8 Colo. Code Regs. § 1402-1-2.610

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024

Section 8 CCR 1402-1-2.610 - RIFLERY

A. The riflery supervisor shall hold a National Rifle Association instructor's or assistance instructor's certification in rifle shooting or equivalent certification from a national organization or shall have verified experience equivalent to that necessary to obtain the National Rifle Association Fire Arm certification.

B. If the riflery supervisor is not present at the rifle range whenever children are firing guns, the staff person(s) trained by the riflery supervisor must be present at all times when children are present.

C. The rifle range shall be free from all hazards, away from other activities and traffic of any type; shall be well marked with danger signs or flags; and all blind approaches shall be fenced or blocked off.

D. The range shall be constructed with an appropriately designed bullet-stop so that all bullets will be stopped behind the targets. The bullet-stop shall be free of trees, rocks, boulders, or other objects which may cause a bullet to ricochet away from the bullet-stop.

E. There shall be a well-defined firing line which shall be level with the targets and elevated off the ground. A minimum space of five (5) feet between firing points shall be established or firing points separated by a permanent divider. Targets must be designed to minimize potential for ricochet. Targets cannot depict human form.

F. Only the following types of guns shall be permitted:

1..22 caliber rimfire, single-shot, bolt-action rifles having no trigger modification other than the factory setting.

2. Pneumatic spring-type and CO₂ air guns may be either.22 caliber or.177 (Ball Bearing (BB) size).

G. Proper condition of the firearms shall be maintained by inspection before and after usage, cleaning as necessary. Firearms that do not function properly shall be repaired and tested before usage.

H. Instruction on the use of firearms shall be presented to the children prior to the use of the rifle range.

I. No more than five (5) cartridges at a time shall be distributed to a child by the responsible supervising staff member and issued only at the firing line.

J. Firing shall be permitted at the firing line only. Observers shall remain behind firing line.

K. Actions of uncased firearms shall be kept open except when on firing line ready to fire.

L. All firearms shall be unloaded immediately upon the command "cease firing" regardless of when this command is given. Actions shall remain open until further commands are given.

M. On ranges where shooters must go down range to change targets and score: movement must be controlled by the supervising staff member.

N. All spent or unspent cartridges must be returned to the supervising staff member.

8 CCR 1402-1-2.610

46 CR 22, November 25, 2023, effective 12/15/2023