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North Bristol Sportsmans Club proposes to relocate and update the present <br /> shooting range at the club. The present range is near Greenway Rd. and is not <br /> visible from the clubhouse, so control of unauthorized use of the range is <br /> difficult. The present range has an earth berm back stop, but the sides are open <br /> and the shooting stations are not covered by a roof. No baffles or barriers to <br /> prevent a bullet from escaping the range are present. Also, the range is <br /> surrounded by the archery course so that for safety reasons, both facilities can <br /> not be used simultaneously. <br /> The new range will be adjacent to the present trap shooting field near the club <br /> house. This will serve to help control access to the range. Ten foot high earth <br /> berms will be built along the sides and end of the range, a roof will be built <br /> over the shooting stations and overhead baffles will be constructed along the <br /> length of the range to prevent shots from leaving the range. The berms will <br /> lower the noise level by absorbing a portion of the sound and directing the rest <br /> of the sound upward. Two sections divided by a ten foot high earth berm will <br /> be built. One section is one hundred feet wide and fifty meters long (about the <br /> same as the present range) . A fifty foot wide by two hundred meter long section <br /> will be added to provide more diversity. <br /> The range is used primarily by three categories of people: <br /> 1) Club members <br /> 2) Law enforcement agencies (presently including the Sun Prairie Police <br /> Dept. , Wis. State Patrol, Wis . D.N.R. , Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms <br /> section of the U.S. Treasury and the IRS) <br /> 3) Hunter Safety classes from the Sun Prairie area. <br /> There is no intent to open the range to the general public. <br /> This project has the endorsement of the Wis D.N.R. Hunter Education area. Mr. <br /> Larry Johnson, Director has worked with us on site selection. Mr. Gerald <br /> Dorscheid, a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Wisconsin has <br /> designed the overhead baffles and has given us permission to use his design. <br /> The baffles will stop a bullet from any ordinary firearm. Mr. Dorscheid is <br /> employed by the Wis. D.N.R. and has considerable experience in range design. <br /> Construction of this facility will improve safety, lower the noise level, reduce <br /> unauthorized use of the range, and allow use of the shooting range and archery <br /> course simultaneously. <br />