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knotquiteawake wrote:

RX8er wrote:

jimlongley wrote:

RX8er wrote:

Keith B wrote:

I have fired them indoors on the AFPD range in NY. It takes so little time for the round to transit 50 feet that it just appears as a flash, not much different from muzzle flash except longer.

Thanks... Figured as much. Now I know.

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jimlongley wrote:

RX8er wrote:

Keith B wrote:

I have fired them indoors on the AFPD range in NY. It takes so little time for the round to transit 50 feet that it just appears as a flash, not much different from muzzle flash except longer.

Thanks... Figured as much. Now I know.

Keith B wrote:Heard today the person fired a whole mag full of tracers. That may have made a difference.

I've never fired tracers indoors so I am asking.... Could these not have been seen by other shooters? I know outside you can see them flying down range.

Gameover wrote:I've been to a dozen or so indoor ranges and all have had rules regarding the types ammo you can use. Has anyone ever been checked or seen someone being checked?

Both...

I am at Shoot Smart in Fort Worth. They regularly swipe with a magnet ring and often will ask to "see" your ammo. They too, had a small fire a couple weeks ago from someone using tracer rounds but it smoldered instead of flared up.

C-dub wrote:

RX8er wrote:

C-dub wrote:I'm pretty sure they've been there longer than 2006. They were there when I was going to UTSWMC back in the 90's.

I wasn't clear, as I'm on my droid... It was right around when the ownership changed. That's when I found out about the range.

Ah ha.

Okay, here it is from their website:

Built from a solid foundation, the company was started In September 1995, when a local businessman and two Dallas police officers incorporated the present business known as the DFW Gun Club.

C-dub wrote:I'm pretty sure they've been there longer than 2006. They were there when I was going to UTSWMC back in the 90's.

I wasn't clear, as I'm on my droid... It was right around when the ownership changed. That's when I found out about the range.

Dragonfighter wrote:

Excaliber wrote:

Dragonfighter wrote:

KRM45 wrote:Didn't this same place burn a few years back?

Just did a records check back through January 2010 and got no hits on it.

The roof over the pistol range and a wall collapsed back in 2006. The incident closed the facility for quite a while.

Ah, that would be why I couldn't find it. I only searched back to 2010 and NFIRS digital is kinda sketchy prior to 2008.

I think it was just a couple months after they opened.

Dragonfighter wrote:

RX8er wrote:Darn, had plans to go there on Monday with the wife.

The fire broke out after a man fired off tracer rounds inside the building, which is illegal, said Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans.

Really, I didn't know they were illegal.

Jason's a nice enough guy and a good fireman but he is mistaken, against rules, not illegal.

I posted a question on the blog. I can't tell for sure if Jason said this or it was "added" by the author.

Darn, had plans to go there on Monday with the wife.

The fire broke out after a man fired off tracer rounds inside the building, which is illegal, said Dallas Fire-Rescue spokesman Jason Evans.

Really, I didn't know they were illegal.

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