Proposed Green County VA Gun Range Needs Help Getting Approval

By Ammoland

Covington VA –-(Ammoland.com)- Lyle Durrer, who owns the Big Iron Outdoors gun show has decided to open an outdoor rifle/pistol range in Ruckersville because there are no other ranges nearby that are open to the public.

He needs our help to get the zoning approval for the range from Greene County.

The shooting range will be a twenty lane facility located on a two acre lot next to the Big Iron Outdoors Gun Shop with room to grow. Ten of the lanes will allow shooting up to twenty five yards and the other ten lanes will be up to fifty yards. The range will have eight-foot-high concrete walls with bullet traps consisting of steel and rubber. Baffles will have ballistic, acoustical rubber and steel plates and will be positioned down range so no projectile can exit the range (known as a “No Blue Sky” range). The firing line will be covered by a structure to shield shooters from the elements. The range will be open to the public with annual memberships and walk-in hourly rates. Lyle’s top priority in developing this range is noise mitigation and the safety of …Read the Rest

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