Norco has adopted two (2) new additional range rules to improve safe shooting for both your well-placed shots and or your less-than-accurate shots do go directly into the berm.
- Target distance placement on both ranges needs to be backed by the berm. Targets, including steel targets, can not be placed mid-way to the berm.
- Target height placement on both ranges needs to be level or lower than the trajectory of the bullet/shooters eye
To refer to the complete set of rules, click to the Ranges page
- Target distance placement on both ranges needs to be backed by the berm. Targets, including steel targets, can not be placed mid-way to the berm. E.g., on the 100 yard rifle range, targets need to be at the 100 yard distance — they can not be set at 75, 50, 25, etc…. Same applies for the 50 yard, 25 yard and pistol ranges, whereby targets need to be as close to the berm as possible. For the 25 yard rifle range lane and the pistol range, This will reduce chances of a ricochet or an missed-target shot leaving the range area. Steel plates are to be placed at the berm. See diagram below.
- Target height placement on both ranges needs to be level or lower than the trajectory of the bullet/shooters eye. Since both ranges have a slight slope upwards from the shooter to the target, a target placed at standing height (when one is hanging the target) may result in a trajectory that is higher than the shooters eye, when the shooter returns to the firing line. Additionally, for the 25 yard rifle range and the pistol range, targets should be hung from the chicken-fence wire in-between the upper/lower suspension cables to avoid severing the suspension cable. In general, any target hung on the top of the suspension cable will result in a trajectory higher than eye-level. See diagram below.
