Thread: Rifle range in Hastings in trouble ?

As part of the new regulations tyres are not recommended for bullet catchers as the wire belts can cause ricochet or sparks, that's what were were told

Originally Posted by country cuts

As part of the new regulations tyres are not recommended for bullet catchers as the wire belts can cause ricochet or sparks, that's what were were told

My old NRA range had tyres and yes bullets bounced off them and back into the butts where the markers were, so they took them all out and rebuilt the impact area without tyres.

Originally Posted by Percy Jones

My old NRA range had tyres and yes bullets bounced off them and back into the butts where the markers were, so they took them all out and rebuilt the impact area without tyres.

Greetings,
Our local NZDA built a .22RF Running Boar Range on a flat site over 40 years ago. The backstop was constructed of concrete waste blocks about 4.5 metres high. Initially the bullet catcher was rubber conveyor belt draped as shown on some of the photos in the current range manual. This produced the odd ricochet and it was replaced with short lengths of posts end on with the belting fixed over the posts at about a 75 degree angle. The range ran for years until the main motor failed and the club had neither the funds or inclination to repair it. Later the worthless shingle of the block became the highly valuable Gimblet Gravel and was sold and the club relocated. Looking at the requirements for a 50 metre .22RF range in the current Range manual our old range would easily comply.
Not far from there sits the old Roy's Hill Army Range that closed about 25 years ago. As far as I can tell from aerial photos the mounds and markers gallery are still there. Other than land tenure of the backstop and some work on the bullet catcher it may still comply.
Regards Grandpamac.