Range ammo limitations a problem.

[Rekrab]

Yeah, never had a problem shooting HPs at OC Indoor either. Plus, the guys working there are super cool even if their range isn't the best.

[Sniper3142]

On-Target doesn't care if you use steel core, FMJ, JHP, frangible, lead alloy, whatever ammo you want to use, as long as it isn't illegal in CA. Obviously no tracers too.

Yup, no limitations on what kind of ammo, as long as it is legal in this state.

That's the rule for most of the ranges I visit.

[Fishslayer]

There was a somilar thread to this awhile back...

Why would HP not be allowed? The range I go to allows up to 30-06 & 7.62x54R as long as a magnet doesn't stick to it anywhere. The only rule I know about re handguns is no steel, no way, no how.

Can't be a backstop issue. Would a handgun HP splash back more than a '06?

[Javi]

I'm going to be testing my hollowpoints over at Prado shooting range since it's outdoors.

I just assumed no hollowpoints at indoor ranges because it would damage their backstop or something like that.

[Kilenger]

Some indoor rangers are limited by their back stop setup. Evan's Gun World in Orange used to not allow HPs on their range a few years back. The range officer said it was because of their bullet trap would not safely catch the more frangible HP rounds. Not sure if this is a limit based on insurance or county code. They eventually upgraded to something they called a "super trap" that used long angled planes of steel to gradually bounce the rounds into a secure area. Last time I shot there, about 5 years ago, they allowed everything that was CA legal (no tracers, incendiary, steel core, "armor piercing, etc).

Call some local ranges and ask. Most should allow HPs.

[Fishslayer]

The range officer said it was because of their bullet trap would not safely catch the more frangible HP rounds. Not sure if this is a limit based on insurance or county code.

Not sure if that makes sense or not. You'd think if a trap caught FMJ it would also catch JHP & whatnot.

I get peppered pretty often by chunks of lead and my wife caught a chunk of '06 from 2 lanes down that broke the skin on her leg. Nobody needs to remind me to wear my eye pro.

[DaveFJ80]

I think Orange County Indoor in Brea will allow HPs. At least I don't see a prohibition in the range rules on their website.

Yup, OC Indoor allows HP ammo. I've tested my HP ammo there to make sure it fed through my guns. You don't notice any difference in the holes you make on paper targets compared to holes made by FMJ ammo, so it's a good waste of money when you're just testing/cycling the HP ammo through your guns.

[G1500]

The indoor range I go to says "No HPs, no Black Powder, no WOLF"

[G1500]

so it's a good waste of money when you're just testing/cycling the HP ammo through your guns.

I feel it is very important to me to know that what I am going to shoot will work in my gun.

Buying a new gun, or using different HP bullets you should make sure they feed properly in your firearm. Others may have a different opinion, but when I need it, I want to make sure it works.....

[Fishslayer]

The indoor range I go to says "No HPs, no Black Powder, no WOLF"

LOL! I've been at an indoor range when a few rounds of .45LC black powder loads were touched off.

This was in the days before "suck out the lead fumes" ventilators. Phee-yew!

I feel it is very important to me to know that what I am going to shoot will work in my gun.

Buying a new gun, or using different HP bullets you should make sure they feed properly in your firearm. Others may have a different opinion, but when I need it, I want to make sure it works.....

Agreed. Additionally I generally shoot SWC. If those feed I'm confident that HP should work.

[G1500]

Agreed. Additionally I generally shoot SWC. If those feed I'm confident that HP should work.

True, but feeling confident and knowing are two different things.

If my firearm successfully feeds Federal Hydrashock, I am pretty sure it will feed Winchester HPs, but I would really prefer to test it out first

[Javi]

I get peppered pretty often by chunks of lead and my wife caught a chunk of '06 from 2 lanes down that broke the skin on her leg. Nobody needs to remind me to wear my eye pro.

My last two range visits I've had this happen, really odd(to me)! I got hit on my right cheek with some, had me worried a bit.

[scarville]

I shoot quite a lot at Magnum Range where they don't allow HP ammo. I don't know why but I shoot RNFP and DEWC I've loaded to velocities similar to my HP ammo. I go to Burro two or three times year and test my HP ammo there. Unless you are changing ammo all the time, how many round do you have to put through a gun to know it will work?

[Fishslayer]

Unless you are changing ammo all the time, how many round do you have to put through a gun to know it will work?

I don't know, but I keep standard Win PDX1 from Walmart in the zombie gun. I've run a lot of magazines with the PDX1 loaded as the first round & last 2 rounds in the mag with SWC in between. That's usually where you get problems, especially with 8 rd mags in a 1911. The first round will nosedive or the last or next to last will fail to feed.

Just in case, it does sleep with a S&W wheelgun for backup.

[arc]

The reason I've always been given for no HP was they were afraid a round would hit a target hanger, fragment, and bounce back to hit another customer. Whenever I want to test out a new gun with HP I go on an off hour and ask politely if I can. Never been told no yet.

James