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Frangible 9mm on an indoor range

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 3:25 pm
by Charlotte the flyer
Would these be OK to use in an indoor range where FMJ is not allowed? I don't want to reload 9mm so at the moment my LR9 is a bit of a cab queen.

http://www.ammo-zone.co.uk/Detialed.asp ... l%20Offers

opinions gladly received

Thanks

Charlotte.

Re: Frangible 9mm on an indoor range

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:21 pm
by kennyc
you need to ask the range officers, and if its an SGC LR then I suspect Bob would have something to say about the warranty implications tongueout

Re: Frangible 9mm on an indoor range

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 6:51 pm
by Charlotte the flyer
I'll speak to them when I next go to the range.

I'm the second owner so the warranty won't apply anyway. I just wondered if they'd disintigrate in the barrel of a rifle as I'd imagine they are meant primarily for pistols.

I'm just too lazy/nervous/unskilled (delete as applicable) to load my own lead.

Re: Frangible 9mm on an indoor range

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:10 pm
by Sandgroper
Charlotte the flyer wrote:I just wondered if they'd disintigrate in the barrel of a rifle as I'd imagine they are meant primarily for pistols.
It says suitable for automatic fire in the link, so I'm guessing it's designed for SMGs.

Re: Frangible 9mm on an indoor range

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 7:12 pm
by IainWR
Provisionally, no. Not because of how your gun might cope, but because of range certification.

Yes could be the answer provided that the question was posed and answered. It sounds like something that could quite reasonably be permitted, but range safety advice is written so that everything is prohibited except that which the advice permits. If you are outside the terms of your range safety advice your safety certificate, and thus your insurance, will likely be invalid.

So, if you want to do it, ask the question, get (in all probability) the answer you want, update the range safety cert, and you are in business.

Iain

Re: Frangible 9mm on an indoor range

Posted: Wed Apr 10, 2013 8:25 pm
by Charlotte the flyer
Many thanks for the advice Iain, I'll check with TPTB on Friday. I'll let you know how I get on in case anyone else is thinking about using them.

Re: Frangible 9mm on an indoor range

Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2013 7:33 am
by M99
IainWR wrote:Provisionally, no. Not because of how your gun might cope, but because of range certification.

Yes could be the answer provided that the question was posed and answered. It sounds like something that could quite reasonably be permitted, but range safety advice is written so that everything is prohibited except that which the advice permits. If you are outside the terms of your range safety advice your safety certificate, and thus your insurance, will likely be invalid.

So, if you want to do it, ask the question, get (in all probability) the answer you want, update the range safety cert, and you are in business.

Iain
Iain,

I was under the impression that Range safety certificates have not been issued to civilian ranges for some years?

Mike