New "range" to open in Muncie

[CraigAPS]

I went to McGalliard Guns and More today. One of the employees told me they were opening a "range" behind the store and pointed out a shipping container. Not sure how well this would work as a range, but, apparently, they're going to do it. It's 30' long. So, it'll be handguns only. She said they hope to have it ready by the end of October. Any thoughts on the feasibility of shooting in a shipping container?

 

[VUPDblue]

it'd be loud as hell

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Huh?

 

[VUPDblue]

exactly

 

[CraigAPS]

it'd be loud as hell

That was kind of my thinking as well. Even with muffs and foam inserts, your ears would ring!

 

[Sling10mm]

I wouldn't feel comfortable being the resident right behind their store. I'm sure they will make it safe, but I think there would be better options. Kudos to them for wanted to create another option for shooters though.

 

[rvb]

done right it could be ok. it would absolutely NEED ventilation. Add some sound dampening boards all around and a decent bullet trap at the end would make it not worse than most other indoor ranges.
The part that would make me nervous is whether the skin on most shipping crates is thick enough to contain rounds fired in directions other than down range. I've been to enough indoor ranges to see the bullet holes from rounds fire up and sideways... maybe some cinder blocks outside and layered 2xs on top would make it adequate...

-rvb

 

[Chance]

See Meggitt Training Systems. They produce a commercial unit like this.

 

[BogWalker]

I echo rvb's concern over penetration of the sidewalls.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I'm honestly not concerned about side or roof penetration. It's just being enclosed with that kind of a decibel spike that gets me. And the fact that I already think Burkie's about half nuts. I work with tons of high and low end noise everyday. We all wear hearing protection. You just can't work in the environment without it. Still we all take some hearing loss from long term exposure. To be exposed to the shock wave coming from, say, a .45, repeatedly, in an enclosed container, I dunno. That'd have to be some pretty good baffling.

 

[Sling10mm]

Plenty of big, empty buildings in Muncie..... maybe they will eventually move into one and have a larger 'proper' range.

 

[CraigAPS]

Plenty of big, empty buildings in Muncie..... maybe they will eventually move into one and have a larger 'proper' range.

That would be awesome! I hate having to drive 30-45 mins to shoot.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Every town of any size ought to have a decent indoor range. But a shipping container?

 

[Sonney]

McDonald's Guns in Clinton In. has one it is real nice short but nice. Climate controlled with Air Cond. and also Heat. I think it is around 30 feet or so. It is not that loud but you are wearing muffs. The only thing they ask not to shoot hollow points. But it is real nice. Also Top Guns will have a range opening in Jan. I think they said it is 50 yards they will also have their store and I think a vending area. It will be nice this winter. You will be able to shoot almost anything there. Top Guns is in Terre Haute

Sonney

 

[Fullmag]

Not a bad idea re-purposeing a shipping container. Like to have one here at the house.

 

[chubbs]

McGalliard guns is a joke. Did they ever get to the bottom of them screwing the city police over?

 

[paintman]

^^^^^^my thoughts as well. I don't trust them and wouldn't spend a dime there. Free market or not I have watched some very poor morals practiced there.

 

[AngryRooster]

Didn't they have some shady deal set up with Dunham's involving their 22 ammo a couple years ago?

 

[caltem]

I'm not sure if this is a joke or not, but I thought that there was a lot of criteria that must be met by the feds... EPA and others in order to have any type of indoor range. Isn't this true?

 

[paintman]

Didn't they have some shady deal set up with Dunham's involving their 22 ammo a couple years ago?

I was told the person in firearms was letting them know when it got there so they could go buy it all and mark it up. I actually caught one of the salesmen doing this at Northside walmart. He just laughed to my buddy and I when he walked buy holding the 22 up and said to late. It's all gone. We didn't think it was funny although I'm sure it was meant to be. (This is not stated as a fact. Just what was passed to me and my opinion)