| Shooting Range Containment System |
Equipment Description
Many
shooting range bullet collection technologies have proven to be expensive
to maintain and clean due to the contamination of collection media with
lead and lead dust. Sand, water, rubber, and oil have all been used (sometimes
in conjunction) in shooting range facilities. As it is coming to be time
for many activities to upgrade their shooting ranges, the FASTT
Team is advising adoption of new collection technologies. This is a self-contained,
self-supporting bullet backstop for indoor or outdoor ranges. System traps
and collects bullets without use of sand, water, rubber or oil while enhancing
safety features found on earlier bullet collection technologies. Formal
approval of shooting ranges is controlled through NAVFAC, Norfolk, Mr. Gibbons.
Benefits of Use
Use of sand, water, rubber and/or oil in bullet traps at range facilities make for difficult & costly hazardous waste disposal. New containment systems eliminate waste streams. A total containment system eliminates the splatter and ricochet of rounds, collects slugs, cuts down on lead dust with HEPA filters, leaves no hazardous by-products, and lowers shooting range servicing costs dramatically.
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