Action Target recently installed a new shooting range in Brazil for the State Civil Police of Rio de Janeiro (PCERJ). This is the first range built by Action Target in South America and marks a milestone for the company as it continues to branch into international markets. Read the full article here (http://www.actiontarget.com/Action-Target-Builds-its-First-Shooting-Range-in-South-America)

1. ACTION TARGET BUILDS ITS FIRST
SHOOTING RANGE IN SOUTH AMERICA
By:
Ac'on
Target

2. Ac'on
Target
recently
installed
a
new
shoo'ng
range
in
Brazil
for
the
State
Civil
Police
of
Rio
de
Janeiro
(PCERJ).
This
is
the
first
range
built
by
Ac'on
Target
in
South
America
and
marks
a
milestone
for
the
company
as
it
con'nues
to
branch
into
interna'onal
markets.

3. The
new
range
was
purchased
by
the
PCERJ
in
a
push
to
increase
training
standards
for
state
and
local
law
enforcement,
but
will
also
support
training
for
special
opera2ons
units
from
other
states
around
Brazil
as
well.
It
features
an
open
air
11-­‐lane
shoo'ng
range
with
user-­‐friendly
target
retrieval
systems
from
Mancom
and
a
nine-­‐room
shoot
house
facility.

4. To
ensure
bullet
containment,
the
new
range
also
includes
a
steel
funnel
bullet
trap
and
safety
baffles
which
provide
ballis'c
protec'on
for
the
shoo'ng
area.
There
is
no
roof
on
the
range
to
allow
for
natural
ven'la'on,
but
the
safety
baffles
installed
make
sure
no
rounds
have
the
chance
to
escape.

5. One aspect of the range that is
especially important to the Brazilian
government is its effect on the
environment.
The PCERJ range utilizes technology
from Action Target to ensure lead dust
and debris are safely contained and
collected for recycling.

6. As
a
bullet
strikes
the
armor
steel
plate
of
the
Total
Containment
Trap
(Ac'on
Target’s
patented
steel
funnel
bullet
trap),
it
is
forced
through
the
small
horizontal
opening
in
the
middle
of
the
funnel.
Once
it
has
passed
through
the
opening,
the
bullet
enters
the
decelera'on
chamber
where
it
spins
un'l
it
loses
energy.
The
bullet
then
falls
into
a
trough
where
it
is
funneled
into
one
of
many
plas'c
canisters.

7. The
threat
of
lead
dust
created
by
the
impact
of
the
bullet
is
also
eliminated
through
a
Dust
Collec'on
Unit
which
uses
nega've
pressure
to
pull
dust
and
air-­‐borne
toxins
toward
the
rear
of
the
bullet
trap
where
it
enters
a
filtering
system.
This
system
removed
99.98%
of
lead
and
other
materials
before
the
air
is
released
into
the
environment.

8. Brazilian officials are also grateful for the
safety the new range will provide officers
during training situations. The old facility often
used wood as backstops for shooting drills and
presented a significant ricochet danger for
trainees. The new range allows for nearly limitless
use of tactical weapons from handguns to fully
automatic rifles with complete containment. That
assurance makes for a healthy environment
where law enforcement trainers can push officers
to the limit without putting them in harmʼs way.

9. Rio
de
Janeiro’s
law
enforcement
officers
will
also
be
pushed
to
the
limit
as
they
run
intensive
tac'cal
drills
in
the
new
nine-­‐room
Modular
Armored
Tac2cal
Combat
House
(MATCH).
Equipped
with
a
catwalk
and
ballis'c
walls,
law
enforcement
teams
can
now
prac'ce
essential
close
quarter
skills
like
room
clearing
and
hallway
naviga'on
with
live
fire
weapons
while
under
close
watch
from
above.

10. The
PCERJ
range’s
grand
opening
will
be
held
at
the
end
of
June
when
it
becomes
fully
func'onal
as
a
law
enforcement
training
facility,
but
tours
have
been
ongoing
for
those
aXending
the
LAAD
Defense
and
Security
Interna'onal
Exhibi'on
held
this
week
in
Rio
de
Janeiro.
Ac'on
Target
is
excited
to
have
installed
this
new
shoo'ng
range
in
Brazil
and
is
confident
that
this
important
company
milestone
is
just
the
first
of
many
new
Ac'on
Target
ranges
in
South
America.

11. Read
more
and
comment
by
visi'ng
www.Ac'onTarget.com
and
click
on
“Ac'on
Target
Journal”
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