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These pages explain the words range owners, reviewers, and project teams use for the downrange area. The tools are for early planning. Site-specific work starts with the actual range and property.
Maps and downrange areas
Safety fan and Surface Danger Zone
What these maps show and when an owner, county, agency, or project team may ask for one.
02Projectile containment and what is behind the berm
Bring the firing layout, berms, terrain, property lines, roads, and nearby buildings into one site picture.
03Shotgun shotfall areas
How trap, skeet, and other shotgun layouts relate to the property and land around them.
04Setbacks are not safety fans
The difference between a local setback or buffer and the mapped area tied to the firing layout and ammunition.
Useful before the next step
Range Master
Keep firing lines, ammunition, range notes, inspections, and early planning information in one iPhone app.
Range funding
Find current public shooting-range grant programs and learn what records funded projects usually need.
Project planning
Read what to gather before a range move, expansion, permit review, or larger construction project.
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