Why do indoor ranges only allow certain ammo?

[vintagearms]

ricochets, tearing up the backstop.

[big103]

mess up back stop.

[California44]

Because they own it and probably have good cause from experience.

[ar15barrels]

The correct answer is this:

10% safety.

90% economics. Do you know how much they make selling overpriced reloads to people who thought they were going to shoot their own ammo?

[CrippledPidgeon]

The correct answer is this:

While that definitely plays a part, have you ever seen what happens when sparks from a ricochet ignites unburnt powder on the floor of an indoor range? All SORTS of interesting.

My local range uses rubber in front of the steel plates, and while the rubber is treated with a fire retardant, I'd hate to see what would happen to THAT if a steel core sparked in it.

[rideordie]

I think certain ammo tears up the backstop and walls.

[Ron-Solo]

Also some insurance companies have requirements.

[dave3223]

my local gun range wont let you shoot most Russian ammo.. they said its to smokey

Yes, the ventilation system at Riverside Magnum Range is not the greatest especially when they have a full range of shooters. There were a couple of times when I had to walk out of the shooting range to allow the smoke to clear.

[spdlinegsr28]

Does anyone have any input on the Blazer Aluminum 45ACP ammo? Good or Bad?

[Darto]

To get you to buy their ammo.

Oh, I am shocked at such cynicism !

Shocked!

[JCM]

What about ranges that don't allow defensive hollow point ammo?

Insight in Artesia doesn't allow it while Field Time in Stanton does. Field Time is the better range but Insight is closer to me and I'd like to test out some defensive ammo.

Doesn't matter too much now though... haven't even found the ammo to buy

[Mr.1904]

When i was in texas we stopped at a shooting range in mesquite. They were overly-addamate about not shooting steal at the range. I guess the week before someone was at another local range and sparks from a steel round caught all the old gunpowder on fire and the place burned down? So i guess it does happen.

[Nick Justice]

steel core ammo tears up the stop plates real bad and can potentially go through in extreme cases. Plus why would they want steel cases, they cannot reload those...another form of income via reloads.

This, and because tiny evil demons ride on steel core, tracer, incendiary, and AP bullets, guiding them to the targets. You can hear them scream if the bullets ricochet.

[robcoe]

Insurance requirements

Wear and tear on the backstop

Fragments

Some of them reload or sell brass to reloaders for extra income.

lot of reasons.

[jtc736]

On Target "officially" does not allow steel cased ammo. I noticed this and pointed it out on the forms I was initialing when signing up for my membership there. When asked, the guy helping with my paperwork said that they allowed steel cased ammo but that I would be responsible if any damage occurs as a result. In fact I saw some TulAmmo sitting on their ammo shelves...