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Re: Targets at the range

Post by marksman » 26 Jan 2018, 9:13 pm

they are good story's but in actual fact they don't know how or where the ricochet came from :unknown:
the young bloke was with his mates who were setting up and had not fired a shot, he was at the back of them behind the firing line
he was hit in the chest with something that was not ever found, the closest shooter was about 10 benches from him
lots of bullcrap about the incident by everyone, the ssaa included, he was airlifted to melbourne hospital after a doctor on site checked him out and said he was getting cold and clammy, that apparently indicated internal bleeding although the wound looked exactly like a paintball injury, a circle of grazing :roll:
there was no wound apart from grazing in the shape of a circle about the size of a 10 cent piece, very suspicious :roll:
the ssaa sent the bill for the helicopter and doctor to the young bloke who's father sought legal advise and it just wasn't heard of again :lol:
entry gives insurance whether you are a member or not
the incident gave a very vigorously zealous chief range officer the opportunity to bring in his new safer rules
when I asked him about the 200 meters and why the cowboys can shoot steel at 7 meters his words were "the guys in sub clubs are better shots and are not idiots like on the main range" at that time he was given free run to appease the LRD,
there was a meeting where a very clued in bloke from the military rifle club who had over 35 years experience with designing tanks and dealing with ricochets in the army was a spokes person, after he had his say and left the RO's were told to forget everything he said by the then facility's manager
so there you have it, the cowboys can shoot steel at 7 meters but the public are set at 200 meters :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
if you ever get the chance go and watch the cowboys, a bit of fun but they have a lot of ricochets at 7 meters :thumbsdown:
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Re: Targets at the range

Post by Supaduke » 26 Jan 2018, 11:44 pm

Well there you go. The range officer who told me the story seemed pretty sure of himself. Lies , damn lies and statistics.
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Re: Targets at the range

Post by marksman » 27 Jan 2018, 8:57 am

they lie to cover themselves and make it look like the club had no option :thumbsdown:
then they tell you they are there for the shooter :lol: :lol: :lol:
the manager at that time did not want to send the young bloke to hospital, he had had medical training,
but he could not go against a doctor who was there at the time,
the injury looked exactly like these paint ball injuries
http://www.holytaco.com/25-brutal-paintball-injuries/
I'm not sure if its still about but his injury was put on the news if you want to google it :thumbsup:

ps I did forget to say that there were no steel targets used or found in front of where this onlooker was apparently ricocheted
the new rules that came in after it were just because you guys on the main range cannot be trusted :lol: :lol: :lol:
the incident happened near the far end past the muzzle brakes
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