How gun ranges stop bullets  

I also watched it twice to make sure I heard what I heard. Cringe.

I wasn’t about to say the same thing. Did he mean primer?

Maybe speaking extemporaneously on camera is not his first skill.

Well, when you go shoveling and raking the trap of a range with zero PPE, in your street clothes, you tend to accumulate a bit of lead on your clothes, skin, etc. This is especially true when you handle bullets and fragments that you said you weren't going to touch. We all know what lead poisoning does to intelligence... There's rules for handling hazardous materials that are every bit as important as range safety rules. If this guy is so willing to ignore those rules how vigilant are their RSOs? Do they even have RSOs or is it just one kid checking a tiny monitor with a terrible picture every few minutes while also handling the check-in desk, equipment rental, and ammo sales??

​@@life_with_bernie I retract my statement. After further research I rescind what I said earlier. You have a wonderful day

What would you like to see instead?

​@MeetRob exactly this, they are just being grumpy.

Yes, it does take time. Some of us are slow learners

@@MeetRob The firing pin, in the catridges was a good one. Wonder how manu fell for that?

Haha thank you for documenting, your attention to detail is great!

Well it’s in the epoxy floor

@@jeffl8915 what’s is the hazard if the cartridges are incased in epoxy. True,it would be better to have used dummy rounds. You can get them from major ammo makes-for function testing gun actions,display and collectors.

i think what the fire department would be more concerned about the thousands of boxes of live ammunition stored in cardboard in the front

@@MaximusMin I went through a recent home fire and had lots of ammo. You could hear the ammo popping of during the fire. Neighbors said the same if the homes caught fire.

It’s all encapsulated

😂😂😂so true

I mean if a gun range is on fire that handful of live rounds are probably the last thing of your worries😅

@@ushiochengyou may not be concerned with it, but every fire inspector I’ve worked with would have that floor torn out unless it was dummy ammo. They worry about it all before so their guys don’t have to worry about it during a fire.

@@MeetRobthat is obvious, but it’s not impervious to heat, and if the rounds cook off it’s essentially sending shards of hot plastic flying. Hopefully the epoxy melts before that happens

I’m sorry to hear about the failure and issue

File a lawsuit and subpoena the video. Once they provide the video, drop the suit.

I just thought that was a piss poor answer, which I followed up for over two weeks time, three times over, for management to come down with THAT as an answer. "Because our lawyer said so." Seriously? How about looking out for your paying patrons, who support you and your business? A more appropriate answer would be; "Please give me the time and date, and I'll be happy to review the video with you." Rob. Very seriously.

​@THINKforYOURSELFinstead They're too afraid of getting sued. I agree with the other guy to sue them for the footage to be released. Otherwise, they are hiding something. Then have lawyers review the footage and sue them accordingly. This is a safety issue. No lawyer gave him that advice. He wants a lawyer in case he gets sued for a bullet flying back at one of his customers. That's the real reason why he doesn't want you to see the footage. He's in the wrong and he's hiding something.

That is the goal

Thanks! We thought it was a neat floor as well so we had to build it

We will improve that we are amateurs

I swear I was just about to say the same thing just terrible 😅

Good on you for owning it. To be more constructive: when talking about the floor or wall show those subjects not the host. Grab some close up B roll to show during explanations ​@@MeetRob

Stop complaining , the video was free . Your whining like a true Maga Monster .

I blame auto focus that never focuses on the right thing. It is a corollary to Murphy’s law. Every video creator has auto focus issues.

Not possible, I am too clean

You know... lead isn't the radioactive substance that requires the might of COVID mask mandates to keep you safe. You can temporarily breathe the dust and it won't hurt you. I wouldn't want to go breathing heavy amounts of leaded smoke, but that's not what this is. It isn't even close. This isn't as deadly and toxic a substance that you make it out to be.

Yes, I’m gonna do more videos on that actually have a cleaning we’re doing very soon

I think a lot of people don’t understand that

Yeah, that’s pretty typical for a gun range

That's why we don't give formula one cars to kids without a drivers license: they gotta practice first. Unless your name of course is Max Verstappen. 🤔😇🤣 Rob mentioned it several times: people go to the range to LEARN.

Little bit of both

@@MeetRob Fair

Ong. 3 days of labor and some epoxy and basically free shell casings? You silly Americans with your prices 😭😂 Where I'm at, in East Europe I can only imagine a half drunk guy with an Russian accent: "Alright boss, 250 euro for the work, take it or leave it"

It was a test project for us as well

@@MeetRob I was just ribbing you. It looks great!

Hey sorry you didn’t enjoy it

Are you too dumb to click ahead?

C-mon people quit DEMONizeing this range owner,these places ware dissapearing…stand UP!!!

If you’re ever around this area, you should stop out and check it out

Because it’s in epoxy. How do you think I could make it safer?

That’s from Range cleaning equipment

Yes, the lead at least pays for the labor and supplies to do the clean-out, sometimes there's money left over as profit. Depends on the scrap price for lead and the crew doing the work. We pull thousands of pounds of lead out of our ranges every year.

Thanks for the feedback

Oh yes as a kid I did help clean out the “splash plate” backstop at the indoor pistol range my Dads pistol team used. Most of the bullets and bullet parts fused together. The backstop was entered like a day after the range was used. Surprising not much dust. The bullets landed in a sand filled pit in front of the angled splash plate. These types of bullet traps no longer used. This like 60 yrs ago and have no lead in my body system. The outdoor range had the dirt berm backstop. Found all kinds of bullets there-even 50 cal BMG.

Let’s likely but could happen

You could also die driving your car to the range. Lets ban all cars. No freedom, if someone can get hurt 😉😅

The brass will move around and float when the epoxy flows over it.

Yes you are right, I miss spoke

I’m sure you’re not the only one

No copper, lead is $.65/lb But are an affordable range to shoot at, have you been there?

Yes, it is. It’s approximately 100,000 pounds.

No to mention that every gun range that I've been to is full of ammo that they sell to their customers. That and every range I've been too reloads their own ammo, they also have a lots of powder on premises somewhere on premises for reloading. And while I can believe that their powder might be stored in a fireproof/resistant cabinet, I'm not sure they do that with all of the ammo they sell.

I agree, but people are very uneducated as you can tell

Thank you for this pretty helpful comment

There’s a certain process that’s proprietary on how you clean the range

The range by me uses a company that uses a vacuum to pick up the rubber and it leaves the lead to pick up by itself after rubber is gone

Yes, there is a whole set up of equipment that processes the rubber when you go to clean it

Glad you enjoyed it

Yeah probably depending on how big your project is

Who has money?

what firing pins in the floor? what r u tallking about?

What else would you like to know?

Your very welcome

What range is that at?

I am not a training instructor, I am the owner

Neg, meant primer*

Thanks!

@@MeetRob aww no shit this is awesome a RU-vidr at parma armory congrats on greenscapes man 👍

Ok

Yes very true

Thanks for sharing a great time of the video?

​@@MeetRobyeah that's where you start to answer the question that is the title of your video.

Got what glued down to the floor?

Yes

Since when do you spell firing pin with an e?

All the money for safety equipment was well spent on fancy shoes, suit, and a baller watch.

Yes

Yes if you live in California but every where normal non idiotic humans live as long as your not eating the lead it won’t harm you but please if you live in California stay home in your little safe bubble

Wash hands afterwards

Lead doesn’t work that way. If this was a lead acid battery recycling area, absolutely. But lead bullets don’t become airborne fine powder here, and unless someone is somersaulting into that pile of lead and rubber, licking the bullets, or handling them with bare hands for extended periods of time, there is almost zero chance of exposure anywhere near sufficient enough to cause lead poisoning.

Come on by and I can explain further, I am on site almost everyday

I believe it haha. Probably not in material but in time itself. I used to custom doors and I usually charged 70 an hour. Assume 6 hours a day for three days, and you're at 1260 on labor alone, not counting the ammo which looks to be easily in the 1k-2k range. I don't know the price of resin or expenses in this job but a 20- 30% profit margin would add another 2k ish. It makes sense to me haha

Your hearing it from the owner, who spent the $ on it. Maybe its too much. But i've been to a lot of ranges never seen anything like that. Very cool first impression. And aligns with rest of the range, quality equipment, attention to detail and safety. A lot to like about this range, compared to many other indoor ranges this is nearly as good as it gets

The amazing Tony, thanks for letting me know.

Well I got news for you nobody is vaporizing LEAD in this video

Yeah true

The fact that you referred to a primer as a percussion cap makes it difficult to take you seriously.

@@capt.squirrel8516 Excuse me i meant to Add that, you call them Primers we call them percussion cap's. The Main point I wanted to make was About the firing Pin comment.

@@rock0122 it’s all good. I just felt like messing with someone and you happened along. Have a good day and stay safe.

This is a really neat for for sure

Our pleasure!