Would you trust this range?

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Swiss range with targets on the other side of the highway. Would you trust it?

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[Stomper]

Meh, sure no worries.

 

[Dungannon]

I think Tac posted on this before. The range is substantially above the road, and viewed from the shooting stations, the road is below grade.

 

[mjbskwim]

Trust the range? I don't believe I want to drive that hiway.

 

[MrMillspecer]

Looks like the ones on Larch mountain.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Yep. Ol' reliable. didn't click

 

[clearconscience]

Well maybe the swiss don't have the jackwagons we have here.

 

[HB of CJ]

It is really scary to have a range overhead with the highway depressed below level of grade. Especially exciting driving at night under the range when auto weapons pop off a burst of tracers. Only Switzerland!

 

[Sgt Nambu]

I'm with 'squim! No problem with the range, not driving on the road though!

 

[Member 5605]

No problems here.

 

[11Charlie]

Absolutely, I would go and use that range but I will make it second the notion that I'm not driving that road unless someone can prove to me that its impossible for someone to hit a passing car or truck.

 

[rick benjamin]

Shooting house with baffle wall whose purpose is to prevent people from putting rounds into the main road 100% effective.
Innovative, I like!

 

[Gaucho Gringo]

Give them a break. Switzerland is roughly the same size as Colorado with 3 million more people. At least it is not overrun with Libertards from Kalicommie like Colorado is. It is the most gun friendly of all the western European nations and I am sure they have all the safety measures in place or they would not allow this gun range. They have a limited amount of usable land and it looks like they are trying to accommodate multiple uses in the same area. More so than what most liberal urban areas of the US are doing as far as existing gun ranges, they would rather like to eliminate then entirely.

 

[nwslopoke]

It must be hell to walk down and check your targets.

 

[partsed]

Hop in your car and drive over to check them out....

 

[Flopsweat]

The Swiss are a practical people. I doubt it would be in use if it were even slightly unsafe.

 

[The Heretic]

Swiss range with targets on the other side of the highway. Would you trust it?

Two possible problems I could see with that:

From the video, it appears that you can see the road from the range if you are standing. If you can see it, you can shoot it. They probably have a rule against handling a loaded gun while standing, but while the Swiss are probably sticklers for rules, I don't think that qualifies as being 100% safe.

Second, what if you have a load where there was no powder or a light load? Could the trajectory be such that it would fall onto the road even though you can't see it while prone?

 

[Dungannon]

It must be hell to walk down and check your targets.

The video monitor to the right of each shooter lets them see their hits. Don't know if they allow reloads, but my wife's Swiss cousins all shoot government supplied [factory] ammo multiple times a year.

 

[joken]

Bad juju, there is no way to eliminate the possibility of a accidental discharge.

 

[Joe13]

No problems here.

I've had less safe shooting areas at gravel pits in the area over the last 22 years... (just before I packed up and left).