Caliper_Mi
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Was out at the range yesterday with my g/f and a co-worker. We had the clays field to ourselves and took the opportunity to try something I have heard of people playing. We'd launch a clay and if shooter 1 missed it, shooter 2 would take a follow up shot to hit the clay, or a large chunk from the clay if there was one. Each shooter was at a separate station seperated by probably 10-15 feet.
Eventually, a range officer saw this (they spend most of their time at the rifle/pistol range and leave the shotgun area pretty much DIY) and told us we could not do it, it was unsafe. His claim was this: That with two people firing at the same target, you would have the shot richochet and come back at the shooters.
He was not too clear what the shot would richochet off of but I am assuming individual pellets richocheting off each other? (obviously can't be off the clay!) This really doesn't sound like something that makes sense to me and I was wondering if anyone else had heard of this and knew whether it is true or not. Obviously we can't do this at that range either way, but would like to know if we were really flirting with danger.
On the plus side, he did tell us that it was OK to launch two targets and that the "single load only" signs meant one load per target so it was OK to have one shooter going after two clays. We've only done recreational clay shooting using a hand or spring powered launcher, so that was a bunch of fun although my hit rate did go down.
Eventually, a range officer saw this (they spend most of their time at the rifle/pistol range and leave the shotgun area pretty much DIY) and told us we could not do it, it was unsafe. His claim was this: That with two people firing at the same target, you would have the shot richochet and come back at the shooters.
He was not too clear what the shot would richochet off of but I am assuming individual pellets richocheting off each other? (obviously can't be off the clay!) This really doesn't sound like something that makes sense to me and I was wondering if anyone else had heard of this and knew whether it is true or not. Obviously we can't do this at that range either way, but would like to know if we were really flirting with danger.
On the plus side, he did tell us that it was OK to launch two targets and that the "single load only" signs meant one load per target so it was OK to have one shooter going after two clays. We've only done recreational clay shooting using a hand or spring powered launcher, so that was a bunch of fun although my hit rate did go down.