NEW BACKSTOP IS IN!!!!!

Well, it's finally here.  After many months we have finally received the visit we were looking for D5 Ranges from just outside of Chicago, Illinios.  They made the long trek with backstop in tow and when they were finished, made our Range a little bit better and a lot safer.  According to the installers, thie backstop reduces lead-dust exposure inside the Range by 85-90%.  This happens because , unlike our steel backstop, the new granulated rubber backstop encapsulates the lead projectile rather than pulverizing it against steel and creating lots of dust in the air.  And it's practically maintenance-free.  After 80,000 rounds (at each point), the rubber is sifted, the lead is removed and the backstop is rebuilt.  The cost?  The lead they mine.  Since we have to find a way to keep track of how many rounds at each point, we will ask our Members to tell us what point they shot at and approximately how many rounds they shot.  This will be recorded in the sign-in/sign-out book.  Thanks everyone for their patience, as our install date has been postponed a few times and our construction days added up.  Take a look at the Gallery for a photo-based timeline of the backstop's creation.  Most importantly, we would like to thank Range Master Russell Lerch for his genius work not only engineering a new Target Carrier system, but installing them in lightning speed.  Thanks everyone, and we are planning more upgrades in the near future.  Stay tuned to find out what's happening next.....