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Range Rules
Key reasons why we need range officers on our
shooting ranges:
It is a CPFO requirement that has a direct effect on
our Club being approved for the
issuance of ATT's
Necessary for safety considerations
Necessary for maintaining proper order and discipline
on the firing line
Concerns with liability issues for the Club.
- All members must wear / display their club
membership card prominently so that the duty range officer may inspect it, or see it; there
are no exceptions to this rule.
- All members and guests must be recorded in,
and sign the attendance book. This is a CPFO requirement as
well.
- We are a Bullseye shooting club and rules and
commands followed should be common to this shooting discipline.
- The range office in charge is the authority,
and is responsible only to the club's executive. All his
commands must be obeyed. Any issue that cannot be resolved
sensibly by the range officers should be referred to the
executive for a resolution. All range officers are responsible
to the club's executive. They take their directions directly
from them. They are to be totally supported by the executive in
the carrying out of their duties as range officers.
- Only the shooters and range officers in
charge are allowed in the shooting area (observers by
permission only).
- Eye and ear protection must be worn at all
times when on the range.
- At the Royal York Range, ring the bell/light
at the right of the door. The range officer will open the door
when shooting has ceased.
- For safety, there should be a minimum of two
shooters in the shooting area at all times.
- All shooters will load their magazines or
revolvers with a maximum of five rounds. Two strings of five
will be shot at each target. Any deviation from the above rule
will be at the sole discretion of the range officer.
- At Royal York, the range officer will call
each line, switching the light to RED when the range is active
(shooting in progress) and the GREEN when the range is
safe (shooting has ceased). After the guns on the line
have been checked and the range declared 'safe', no one may
enter the shooting positions; everyone must stay back of the
safe (yellow) line unless going forward to change targets
or to retrieve brass, etc.
- Duty range officers will be responsible for changing
the light from RED to GREEN and will tell the shooting line that
the range is safe, or active (hot). Ceasefires are to be
called by the range officers for the purposes of retrieving
brass, going down range for any reason, fixing equipment, etc.
The range officer must make sure that all guns are safe and that
the shooters are back of the line before allowing anyone
forward. For safety reasons, anyone may call a ceasefire.
- At Royal
York, lead only ammo (jacketed or plated is not allowed).
- All firearms are to be inspected by the duty
range officer before being put away.
- Individuals should charge their mags just
prior to their starting to shoot as opposed to them being left
loaded, attended or unattended on the bench.
- No range officer duty is assigned for long
weekends. It is up to the individual range officer if he wants
to come in on that day or not. Members should not shoot when
there is no range officer present. They will not
have access to our cabinet, targets, and the sign-in book.
- A full member may bring the same guest to
shoot a maximum of 3 times. After that, the guest would be
expected to join the club, take the safety course, and obtain
their PAL. Guests are to shoot from the same shooting position
as the member, are to be directly supervised and controlled by
the member, and should be under the overview of the duty range
officer.
- The ten commandments of safe gun handling
must be observed at all times.
- Alcoholic beverages are forbidden at the
range. Any member or guest under the influence of alcohol will
be removed from the range immediately.
- If the conduct of any member is
unsportsmanlike and detrimental to the safety of others, said
member will be suspended immediately.
June 2007
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