IMO most of the range officers a whiny babies. They always seem to ignore the lighter calibers (up to about 30-30) but as soon as someone unleases something around an '06 or bigger they flip out and immediately go hassle them (which is an issue for me because I love the big boomers). I have been tempted to get a box the baddest production ammo I can for the .300 and go back there so when they start bitching me out about how unsafe it is I can just hand them the box. I've been to other ranges where they had "safety fits' because after every shot I would REMOVE THE BOLT then use a bore light and check for unburned powder on my test loads and record the result in a notebook. No bolt, no boom. duh. I personally would rather deal with the occasional blatantly unsafe individual at an open range than the whiny babies at the controlled range.