Indoor range opens for 2014 season

 

Brian O'Connor/ Wrangell Sentinel

Light from the muzzle of a .500-caliber revolver engulfs shooter Neal Soeteber during a session on the shooting range Jan. 9. The indoor range opened to the public for the first time and will remain open through February. Tuesdays are for .22-caliber rifles, handguns, and pellet guns. Larger-caliber handguns can be used in Thursday's session.

The sound of a .45-caliber handgun going off indoors lands like a blow on the ears. It can be felt through the diaphragm and rib cage, through protective glass.

The sound echoed off the walls of the James Barker Memorial shooting range Thursday, the first night of the regularly scheduled season at the range in the basement of the public safety building. The range opens Tuesdays and Thursdays at 7 p.m. through January and February.

Tuesdays are for pellet guns, .22-caliber handguns and rifles. The big guns come out Thursday nights, when local shooting enthusiasts can bring almost any caliber...



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