Action Target engineers are doing more on the beaches of Florida this spring than just surfing: they are designing the biggest bullet trap ever built.

1. ACTION TARGET HITS THE BEACH
WITH A RECORD-BREAKING BULLET
TRAPBy: Action Target
Written

2. Action Target engineers are doing more
on the beaches of Florida this spring than
just surfing: they are designing the
biggest bullet trap ever built.

3. Lotus Gunworks of Jensen
Beach, Fla., will be opening
its doors next week and
inviting shooters to try out its
new double-decker shooting
range featuring a two-story
steel funnel bullet trap.
Nicknamed the Lotus 811,
this version of Action Target’s
Total Containment Trap is
the first of its kind.

4. After spending eight months riding around different
areas and looking at gun ranges, Lotus Gunworks'
Director of Operations Robbie Abell discovered
Action Target. They found an existing building in
Jensen Beach that met their needs but quickly ran
into issues when it became apparent there would not
be enough room for two adjacent ranges and a gun
store.The solution was to make a double-decker
range where both levels shot into the same bullet
trap. While skeptics said that it couldn’t be done,
Abell and Action Target believed there had to be a
way.

5. The answer was to
extend the Total
Containment Trap
(usually just 8 feet
tall) to a whopping
19 feet and to
mount steel cross
beams to support
the Mancom Touch
Plus target retriever
system.

6. With the equipment issues resolved, the next hurdle
was proper ventilation to prevent customers and
employees from being exposed to hazardous lead
dust. Despite doubts that a range that tall could be
ventilated at all, Carey’s Smalls Arms Range
Ventilation managed to create a system that not only
met environmental standards, but exceeded
ventilation standards for even federal shooting
ranges.

7. Aside from being environmentally safe by
completely replacing range air every 80
seconds, all of the filtered air pumped into
the range is refrigerated, which is a pretty big
deal in Florida.

8. Lotus Gunworks is especially friendly to new
shooters with a Ti Training simulation system
that allows those completely new to shooting
to try it out on a real gun equipped with a laser
before hitting the range. Friday night fun
shoots will also allow people to try out a variety
of firearms including fully automatic rifles.

9. Shooters wanting to practice at Lotus
Gunworks to experience a well-ventilated,
cooled range with cutting edge technology
including a simulation system and the largest
bullet trap ever built don't have to wait much
longer; the range is expected to open for
business the first week of April and will be
holding a grand opening celebration April 20.

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