Range Etiquette, What would you do in this situation?

JohnnyE · Feb 22, 2014

A long time ago the guy to my left didn't care that his brass flew over the partition and on me. I grabbed the small roll of gorilla tape I keep in my range bag and taped a cardboard target backer up to extend the partition up to the ceiling. Problem solved.

1ceman · Feb 22, 2014

hodgepodge said:
2. Always wear a hat when shooting. (It's how I was taught and I feel strange without one.)

My 40 yr NRA instructor explained this the 1st time we were at the range and my own casings were bouncing off the partition wall and hitting myself.

JHE1956 · Feb 22, 2014

1ceman said:
My 40 yr NRA instructor explained this the 1st time we were at the range and my own casings were bouncing off the partition wall and hitting myself.

I will definitely try the hat thing, although it will feel strange as (1) I am old enough that I was raised to not wear a hat indoors (2) the Navy definitely conditioned me to be "uncovered" indoors and (3) I have never really liked wearing hats ( and fortunately for men my age -- 57 -- I still have the full head of hair).

md_rick_o · Feb 22, 2014

JHE1956 said:
I will definitely try the hat thing, although it will feel strange as (1) I am old enough that I was raised to not wear a hat indoors (2) the Navy definitely conditioned me to be "uncovered" indoors and (3) I have never really liked wearing hats ( and fortunately for men my age -- 57 -- I still have the full head of hair).

Ah but when you are armed you stay covered.

JHE1956 · Feb 22, 2014

1ceman said:
My 40 yr NRA instructor explained this the 1st time we were at the range and my own casings were bouncing off the partition wall and hitting myself.

Being hit by one's own casings can be unpleasant. My Walther p1 regularly throws them back into my face and I once had one get caught between my glasses and my nose. Ouch! Worse was shooting skeet and having fragments from the broken high bird on station 7 hit me and cut open my forehead.

JHE1956 · Feb 22, 2014

md_rick_o said:
Ah but when you are armed you stay covered.

True -- not something my job in the Navy required much (active duty JAG, Reserve Intelligence). Did do a stint as a Boat Officer on a duty lifeboat crew and carried the M14 (we gave the rifle to the Boat Officer to cut down the numbers on the boat crews), but that was outdoors and therefore "covered". As a rule though at sea, once sea and anchor detail was secured on the carrier, we stayed uncovered except on the bridge.

sgt23preston · Feb 22, 2014

sundazes said:
I have asked folks before to back up a bit. No big deal. Most folks are cool about it.

Mee too...

Be polite & friendly & have a smile on your face...

1ceman · Feb 22, 2014

JHE1956 said:
Being hit by one's own casings can be unpleasant. My Walther p1 regularly throws them back into my face and I once had one get caught between my glasses and my nose. Ouch! Worse was shooting skeet and having fragments from the broken high bird on station 7 hit me and cut open my forehead.

Yes I got struck in my temple a few times while I was shooting to qualify for my 16hr CCW training. He wore one of those camo fishing type of hats with a brim all the way around.

ptman2000 · Feb 23, 2014

I asked a gentleman who was throwing a lot of brass over the wall at On Target on me one time to just stand back a little bit because he was so far forward. He got so pissed that he left a few minutes later..... Guess it solved the problem.

Mr H · Feb 25, 2014

JHE1956 said:
I was shooting at On Target on Monday. The guy using the next lane over to the left was shooting a 1911. As he shot, his spent brass was coming over the partition and hitting me in the head. Being a basically non-confrontational guy, I tried to shrug it off at first, on the hope that he would finish up in a few minutes and move on. No such luck -- he had more time and ammo than I did. I finally wound up putting up with it by standing against the partition and reloading mags while he was shooting, and then shooting while he was reloading.

Of course I have been hit by the occasional spent brass before -- that is just part of the game. In this case it was every single round the guy was firing and probably could have been avoided if he adjusted his shooting position by a few inches (so that his brass would hit the partition rather than flying over it). Again, though, being non-confrontational, I didn't ask the guy to adjust.

So what do you think? Should I have asked the guy to give me a break, or just put up with it?

I had to think for a second if that might have been me!

But no, my last 1911 session was on MLK day.

Whew!!

It happens, especially there, and the way the partitions are it's hard to do anything about. Live and let live, and maybe just a polite comment couldn't hurt.

Maverick0313 · Feb 25, 2014

I shoot at On Target as well (and boy, have they ever been crowded on weekends lately - call ahead). I have had this situation as well....a smile and friendly request has worked for me. AND I always wear a hat. :-)

grayson71 · Feb 28, 2014

joppaj said:
Most of my indoor shooting has been at Continental. I'd ask them if they could slide over a few steps and that would solve 99% of the problems. One time, one clown told me to go screw myself. He had a 9mm and was very carefully practicing bullseye shooting at about 5 yards with it. I had been shooting my 10/22. I switched to my .44 and my Mossy 500. He apparently found me distracting after that and left shortly afterward.

So, bring a shotgun.

, an AR tends to make them do the same thing

bkuether · Mar 1, 2014

JohnnyE said:
A long time ago the guy to my left didn't care that his brass flew over the partition and on me. I grabbed the small roll of gorilla tape I keep in my range bag and taped a cardboard target backer up to extend the partition up to the ceiling. Problem solved.

This is where I was going as well, glad I read all the posts. If you know the approx size of the offending opening, then you can resolve it yourself. Now some a-hole might say, "you are blocking my brass and it's hitting me in the face". There are people that inconsiderate out there.... :rolleyes:

BradMacc82 · Mar 1, 2014

bkuether said:
This is where I was going as well, glad I read all the posts. If you know the approx size of the offending opening, then you can resolve it yourself. Now some a-hole might say, "you are blocking my brass and it's hitting me in the face". There are people that inconsiderate out there....

That's when you break out something really obnoxious, joppaj had the right idea with shotgun or a big-bore revolver.

I prefer to be a little more sadistic though.

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Haven't fired it indoors yet, but on a outdoor range with a covered shooting position - people feel the concussion from 3 tables away.

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