Unauthorized tracer burns down Dallas gun range.

[Cixelsid 1]

http://www.wfaa.com/home/Three-alarm-fire-engulfs-Dallas-gun-range-192889931.html

[ryan_j 0]

I had no idea the backstop was that flammable. I think RTSP uses shredded rubber tires in theirs?

[Krdshrk 3,878]

Wow... Idiots firing tracers indoors...

[Smokin .50 1,907]

RULES ARE RULES AND IDIOTS SHOULD NOT BREED!

[Clintoon Eastwood 2]

Damn... They burned down all the ammo in there too

[XDJohnTact 49]

Tires are very hard to put out once they catch on fire!

[henrym 19]

The shredded tires, in addition to unburnt powder residue, are seriously flamable

[Pizza Bob 1,488]

The shredded tires, in addition to unburnt powder residue, are seriously flamable

 

^^^THIS^^^

 

I know of a range in VA that burned from mnoldering powder remnants being swept into the shredded tire backstop at the end of the day. Didn't actually start to burn until hours later, when no one was there - total loss.

 

Adios,

 

Pizza Bob

[raz-0 1,259]

The shredded tires, in addition to unburnt powder residue, are seriously flamable

 

Some ranges ban steel cased ammo because they can't sell the brass. Others ban it because they don't clean the powder residue well and the sparks from the steel jackets can cause problems.