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Hi, may I ask what the muzzle over berm rule is?
Hi, may I ask what the muzzle over berm rule is?
A lameass square range rule that assumes people are incapable handling their firearm safely.
I would tend to agree, but having been an RSO, I have seen 1st hand and that thought process has been proven wrong.
It's a rule that prevents a shooter from orienting their muzzle in a direction where a round could leave the range from an unintended discharge of said firearm.
Tri County Gun Club is surrounded by residential houses and businesses in the cities of Sherwood and Tualatin here in Oregon. Even I-5 is within distance of an errant projectile.
Muzzle over the berm, usually happens with a pistol as a shooter elevates the muzzle of the handgun skyward, while performing a reload. It can happen with rifles too. It is at that point that a round could leave the range if the shooter had an ND.
So in conclusion, follow gun safety rule #2 and always keep your gun pointed in a safe direction. This will obviously be environment dependent, but with regards to TCGC and their ranges, pointing your muzzle above the berm/backstop is NOT a safe direction.
The provided photo is an example of an actual action bay at TCGC ( it was pulled from the most recent rulebook).
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