Rockrivr1
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Yesterday I was at one of the local clubs I belong to shooting at the rifle range. The firing line is pretty long and it's covered from one end to the other with a wood roof. When I got to the range, there were other guys there spread out across the range. The far left side was open so I drove from the road, which comes in on the right, to the far left and started setting up.
While I was there the other guys left, leaving me alone. Since I was set up already I stayed where I was. As I was about done shooting the Tuesday night Trap / Skeet league was starting up and I could hear them shooting away. The Trap/Skeet range is right next to the rifle range on the side that I was shooting on.
I wasn't paying to much attention to them, but they must have had several throwers going because the shooting was constant. Because of the noise I left my hearing protection on while I was cleaning up. As I was loading my stuff in the trunk, I took off my hearing protection and put it in the trunk as well. That's when I heard it
I hear noises sounding like rain coming throught the tree branches above. Before I know it, there's shot raining down right on top of me. The pellets were landing around me, bouncing off my car and off the roof of the covered firing line. I'm like, WHAT THE HELL!!! As I jump in the car I'm hearing the shot come through the trees all over the place. I put the car in reverse in a hurry and scram out of there.
Come to find out the Trap/Skeet range is set up so that the clay pigeons fly towards the rifle range. I was talking with one of the guys at the clubhouse and he was saying how someone should put a sign up telling people about that. Yeah! YOU THINK!!!!! :banghead:
Supposedly it only happens on the far left of the firing line. Does anyone belong to a club where this happens?
While I was there the other guys left, leaving me alone. Since I was set up already I stayed where I was. As I was about done shooting the Tuesday night Trap / Skeet league was starting up and I could hear them shooting away. The Trap/Skeet range is right next to the rifle range on the side that I was shooting on.
I wasn't paying to much attention to them, but they must have had several throwers going because the shooting was constant. Because of the noise I left my hearing protection on while I was cleaning up. As I was loading my stuff in the trunk, I took off my hearing protection and put it in the trunk as well. That's when I heard it
I hear noises sounding like rain coming throught the tree branches above. Before I know it, there's shot raining down right on top of me. The pellets were landing around me, bouncing off my car and off the roof of the covered firing line. I'm like, WHAT THE HELL!!! As I jump in the car I'm hearing the shot come through the trees all over the place. I put the car in reverse in a hurry and scram out of there.
Come to find out the Trap/Skeet range is set up so that the clay pigeons fly towards the rifle range. I was talking with one of the guys at the clubhouse and he was saying how someone should put a sign up telling people about that. Yeah! YOU THINK!!!!! :banghead:
Supposedly it only happens on the far left of the firing line. Does anyone belong to a club where this happens?