I am a new member of the OBRPC and should have asked this at the orientation but forgot. I know that we can not shoot at bottles or cans at the indoor range. What about steel targets, both indoor and outdoor, that you can purchase from sporting stores and they are basic plates either static or rotate when you hit them. Something like this

No steel inside due to the ricochet hazard. Outside is fine though as long as the rounds are impacting the berm.

Thanks Hanry. So indoor only paper, outdoor pretty much anything?

yup, that about covers it. No glass or fruit/vegetables outside either.

OBRPC does have indoor steel events that you can participate in. You need to buy the frangible ammo they sell at the match. I think that league is over now though, runs in the winter months. I think the Indoor Action League (USPSA lite indoors) has steel targets from time to time. Again, these are club-run events, at no other times can you bring your own steel plates indoors, only outdoors.

Thanks Hanry. So indoor only paper, outdoor pretty much anything?

 

You can't shoot anything that will leave a hazard to the next shooter. IE no Glass, Bottles etc.

Also no fruits/vegetables because whatever you don't clean up will attract animals / bugs.

 

Pretty much if you can 99% clean up what you shoot its ok.

 

Plastic bottles filled with water make nice targets

This ^^^^^ plinking "swinger" target is set-up for outside use since it's low to the ground and any misses impact the ground just in front of the berms. If you used something like THIS^^^ indoors, you would skid your misses across the floor to the back stop. That's why we don't shoot these types of targets indoors.

 

Paper targets posted on our frames outside should be hung (at the berms) in a way so as to enable a miss to NOT HIT the corners of the target frame, thus NOT damaging the wooden frames. Generally range rules dictate only ONE target per frame, HOWEVER, IF you're either shooting really small targets, are a very good shot, or BOTH, and you can align your targets in such an array so as to ensure that a miss would NOT damage the wooden frames by splintering them, then the Range Officers can use their discretion. When you take a look at the pile of shot-to-pieces target frames by our lazy Barney Fife's, you'll begin to understand why we have some of our Range Rules. It's always best to bring at least one of your own target frames to ensure you'll have one to shoot with. We try to keep up with replacing the shot-up frames, but sometimes it's just impossible...

 

While I'm on the soap box, please remember to use any short-range target frames (at the Indoor Range) towards the center 6 shooting lanes so as to avoid shooting the side walls. Also please remember to place a single target on your target frame at the height the muzzle will be pointing at ignition. So this means a 7' guy doesn't place a target on the bottom of the short frame and a 5' person doesn't place their target at the very top of their target frame. Doing this keeps the muzzle properly aligned with the back stop and thus avoids rounds being skidded across the floor and pumped into the overheads or ceiling! It's what we "in-the-know" refer to as "engaging within the Cone of Fire". In short, all rounds go where they should!

 

Enjoy your membership and welcome to one of the nicest clubs in the State!

 

Dave

PPC League Chairman

Thank you very much guys. This was helpful