I'd like to see what other people think about a range safety issue. PLEASE read my question carefully and answer my specific question, not what you THINK I'm going to ask from a quick glance .
Understand that my mind is made up on this issue, but I want to see if anyone agrees with me.
Situation: You have just arrived at a lightly-attended range. You set up on one end of the line, in front of the 25-yard pistol butts. The nearest shooter to you is over 100 feet away, in front of the 200-yard rifle butts. The line has just gone "hot".
You tell the Range Officer "I'm going to do some chronographing. May I set up my stands six feet in front of my bench while the range is hot, or do you want me to wait 1/2 hour 'til the next cease-fire?" Alternatively, if there is no Range Officer around, you walk down to the nearest shooters (40 yards away) and ask the same question.
I understand that the answer may be "No, you'll have to wait, those are the rules."
My question: Is it ACCEPTABLE for the range officer to say "Sure, there's no one near you. I'll go tell the other shooters so they know you asked first."
If there's no range officer, is it acceptable for the other shooters to say "Okay" when you ask them?
If you were there and saw a range officer do this, would you say to yourself "This range is really unsafe, I'm never coming back"?
JR
Understand that my mind is made up on this issue, but I want to see if anyone agrees with me.
Situation: You have just arrived at a lightly-attended range. You set up on one end of the line, in front of the 25-yard pistol butts. The nearest shooter to you is over 100 feet away, in front of the 200-yard rifle butts. The line has just gone "hot".
You tell the Range Officer "I'm going to do some chronographing. May I set up my stands six feet in front of my bench while the range is hot, or do you want me to wait 1/2 hour 'til the next cease-fire?" Alternatively, if there is no Range Officer around, you walk down to the nearest shooters (40 yards away) and ask the same question.
I understand that the answer may be "No, you'll have to wait, those are the rules."
My question: Is it ACCEPTABLE for the range officer to say "Sure, there's no one near you. I'll go tell the other shooters so they know you asked first."
If there's no range officer, is it acceptable for the other shooters to say "Okay" when you ask them?
If you were there and saw a range officer do this, would you say to yourself "This range is really unsafe, I'm never coming back"?
JR