Ever wondered what a Swiss range looks like?

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I wish that our range was like this!!
 
Gibbs505 said:
Roads are pretty narrow there as well!
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Yeah, but nobody hits the cyclists, 'cause they're all armed :D

but it sure would be nice to be able to say "I'm going shooting" without whispering
 
It is exactly how I always imagined Switzerland, down to the high school kids riding mopeds with battle rifles slung on their backs around scenic winding country roads.
 
At the risk of crossing over in to the political arena:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/1566715.stm

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Anyone notice that the "shooting house"(that's what they call it) has two floors, the first level for 50m smallbore and pistols, with the upper level for 300m shooting?
There are monitors on the 300m firing line to show the shot. The electronic targets use an acoustic system to triangulate the position of the shot. No need for anyone in the butts to show targets or patch them.
 
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"Back in the day" , before I had a drivers licence , is was nothing to walk across town with a .22 or a 12ga to go to a fav. hunting spot....
maan...I miss those times...
 
After studying the Swiss and european history, I starts to understamd why the Swiss have to be prepared for a shooting war with their neightbors, at all the time.

The Swiss have managed to stay of most european wars for over 900 years, exatly because they are prepared to shoot and fight, if they have to, and their war mongering neighbors, including the Allied forces of WW2, know that to well, and are therefore unwilling to pay the price for invading Switzerland, and simply for that reason leave Switzerland alone :)
 
I don't think that is the reason Germany didn't invade them. There is a sense of futility in conquering a steep terrain with no resources at all. And if you're thinking mountains=partisans.... I beg you to differ. There are very few countries in Europe that wouldn't be able to invade Swizerland. That has nothing to do with their courage... after all they secured Vatican for a looong time.
If I remember correctly most schools in Canada had indoors improvised ranges.... you know... that looong corridor that seems to serve no purpose ;)

What struck me is the casual of taking a rifle to the range. Try riding on a bike with an STG strapped to your back on our city streets :onCrack:
 
eltorro said:
What struck me is the casual of taking a rifle to the range. Try riding on a bike with an STG strapped to your back on our city streets :onCrack:
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Wally, are you listening? ;)
 
Some Swiss pics I have collected...

Go shopping with ones rifle:
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Kids day at the range:
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Bring the GF:
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I hope their antis get booted out of their country. :D
 
Calum said:
Some Swiss pics I have collected...

Go shopping with ones rifle:
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Kids day at the range:
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Bring the GF:
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I hope their antis get booted out of their country. :D
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I hope their antis get booted out of their country.

They probably did...and they ended up in Canada.
They are called Liberals
 
snipz said:
Wow...Switzerland RULES>>>> That range is pretty cool......each shooter can see there targets with there own personal tv monitor...thats great!!
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Friend of mine who shoots international competition (yes there are still a few Canuckleheads that do it) sent me the following:

If you review this again, you will see that they are shooting on a range (the upper range) above a range. The upper range is 300m and is fully electronic. The electronics are built by Suis Ascor (their are a few manufacturers of this type of equipment but Suis is the largest and is a natural choice in Switzerland).

There is no real target but rather a cream coloured corplast sheet with a hole in the middle and a black tape that moves forward with every shot. The score is taken from the sound waves as the bullet hits the paper by three sound sensors mounted in the far end unit and the results are displayed on the monitor by the shooter (and on overhead billboards for the crowd in locations where they have spectators).

This is the type of equipment we use at World Cups (well just about any range we shoot at outside of 3rd world countries like Canada). Cost is now about $5000 CAD per position.
 
From the history books I get the impression that some german, french, italian and ancient roman speakers got fed up with the varioius kings or warlords control of them, and then created their own country, Switzerland, and promissed to defend each other from any invasions.
Then some Austrian king send an army against the swiss, which was defeated by the swiss, then the same king came back with another army, which also was defeated by the swiss, as well as killing that particular Austrian king during the battle.

Rest seems to be history.
 
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