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ACTION TARGET HITS THE BEACH WITH A RECORD-BREAKING BULLET TRAP Wri$en By: Ac-on Target

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ACTION TARGET HITS THE BEACH WITHA RECORD-BREAKING BULLET TRAPWri$en  By:  Ac-on  Target

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Ac#on  Target  engineers  are  doing  moreon  the  beaches  of  Florida  this  spring  thanjust  surfing:  they  are  designing  thebiggest  bullet  trap  ever  built.

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Lotus  Gunworks  of  JensenBeach,  Fla.,  will  be  openingits  doors  next  week  andinvi-ng  shooters  to  try  out  itsnew  double-­‐decker  shoo-ngrange  featuring  a  two-­‐storysteel  funnel  bullet  trap.Nicknamed  the  Lotus  811,this  version  of  Ac-on  Target’sTotal  Containment  Trap  isthe  first  of  its  kind.

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AKer  spending  eight  months  riding  around  differentareas  and  looking  at  gun  ranges,  Lotus  Gunworks'Director  of  Opera-ons  Robbie  Abell  discoveredAc#on  Target.  They  found  an  exis-ng  building  inJensen  Beach  that  met  their  needs  but  quickly  raninto  issues  when  it  became  apparent  there  would  notbe  enough  room  for  two  adjacent  ranges  and  a  gunstore.The  solu#on  was  to  make  a  double-­‐deckerrange  where  both  levels  shot  into  the  same  bullettrap.  While  skep-cs  said  that  it  couldn’t  be  done,Abell  and  Ac-on  Target  believed  there  had  to  be  away.

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The  answer  was  toextend  the  TotalContainment  Trap(usually  just  8  feettall)  to  a  whopping19  feet  and  tomount  steel  crossbeams  to  supportthe  Mancom  TouchPlus  target  retrieversystem.

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With  the  equipment  issues  resolved,  the  next  hurdlewas  proper  ven-la-on  to  prevent  customers  andemployees  from  being  exposed  to  hazardous  leaddust.  Despite  doubts  that  a  range  that  tall  could  beven-lated  at  all,  Carey’s  Smalls  Arms  RangeVen#la#on  managed  to  create  a  system  that  not  onlymet  environmental  standards,  but  exceededven-la-on  standards  for  even  federal  shoo-ngranges.

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Aside  from  being  environmentally  safe  bycompletely  replacing  range  air  every  80seconds,  all  of  the  filtered  air  pumped  intothe  range  is  refrigerated,  which  is  a  preKy  bigdeal  in  Florida.

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Lotus  Gunworks  is  especially  friendly  to  newshooters  with  a  Ti  Training  simula-on  systemthat  allows  those  completely  new  to  shoo-ngto  try  it  out  on  a  real  gun  equipped  with  a  laserbefore  hiYng  the  range.  Friday  night  funshoots  will  also  allow  people  to  try  out  a  varietyof  firearms  including  fully  automa-c  rifles.

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Shooters  wan-ng  to  prac-ce  at  LotusGunworks  to  experience  a  well-­‐ven#lated,cooled  range  with  cuLng  edge  technologyincluding  a  simula#on  system  and  the  largestbullet  trap  ever  built  don't  have  to  wait  muchlonger;  the  range  is  expected  to  open  forbusiness  the  first  week  of  April  and  will  beholding  a  grand  opening  celebra-on  April  20.

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