at my favorite outdoor range. Fortunately they weren't very busy and I was able to move away from him and continue my session.
I am very selective when I go to the indoor range. Weird weekdays such as Tuesday morning when they open at 10 or Wednesday afternoon, I usually have the place to myself.