30 caliber magnum ban at Butner NC

[JOHN708]

Effective immediately the National Guard has banned the use of ALL 30 caliber magnum cartridges at Camp Butner. NC. Apparently the Army did a safety review of all active military ranges and the bullet drop zone at Butner is not long enough to safely contain 30 cal magnum cartridge bullets. The Army is currently reviewing other cartridges to see if they need to be included in the ban. As soon as I here of any additional info from the National Guard I will post it here and on our North State Shooting club web-site.

John Skowron
President
North State Shooting Club

 

[4xforfun]

Somebody better define "magnum". Most say it's the use of a "belt"!!

 

[CJ6]

Somebody better define "magnum". Most say it's the use of a "belt"!!

Or the word Magnum in the cartridges nomenclature, which is alot of sales hype most often.

 

[TonyR]

Bring your 30 cal Magnums to Bridgeville Rifle and Pistol Club, Bridgeville, DE.

http://bville-rifle-pistol.org/?page_id=32

We welcome any NRA-legal cartridges and have a busy long range schedule including our Long Range Regional in late June.

 

[KT]

Bring your 30 cal Magnums to Bridgeville Rifle and Pistol Club, Bridgeville, DE.

http://bville-rifle-pistol.org/?page_id=32

We welcome any NRA-legal cartridges and have a busy long range schedule including our Long Range Regional in late June.

I think your going to start seeing a lot more of me at Bridgeville.

KT

 

[TonyR]

I think your going to start seeing a lot more of me at Bridgeville.

KT

You are always welcome!! We have even gotten some Kevlar flags now!!

 

[Ian]

He might need some AR500 steel flags.

 

[TonyR]

You might be right although we have moved the flags to a safer location after last year's Regional!

 

[savagedasher]

They must of tested the maximum need safety was too short.
When we shot archery the first time they made a range for pratice with a safety area of 4 miles They were told 400 yes . I think camp perry has 15 miles . Larry

 

[DR1586]

Does it strike anyone else funny that anytime a range facility bans a caliber the shooting community tends to get on forums and specifically point out where they failed to ban something else. But then we want to complain about why we can't shoot anything there any more.

 

[Heman]

Good point, no sense letting them know where their mistake is. Deleted the post.

 

[chkunz]

Does it strike anyone else funny that anytime a range facility bans a caliber the shooting community tends to get on forums and specifically point out where they failed to ban something else. But then we want to complain about why we can't shoot anything there any more.

Yes, not funny but very serious. I have seen this time and time again. There are some good practical arguments why "worst case" events are not the problem they would seem and I could make a good argument against worst case but then I think some things are best left unsaid.

 

[JOHN708]

Yes, not funny but very serious. I have seen this time and time again. There are some good practical arguments why "worst case" events are not the problem they would seem and I could make a good argument against worst case but then I think some things are best left unsaid.

Like I pointed out on another post on this forum concerning the same subject, to the best of my knowledge Butner has never had a serious safety incident in North State's 45 years of operation.

John Skowron

 

[JRS]

Like I pointed out on another post on this forum concerning the same subject, to the best of my knowledge Butner has never had a serious safety incident in North State's 45 years of operation.

John Skowron

John,

Reading the Camp Butner Joint Land Use Study, safety incidents are not an issue. It appears noise is a major concern.

 

[JOHN708]

John,

Reading the Camp Butner Joint Land Use Study, safety incidents are not an issue. It appears noise is a major concern.

If that's the case they'll need to ban their M240s. They're pretty loud when you get 5-6 of them firing at once.

John

 

[savagedasher]

John,

Reading the Camp Butner Joint Land Use Study, safety incidents are not an issue. It appears noise is a major concern.

Another reason why silenced guns should be allowed in competition. Larry

 

[dmoran]

Another reason why silenced guns should be allowed in competition. Larry

They are in BenchRest. What realms are you talking of that there not?

 

[JRS]

Another reason why silenced guns should be allowed in competition. Larry

The sonic crack still exists, Larry.

 

[JRS]

If that's the case they'll need to ban their M240s. They're pretty loud when you get 5-6 of them firing at once.

John

When you have an opportunity to do so, John, you might read the Camp Butner Joint Land Use Study. There is a substantial amount of information to absorb. Listed under "Camp Butner Development Plans", is this: "Camp Butner is too small to fire any weapon larger than 7.62mm/30-06 caliber". The study and development has been ongoing for 8+ years.

 

[savagedasher]

When you have an opportunity to do so, John, you might read the Camp Butner Joint Land Use Study. There is a substantial amount of information to absorb. Listed under "Camp Butner Development Plans", is this: "Camp Butner is too small to fire any weapon larger than 7.62mm/30-06 caliber". The study and development has been ongoing for 8+ years.

What state is this at ? Larry