ACTION TARGET HITS THE BEACH WITHA RECORD-BREAKING BULLET TRAPWri$en By: Ac-on Target
Ac#on Target engineers are doing moreon the beaches of Florida this spring thanjust surfing: they are designing thebiggest bullet trap ever built.
Lotus Gunworks of JensenBeach, Fla., will be openingits doors next week andinvi-ng shooters to try out itsnew double-‐decker shoo-ngrange featuring a two-‐storysteel funnel bullet trap.Nicknamed the Lotus 811,this version of Ac-on Target’sTotal Containment Trap isthe first of its kind.
AKer spending eight months riding around differentareas and looking at gun ranges, Lotus Gunworks'Director of Opera-ons Robbie Abell discoveredAc#on Target. They found an exis-ng building inJensen Beach that met their needs but quickly raninto issues when it became apparent there would notbe enough room for two adjacent ranges and a gunstore.The solu#on was to make a double-‐deckerrange where both levels shot into the same bullettrap. While skep-cs said that it couldn’t be done,Abell and Ac-on Target believed there had to be away.
The answer was toextend the TotalContainment Trap(usually just 8 feettall) to a whopping19 feet and tomount steel crossbeams to supportthe Mancom TouchPlus target retrieversystem.
With the equipment issues resolved, the next hurdlewas proper ven-la-on to prevent customers andemployees from being exposed to hazardous leaddust. Despite doubts that a range that tall could beven-lated at all, Carey’s Smalls Arms RangeVen#la#on managed to create a system that not onlymet environmental standards, but exceededven-la-on standards for even federal shoo-ngranges.
Aside from being environmentally safe bycompletely replacing range air every 80seconds, all of the filtered air pumped intothe range is refrigerated, which is a preKy bigdeal in Florida.
Lotus Gunworks is especially friendly to newshooters with a Ti Training simula-on systemthat allows those completely new to shoo-ngto try it out on a real gun equipped with a laserbefore hiYng the range. Friday night funshoots will also allow people to try out a varietyof firearms including fully automa-c rifles.
Shooters wan-ng to prac-ce at LotusGunworks to experience a well-‐ven#lated,cooled range with cuLng edge technologyincluding a simula#on system and the largestbullet trap ever built don't have to wait muchlonger; the range is expected to open forbusiness the first week of April and will beholding a grand opening celebra-on April 20.
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