MAC702 Posted April 11, 2017 Share Posted April 11, 2017 (edited) 9 hours ago, Nik Habicht said: ...Turn 45 degrees left or right, depending on which side of the bay the safety area is on though, and you're probably looking at competitors moving from bay to bay..... The fact that we use the entire 180 to engage targets isn't germane to the discussion at hand -- which is the deliberate inspection of and possible unloading of a firearm. There's no reason we can't wait a minute for the shooter on the bay to finish, and then arrange to do that in the location deemed safest...... So it's okay to be within 45º of other competitors while you are practicing your draw at your Safety Areas? Why is it that we allow handling of our UNLOADED guns only at Safety Areas? Because we always treat them as loaded! What is acceptable when engaging targets isn't germane? People are sometimes well within 45º of a muzzle firing bullets under time pressure, and we are okay with that, but a deliberate inspection of a firearm carefully pointed at a berm is bad if people are 45 degrees away because of your Safety Area design? If you are uncomfortable using your Safety Area to inspect a possibly loaded firearm, you need to make new Safety Areas. Edited April 11, 2017 by MAC702 grammar Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davidb72 Posted May 10, 2017 Share Posted May 10, 2017 I've been at some matches that could use a re-think of their safe areas. Just because you put up a table and a sign doesn't make it 100% safe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjb45 Posted May 12, 2017 Share Posted May 12, 2017 Maybe the area is safe from ammo IMHO - No area is 100% safe on a range Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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