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Shooter
3 of us went to Atterbury today. Rented 2 lanes and shot for about an hour before 4 people from Bloomington showed up and sat up next to us. RO's were doing a very good job and I didn't pay any attention to the new people. Shooting from the 100 yd benches, I'm popping off 5.56 with a bolt gun and the next thing I know, it sounded like a howitzer going off next to me and the blast and concussion was awful. Targets and ammo were blown off my bench by the blast!
They were shooting a .338 Lapua Magnum with a brake on it. The break was diverting the blast directly at me. The sound of the report with
all the concrete walls and baffling was tremendous. My rifle and optics are filthy from his spent powder. At the next Cease Fire we decided to leave.
While standing behind the yellow like while the range was cold, I spoke with them and said the blast was awful and that I had problems shooting with blast and the strong concussion. I said that is too much gun for a facility like this.
He got real defensive and started saying "It's legal though" and kept repeating it.
I replied, I never said it wasn't legal, it's too big for this facility and is bothering other shooters and you are not being considerate to them. A yelling argument then began.
We left and all 3 of us were complaining about headaches from the concussion.
I can't believe with the safety focus Atterbury has, that they don't do something about protecting nearby shooters from the blast and concussion from heavy rifles with brakes. The people on the other side of us had a .308 railgun with a brake and while the noise of the report were a bit louder, the blast
was negligible.
I have no problems with .50 BMG and other big caliber rifles and enjoy shooting them. But the .338 Lapua with a brake in a baffled range where the benches are only 4 feet apart is not comfortable.
They were shooting a .338 Lapua Magnum with a brake on it. The break was diverting the blast directly at me. The sound of the report with
all the concrete walls and baffling was tremendous. My rifle and optics are filthy from his spent powder. At the next Cease Fire we decided to leave.
While standing behind the yellow like while the range was cold, I spoke with them and said the blast was awful and that I had problems shooting with blast and the strong concussion. I said that is too much gun for a facility like this.
He got real defensive and started saying "It's legal though" and kept repeating it.
I replied, I never said it wasn't legal, it's too big for this facility and is bothering other shooters and you are not being considerate to them. A yelling argument then began.
We left and all 3 of us were complaining about headaches from the concussion.
I can't believe with the safety focus Atterbury has, that they don't do something about protecting nearby shooters from the blast and concussion from heavy rifles with brakes. The people on the other side of us had a .308 railgun with a brake and while the noise of the report were a bit louder, the blast
was negligible.
I have no problems with .50 BMG and other big caliber rifles and enjoy shooting them. But the .338 Lapua with a brake in a baffled range where the benches are only 4 feet apart is not comfortable.