kmw1954
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As an employee of a Public, DNR owned, outdoor shooting range here in SE Wisconsin I read this story with much interest. Only I find that there was a lot of information that was left out , intentionally or unintentionally.
Stuff like the location , design layout, proximity to residential areas, any berms, controlled shooting lanes. Is the area managed or staffed. or just an open area left to free range.
The DNR owned state land that the range I work at is in the Kettle Moraine State Forest where there are also hiking and horse trails. Yet this area is highly controlled and extremely safe. All ranges have berms on three sides, steel bullet catchers above each berm at the end of each range to retain ricochets. Then at the front of each range going downrange are bullet baffles to prevent shooting up and over the berms.
Remember this range I work at is not in a 1k acre wide open unpopulated area. We are just miles from a couple of small towns and about 10-15 miles from two small cities.
Hope Michigan resolves this and is able to reopen the area.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-shooting-range-temporarily-closes-105200924.html
Stuff like the location , design layout, proximity to residential areas, any berms, controlled shooting lanes. Is the area managed or staffed. or just an open area left to free range.
The DNR owned state land that the range I work at is in the Kettle Moraine State Forest where there are also hiking and horse trails. Yet this area is highly controlled and extremely safe. All ranges have berms on three sides, steel bullet catchers above each berm at the end of each range to retain ricochets. Then at the front of each range going downrange are bullet baffles to prevent shooting up and over the berms.
Remember this range I work at is not in a 1k acre wide open unpopulated area. We are just miles from a couple of small towns and about 10-15 miles from two small cities.
Hope Michigan resolves this and is able to reopen the area.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/michigan-shooting-range-temporarily-closes-105200924.html