Precision Gun Range

[goldtrigger]

This was posted on Facebook today.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
DATE: November 21, 2017
Contact: Kim Bartlett
PHONE: (812) 650-8447
Spencer Shooting Range Resuming Operations
After Thorough Safety Review
SPENCER -- Today, Precision Gun Range, LLC of Spencer issued a public statement that it will be resuming operations of its rifle range within the coming days. After certain property owners more than a half mile to the south of the range made allegations that projectiles found on their properties came from the range, Precision voluntarily suspended use of the rifle range earlier this year. While there was no proof that Precision’s rifle range was the source of projectiles in an area known for many types of shooting on private property, Precision retained a leading, national range safety expert to review the range’s design and safety and operational protocols. The expert made several recommendations for further safety enhancements, in light of the pending litigation against the range, all of which the range has now implemented. The expert’s report concludes that with the safety enhancements in place the range both meets industry standards and a very high level of safety with respect to persons and property off-range. As a courtesy, Precision has shared the safety report with the Owen County Zoning Board and the local sheriff and state police, and it has met with the sheriff to go over the report. Precision Gun Range will be reopening the rifle range on December 1, 2017.

 

[Aflac]

Good deal

 

[ArisakaTiger]

Awesome.

 

[EyeCarry]

Yet another reason to go out for a visit/session. I was thinking about going anyway while the weather is nice.

 

[GlockRock]

I just saw on Fox59 that the range has been shut down again. Rifle range shut down again over concerns about bullets straying into neighbors? homes | FOX59

 

[DRob]

Complaining property owners are "more than a half mile" from the range. I'm wondering how much more but I would certainly not be comfortable at a half mile down range based on what I've seen at some ranges open to the public. We were just at Crosley last week. There are bullet holes in the safety warning signs at the firing line. Haven't been to Atterbury for some time but they had posted warnings about shooting the overhead baffles last time I was there. Being stupid and/or unsafe doesn't prevent one from owning a gun. We have total idiots amongst us!

 

[dusty88]

Not every facility has the right location and arrangement to have a rifle range. I don't know anything about the analysis, but if bullets are indeed going over or around the berm, that's not something to take lightly. We as gun owners should be the first to hold these ranges accountable.

 

[EyeCarry]

I just saw on Fox59 that the range has been shut down again. Rifle range shut down again over concerns about bullets straying into neighbors? homes | FOX59

Broken link

 

[tbhausen]

Just worked for me…

 

[gregkl]

Sorry to see this, but safety is number 1. I was there once and though the safety violations I saw would not have sent rounds beyond the range, they made me nervous when the RO didn't do anything about it.

My impression of the management/ownership was that they were most likely firearms enthusiasts with little formal training or experience in running a range.

I never went back.

 

[churchmouse]

Not every facility has the right location and arrangement to have a rifle range. I don't know anything about the analysis, but if bullets are indeed going over or around the berm, that's not something to take lightly. We as gun owners should be the first to hold these ranges accountable.

It is not the range if they are withing national guidelines. It is the idiot holding the gun. Lets hold then accountable.

 

[churchmouse]

Sorry to see this, but safety is number 1. I was there once and though the safety violations I saw would not have sent rounds beyond the range, they made me nervous when the RO didn't do anything about it.

My impression of the management/ownership was that they were most likely firearms enthusiasts with little formal training or experience in running a range.

I never went back.

And there you have it.

 

[Sniper 79]

I don't know how these ranges stay open. How do you police them? Cant imagine the insurance needed.

Like another fellow mentioned there are some mindless bung holes among us.

I was a member of a club oven in IL for about 12 years. Several times the guy living in back of range about a mile away found projectiles on his back patio. Lucky he was also a member and didn't get too bent about it. Turned out people were setting stuff on the ground to shoot at about 50yards out. Bullets hit the ground the pop back up out of the dirt and head right over the berm. Trees on top the berm were all shot to hell.

Another good one was we put up an archery platform stand and some archery targets. I roll up down there and a guy has a rifle up there blasting away at the shot gun portion of the range and archery targets.

I could go on and on with whack jobs down there. Ok one more......Dude rolls up on a Harley drunk as a skunk. I wasn't sure what to do but keep my hand on my SKS and watch. He pulls a pair of pistols out of the saddle bag and dual wields them. Complete mag dump on both guns simultaneously. Hopped back on his bike and off he went with his ol lady on the back. Barley made it out of the gravel parking lot.


Like I said not sure why or how they can stay alive and open to "the public" is beyond me. I am older and wiser now and only shoot alone on private land or private club with extremely low membership cap.

 

[churchmouse]

I don't know how these ranges stay open. How do you police them? Cant imagine the insurance needed.

Like another fellow mentioned there are some mindless bung holes among us.

I was a member of a club oven in IL for about 12 years. Several times the guy living in back of range about a mile away found projectiles on his back patio. Lucky he was also a member and didn't get too bent about it. Turned out people were setting stuff on the ground to shoot at about 50yards out. Bullets hit the ground the pop back up out of the dirt and head right over the berm. Trees on top the berm were all shot to hell.

Another good one was we put up an archery platform stand and some archery targets. I roll up down there and a guy has a rifle up there blasting away at the shot gun portion of the range and archery targets.

I could go on and on with whack jobs down there. Ok one more......Dude rolls up on a Harley drunk as a skunk. I wasn't sure what to do but keep my hand on my SKS and watch. He pulls a pair of pistols out of the saddle bag and dual wields them. Complete mag dump on both guns simultaneously. Hopped back on his bike and off he went with his ol lady on the back. Barley made it out of the gravel parking lot.


Like I said not sure why or how they can stay alive and open to "the public" is beyond me. I am older and wiser now and only shoot alone on private land or private club with extremely low membership cap.

And there you have it.

 

[dusty88]

Sorry to see this, but safety is number 1. I was there once and though the safety violations I saw would not have sent rounds beyond the range, they made me nervous when the RO didn't do anything about it.

I had a similar experience there. I was not on the rifle range but the logistics don't matter if the owners don't have safety concerns.

 

[gregkl]

I had a similar experience there. I was not on the rifle range but the logistics don't matter if the owners don't have safety concerns.

Maybe you and I were there at same time? Mine was during a steel challenge event and one of the guys swept us all standing in the covered area.

 

[bwframe]

Judge shuts down Spencer rifle range
(Sorry HTO link requiring sub. All I could dig up.)

...SPENCER — After reopening on Memorial Day weekend, Precision Gun’s rifle range has been shut down again as part of a lawsuit involving homeowners, the shooting range and the Owen County Board of Zoning Appeals.

Special Judge Michael D. Keele issued the ruling Friday, after a two-day hearing on the matter in November.

Keele was assigned to preside over the case, which was filed this past July following the BZA’s June 18 decision to allow the range to reopen.

This is the second civil lawsuit filed against the gun range by nearby homeowners Jerry and Kathy Wise and David and Brozia Drake. The first, filed in 2017, is pending.

Keele’s 19-page ruling details the history of the gun range back to March 2015 when Michael Marshall applied for a conditional use permit to build Precision Gun Range on four lots in Franklin Industrial Park II. Precision Gun Range and property owner Baron Creek bought just one of the parcels along Wood Drive, just off Ind. 43...





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[AlVine]

Slightly more, but no paywall.

https://indianapublicmedia.org/news/judge-precision-gun-rifle-range-cannot-reopen-as-is.php

 

[Karl-just-Karl]

Our club had to invest over $80,000 in improvements to the berms and baffle construction because of a similar situation with a neighbor 800 yards downrange. They couldn't prove it was us as there is frequent gunfire heard in the area but, you know, liability and PR.

We are now a no-blue-sky range. RSOs are also required for the range to be open.

Best of luck to them. I hope they can find the support necessary to stay open.