ammo.crafter
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Is anyone familiar with this type of competition?
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Indoor rimfire steel challenge
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ammo.crafter
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That's what I was thinking but this has been going on for many years. Perhaps using frangible ammo?
That's what I was thinking but this has been going on for many years. Perhaps using frangible ammo?
Jim Watson
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Why would it not be?
A little spatter off the plates is not going anywhere it wouldn't outside.
A little spatter off the plates is not going anywhere it wouldn't outside.
stinkeypete
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Our club has spent a small fortune on our indoor range and air testing.
It's not safe to shoot steel indoors. Lead is nasty stuff. Even with a good ventilation system. And considering how much we spent over 3 iterations, I would bet that a bunch of fans is not sufficient.
The stuff gets on everything. It gets on your hands. Over a few years, everything in the club gets covered. And spreads.
Now, if you're an old man it might not matter if you lose a few brain cells.. but we have kids visiting and fellows with kids at home. Lead is real bad on developing brains. So... we have fun shooting paper and keeping count of our scores.
It's not safe to shoot steel indoors. Lead is nasty stuff. Even with a good ventilation system. And considering how much we spent over 3 iterations, I would bet that a bunch of fans is not sufficient.
The stuff gets on everything. It gets on your hands. Over a few years, everything in the club gets covered. And spreads.
Now, if you're an old man it might not matter if you lose a few brain cells.. but we have kids visiting and fellows with kids at home. Lead is real bad on developing brains. So... we have fun shooting paper and keeping count of our scores.
A little spatter off the plates is not going anywhere it wouldn't outside.
Splatter hitting the cement floor, over time will eat the floor away. Splatter that may go up will take out lighting and the ceiling. Not to mention the lead dust.....
Jim Watson
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The floor, walls, lights, and ceiling take a lot of punishment from just wild shots.
A board on the floor would protect that one narrow band from regular targets at the same range.
There are various opinions as to the main source of airborne lead.
Seems a tossup between styphnate primers and fume from powder flame and bore erosion.
Spatter off of a hard target likely too coarse to stay airborne long.
A board on the floor would protect that one narrow band from regular targets at the same range.
There are various opinions as to the main source of airborne lead.
Seems a tossup between styphnate primers and fume from powder flame and bore erosion.
Spatter off of a hard target likely too coarse to stay airborne long.
FrankenMauser
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Sounds like it should have been a large fortune, with some attention given to cleaning up the place.Our club has spent a small fortune on our indoor range and air testing.
Even low end indoor ranges usually have adequate ventilation and housekeeping procedures to prevent such a mess.