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Some of the scariest times I've had shooting took place there lol
The range was generally quite dirty, and I am not certain that it would pass an EPA inspection.
I would wonder the same myself.The range was generally quite dirty, and I am not certain that it would pass an EPA inspection.
The issue is finding customers willing to pay those fees, as well as enforcing clean ammo only. If 10% of your shooters buy a decoy box of clean and shoot a box or two of their own, you're back to a conventional range.Issue is the higher fees to pay for non-toxic ammo.
It's not a matter of might......they won't.Pretty easy to have a place cleaned and then switch over to non-toxic range (no lead no problem) ammo to avoid the millions of dollars needed for modern HVAC and a dust trapping backstop. Issue is the higher fees to pay for non-toxic ammo.
Even switching to TMJ with non-toxic primers and a modern dust trapping backstop (no lead released at the firing line) solves the ventilation issue with a relatively smaller investment than full HVAC.
Problem is people are generally cheap and might not pay the higher range fees because of the higher ammo cost.
The issue is finding customers willing to pay those fees, as well as enforcing clean ammo only. If 10% of your shooters buy a decoy box of clean and shoot a box or two of their own, you're back to a conventional range.
It's still hard to prevent cheating on such a policy.Yeah, it forces a "must use range bought ammo policy", which = good luck doing that.
Unfortunately cleaning the range may not be either "pretty easy" or inexpensive.Pretty easy to have a place cleaned and then switch over to non-toxic range (no lead no problem) ammo to avoid the millions of dollars needed for modern HVAC and a dust trapping backstop. Issue is the higher fees to pay for non-toxic ammo.
Even switching to TMJ with non-toxic primers and a modern dust trapping backstop (no lead released at the firing line) solves the ventilation issue with a relatively smaller investment than full HVAC.
Problem is people are generally cheap and might not pay the higher range fees because of the higher ammo cost.
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While these technologies are expensive, I doubt it would run $2M plus for a HEPA air filtering system on an indoor range.Pretty easy to have a place cleaned and then switch over to non-toxic range (no lead no problem) ammo to avoid the millions of dollars needed for modern HVAC and a dust trapping backstop. Issue is the higher fees to pay for non-toxic ammo.