LovetoCamp 9 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 The Sea Scouts are going to help with the BB Gun Range at Cub Day Camp this summer. What did you like/dislike at your last Day Camp? What made a "successful" range? What made a failed Range? Thanks!!! Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Safety, Safety, Safety. Then, make sure all the cubs feel successful. Don't yell at them. Everyone gets a turn. At the end of the day, we used to have a great time picking up all the spent BBs. It helps to spread a tarp under the targets and backstops to catch them. I let the cubs take everything they could find home with them...we did a pretty good cleanup as a result. Link to post Share on other sites
LovetoCamp 9 Posted February 27, 2004 Author Share Posted February 27, 2004 Thank you, Tarp. Take home. I am going to put up a dining fly for both rain and/or shade and also have 8 positions and sandbags to shoot off of. Have you used spinner targets? Shooting balloons? What do the cubbies lie on? Link to post Share on other sites
packsaddle 753 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 It depended on the weather but sleeping pads worked great for them to use. Or if there are plenty of leaves another tarp works too. Never tried any of those targets, we just used the standard bulls-eye versions. Be careful with the balloons. If not inflated enough or if struck just wrong, a BB could come right back, I think. I guess I'm super careful with anything that involves projectiles. Link to post Share on other sites
Eamonn 61 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 All instructors need to be trained and certified. While I would need to look it up I feel sure that the targets and balloons are not allowed. The range area is one where discipline and adherence to safety rules need to over ride everything else. You might want to get the book on Cub Scout Shooting sports from your Council Service Center. Most BB gun manufacturers have a target that is attached to a box that is filled with paper in order to prevent the BB from ricocheting. Even the use of thumb tacks to attach the target to the box ought to be avoided. Make sure that the Scouts wear eye protection. We have an area away from the range where a instructor goes over all the safety rules and explains the rules of the range and the commands as well as how to use the gun in a safe way. A failed range is one where a Scout gets hurt or is shut down by the camp inspector for not meeting the safety rules. Eamonn Link to post Share on other sites
Eamonn 61 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Again you might want to check the requirements but day camp and resident Cub Scout Camp is the only place where a Cub Scout can earn the Shooting Belt loops - Or it used to be. Eamonn Link to post Share on other sites
Twocubdad 665 Posted February 27, 2004 Share Posted February 27, 2004 Other than the basics of operating a safe range, we've never felt the need to don anything to make the BB program more interesting or appealing. Honestly, we could require all the boys to take a bite of spinach between each shot and they'd still be there all day. Link to post Share on other sites
LovetoCamp 9 Posted February 28, 2004 Author Share Posted February 28, 2004 2CD, Thanks!!! I'll pass on the spinach. Safety, safety, safety. So are aims are to earn a belt loop. Pass out some Eddie Eagle pamphlets, let the boys take their targets with them. I wonder if the NRA has a medal or pin to hand out? Link to post Share on other sites
LovetoCamp 9 Posted February 28, 2004 Author Share Posted February 28, 2004 Way to go OJ!!! Link to post Share on other sites
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