About The Bullet Trap
The Bullet Trap first opened August 1, 2011. We have enjoyed a steady increase in members and now have over 1600 members shooting with us. We would like to thank you all for your patronage and support. We will continue to strive to provide the services, products, and training you have all come to expect.
The Bullet Trap was designed to deliver the utmost in safety and comfort. The HVAC system is state of the art air handling system. We exchange all of the air on the range every 2 minutes using a purge system. We draw in fresh air from outside and discharged air is filtered through Heppa filters before being released. These two air systems have no interconnect or exchange of air. This guarantees you and your family clean, lead free air at all times. The retail side of the range, lounge, office, gun vault, classroom, and snack room are on an entirely different HVAC system assuring no exchange of air with the range. All of this assures you of a healthy shooting experience without worry of lead issues.
The Rubber Berm back stop is designed by Action Target and chosen because of its unique ability to stop bullets without generating any lead dust. Many ranges you may go to use steel plates to stop the bullets. These bullets vaporize and/or disintegrate upon impact with the steel. This generates large quantities of lead dust that the ventilation system must remove. Also, some degree of a bullet ricochet exists if shooting at close range. We felt the Rubber Berm offered a better choice. There is 44,000 pounds of granulated rubber piled 3 foot deep on our berm. This will stop most bullets that one would use on an indoor range.
The steel plates in the ceiling baffle system and over the entire shooting booth area are 3/8” hardened steel. These are designed to prevent an accidental discharge into the ceiling or from a booth from penetrating our roof and escaping the range. Each shooting booth wall has 3/8” hardened steel plates in the side walls to prevent accidentally shooting your neighbor. We hope none of this is ever needed. However, it is necessary to provide you with the safest shooting environment available.
Our target retrievers are also state of the art. No hanging wires or bouncing targets. The retrievers are very robust and dependable.
The concrete block walls are filled with re-bar and cement. The wall behind the Rubber Berm is constructed the same. These walls will stop any caliber bullet we use on the range as well. You can rest assured you are shooting in the safest environment available from the industry.
The most important safety link available to us is YOU. We require everyone to view our safety video before shooting the first time. We have the Range Master give everyone a safety briefing before their first range experience. It is our intent with these programs to have everyone on the same page and behaving the same on the range to maximize safety. By following the 3 NRA Gun Safety rules and using a little common sense, this will contribute significantly to maximize safety, OUR MOST IMPORTANT GOAL.
We are always open to comments or suggestions from our customers. We are interested in any way we can improve the security of your shooting experience. With your input, we hope to continue growing and make this the best range in central Illinois.
Staff
Dan Cooley
Owner
Len Konich
RSO, Glock Armorer, League Coordinator
Tom Biggs
Retired
Thomas Abbott
RSO, Glock Armorer, & Sales
Michelle Tankersley
Office Manager
About The Bullet Trap
The Bullet Trap first opened August 1, 2011. We have enjoyed a steady increase in members and now have over 1600 members shooting with us. We would like to thank you all for your patronage and support. We will continue to strive to provide the services, products, and training you have all come to expect.
The Bullet Trap was designed to deliver the utmost in safety and comfort. The HVAC system is state of the art air handling system. We exchange all of the air on the range every 2 minutes using a purge system. We draw in fresh air from outside and discharged air is filtered through Heppa filters before being released. These two air systems have no interconnect or exchange of air. This guarantees you and your family clean, lead free air at all times. The retail side of the range, lounge, office, gun vault, classroom, and snack room are on an entirely different HVAC system assuring no exchange of air with the range. All of this assures you of a healthy shooting experience without worry of lead issues.
The Rubber Berm back stop is designed by Action Target and chosen because of its unique ability to stop bullets without generating any lead dust. Many ranges you may go to use steel plates to stop the bullets. These bullets vaporize and/or disintegrate upon impact with the steel. This generates large quantities of lead dust that the ventilation system must remove. Also, some degree of a bullet ricochet exists if shooting at close range. We felt the Rubber Berm offered a better choice. There is 44,000 pounds of granulated rubber piled 3 foot deep on our berm. This will stop most bullets that one would use on an indoor range.
The steel plates in the ceiling baffle system and over the entire shooting booth area are 3/8” hardened steel. These are designed to prevent an accidental discharge into the ceiling or from a booth from penetrating our roof and escaping the range. Each shooting booth wall has 3/8” hardened steel plates in the side walls to prevent accidentally shooting your neighbor. We hope none of this is ever needed. However, it is necessary to provide you with the safest shooting environment available.
Our target retrievers are also state of the art. No hanging wires or bouncing targets. The retrievers are very robust and dependable.
The concrete block walls are filled with re-bar and cement. The wall behind the Rubber Berm is constructed the same. These walls will stop any caliber bullet we use on the range as well. You can rest assured you are shooting in the safest environment available from the industry.
The most important safety link available to us is YOU. We require everyone to view our safety video before shooting the first time. We have the Range Master give everyone a safety briefing before their first range experience. It is our intent with these programs to have everyone on the same page and behaving the same on the range to maximize safety. By following the 3 NRA Gun Safety rules and using a little common sense, this will contribute significantly to maximize safety, OUR MOST IMPORTANT GOAL.
We are always open to comments or suggestions from our customers. We are interested in any way we can improve the security of your shooting experience. With your input, we hope to continue growing and make this the best range in central Illinois.
The Bullet Trap Staff
Dan Cooley
Owner
Len Konich
RSO and Glock Armorer
League Coordinator
Tom Biggs
Retired
Thomas Abbott
RSO, Glock Armorer, & Sales
Michelle Tankersley
Office Manager
