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ACTION TARGET BUILDS ITS FIRST SHOOTING RANGE IN SOUTH AMERICA

By: Ac'on Target

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 rst 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.

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.

To ensure bullet containment, the new range also includes a steel funnel bullet trap and safety baes 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 baes installed make sure no rounds have the chance to escape.

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.

As a bullet strikes the armor steel plate of the Total Containment Trap (Ac'on Targets 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.

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 ltering system. This system removed 99.98% of lead and other materials before the air is released into the environment.

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

Rio de Janeiros law enforcement ocers 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 re weapons while under close watch from above.

The PCERJ ranges 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 condent that this important company milestone is just the rst of many new Ac'on Target ranges in South America.

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