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Massive graphics of NRA members marked the entrance to the NRA Mobile Tactical Range Experience, the first shooting range installed at a NASCAR event.

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The Richard Childress Racing Bass Pro Shops/NRA Museum racecar welcomed fans to the Experience.

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A giant Colion Noir showed fans what they could expect inside the range …

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… as families took turns shooting real AR-15s and Glock 17s under the watchful supervision of trained NRA instructors.

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Ultimate Training Munitions (UTM) brought 75,000 rounds of their patented training ammunition to Bristol to make sure no shooter stood in line just to be turned away.

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Shooters were able to experience a number of different target arrays, both mobile and stationary. UTM staff, shown here being interviewed by Cam Edwards of NRA News “Cam & Co.,” even erected a shoot house for would-be door-kickers to clear.

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After the rains moved on, NRA and UTM staff prepped five shooting bays, each featuring dynamically different target arrays and shoot houses, to keep wait times short.

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After shooting—some participants’ first such experience—many race fans joined NRA on the spot, making the Mobile Tactical Range Experience double as a very effective membership effort.

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Hats are the currency of all NASCAR events, and everyone who shot at the NRA Range received one.

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The NRA Mobile Tactical Range Experience was made possible by the development of UTM’s unique training ammo, first developed for the military and law enforcement communities. UTM staff and equipment allowed first-time shooters to safely fire real AR-15s and Glock 17s to find out for themselves what all the fuss is really about.

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The UTM system is so safe that Bass Pro Shops was able to place a huge kayaking pool right next door without any fear that a stray round might cause a puncture. In truth, the heavy vinyl-covered fabric walls of the NRA range were more than enough to contain UTM’s low-velocity marking rounds.

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Yes, that is a picture of a real AR-15. Yes, you can shoot it. No, we’re not joking.

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At the end of four days, thousands of race fans had experienced NRA’s first Mobile Tactical Range, safely firing semi-automatic modern sporting rifles and handguns smack-dab in the middle of throngs of fun-seekers. Gee, wonder what kind of fan experience NRA will dream up next? Hmmm …