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The Annoyed Man wrote:

RottenApple wrote:FYI, the city of Rowlett has restricted shooting at GPSR to .30 caliber and lower. I just went to shoot my Mosin and Buddy gave me the bad news.

The Mosin shoots a ".30 caliber" cartridge. If they literally mean ".300" inches, then they would be eliminating .308 Winchester (7.62x51mm NATO), .30-'06 Springfield (also a "7.62" cartridge), as well as the 7.62x54 Russian and the .303 British. That would even eliminate my little ".30 Carbine," which shoots a bullet of .308/7.62 diameter and is only slightly more powerful than a .357 magnum. That would pretty much limit rifle shooters to .270 and under. The legal niceties aside, I can't believe that they would eliminate a whole battalion of legitimate hunting calibers.

And speaking of .357 magnum, and .45 ACP, and .45 Long Colt, and 9mm Parabellum, and .38 Special, and .380 ACP, and .32 ACP—among others—are all cartridges which are over ".30 Caliber."

....Just sayin'.......

Charles L. Cotton wrote:

C-dub wrote:

RottenApple wrote:FYI, the city of Rowlett has restricted shooting at GPSR to .30 caliber and lower. I just went to shoot my Mosin and Buddy gave me the bad news.

That's interesting. I didn't know a city could do that.

As of Sept. 1, 2011, they can't regulate shooting at a sport shooting range. It's part of SB766.

Chas.

Keith B wrote:

RottenApple wrote:FYI, the city of Rowlett has restricted shooting at GPSR to .30 caliber and lower. I just went to shoot my Mosin and Buddy gave me the bad news.

A city can't do that. The owner of the range may have made the restriction on it, but the city can't enforce that rule.

I think right now the owner will be looking at implementing any changes they can do to keep the range open and limit any downrange collateral until they can get modifications made to prevent overshooting the berm by raising it and adding baffles.

AndyC wrote:

RottenApple wrote:FYI, the city of Rowlett has restricted shooting at GPSR to .30 caliber and lower. I just went to shoot my Mosin and Buddy gave me the bad news.

A Mosin is 7.62 x 54R - it's .30 cal

Munk wrote:

RottenApple wrote:FYI, the city of Rowlett has restricted shooting at GPSR to .30 caliber and lower. I just went to shoot my Mosin and Buddy gave me the bad news.

Is that rifle only? What about .40/.45 pistols?