Shooting Facilities: Archery, Rifle and Pistol

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Shooting Facilities Archery, Rifle and Pistol
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Planning and Designing a Shooting Facility

• Major factors that determine facility design
• Funding
• Availability of appropriate space
• Nature and scope of program
• Quality of the planners, architects, and
  engineers involved in the project

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General Guidelines

• Participatory planning
• Needs assessment
• Site selection
• Build to code
• Support selection
• Risk management

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Archery

• Art or skill of shooting a bow and arrow
• Shooting categories
• Butt shooting
• Clout shooting
• Roving
• Field archery shots often made uphill or downhill
  and around obstacles

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Outdoor Target Archery Competitions

• FITA Round
• 36 arrows shot at four distances (144
  arrows) (70, 60, 50, 30 meters)
• Shot in groups of six (ends) within specified
  time
• Olympic Round
• Direct elimination, head-to-head competition
• 70 meters
• Winner advances until a champion is determined
• All matches are 18 arrows
• Quarterfinals, semifinals, and finals are 12
  arrow matches

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Indoor Target Archery Competitions

• Held for Recurve (Olympic) and Compound Divisions
• Held at 25 or 18 meters
• Shoot 60 arrows at a 60cm diameter target face
• All ranges must meet or exceed FITA and NAA
  specifications

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Venue Support Equipment

• Barriers
• Scoreboards
• Flags
• Speaker system
• Timing control equipment
• Archer identification
• Field glasses

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Bows

• Used for target archery, held in one hand and
  drawn with the other
• May have adjustable arrow rest on the riser
• Bowstring is permitted to have a center serving
  to fit arrow nocks
• An audible or visual draw checker may be used
• Stabilizers and torque compensators are allowed
  if not touching anything

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Bows continued

• Recurve Bow
• Relatively short bow
• Preferred over the longbow
• Consists of a handle riser and two flexible limbs
• Ends of limbs curve away from each other
• Compound Bow
• Have cams and cables, holding is weightless
• Used for target archery competitions

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General Archery Equipment

• Arm guard
• Chest guard
• Finger protectors
• Quiver
• Arrow straightener
• Grip/arrow pull
• Fletching jig
• Stringer
• Stringing rig
• String server

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Equipment Care and Maintenance

• Bow never lay it on the ground and keep it dry
• Bow strings use bow wax to keep strings
  waterproof
• Arrows protect from getting wet
• Target butts do not place on damp floors or
  leave them uncovered in the rain
• Target faces remove faces while moistening butts

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Rifle and Pistol

• Commonly used in indoor ranges
• Air pistols
• Air rifles
• Handguns
• Rifles with muzzle velocities

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Space Needs

• Range development
• 50-100 feet between target and firing line
• Industry standard length is 84 feet 4 inches
• Other space needs include
• Parking areas
• Restrooms
• Storage
• Office space
• Lobby area
• Circulation space

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Ceiling Height and Construction

• Ceiling height 10-12 feet is recommended
• Provides adequate overhead clearance
• Keeps lighting, ventilation, and target retrieval
  systems costs to a minimum
• Slab ceiling is the industry standard
• Require few baffles and guards
• Guards are required

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Shooting Stalls

• Function as protective dividers between shooters
  and expelled casings, misdirected shots, and
  other distractions
• Provide a stable mounting position for range
  equipment
• Equipped with self-controlled target retrieval
  systems
• Typically constructed of double-wall steel liners

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Wall Construction

• Provide a protective shell between interior of
  the range and the building exterior or adjacent
  spaces
• Poured concrete or concrete blocks used
• Sound-dampening tiles are recommended

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Flooring

• Durable enough to withstand high volume of stray
  shots
• Use hardened concrete floor
• Non-slip surfaces
• Some have vinyl floor covering
• Carpeting is NOT recommended

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Bullet Traps

• Plate and pit trap
• Venetian blind trap
• Steel escalator trap
• Granular rubber trap

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Target Retrieval System

• Purpose is to place the target downrange and
  retrieve it in a safe and convenient manner
• Two types of target retrieval system
• A guide wire system
• Steel track system

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Risk Management

• Shooting facility design
• Staffing
• Insurance
• Emergency Procedures
• Equipment Procedures
• Equipment and Supplies
• Facility
• Post rules and Signage
• Protective equipment
• Proper location
• Provide adequate spacing