Best Technology Systems Services

All BTS supervisors and workers are lead certified and trained per OSHA standard 1910.1025 to work with lead in shooting ranges.

Best Technology Systems is licensed and certified to perform complete inspection, repair and rebuild work on all InVeris Training Solutions (formerly Meggitt Training Systems) bullet traps.

During our pre-job commencement paperwork, we will select the bullet trap inspection forms that are specific to your facility’s bullet trap. BTS has been working on bullet traps for over 25 years, and during that time, our enduring relationships with bullet trap manufacturers have led to the development of our customized, precise inspection forms.

Once we are onsite for a bullet trap and range inspection, we will:

• Visually inspect bullet trap components for excessive wear or damage
• Compare the bullet trap to manufacturers specifications and inform you of any visible defects
• Visually inspect the range ceiling baffles
• Visually inspect the targetry system
• Test the range’s negative pressure

After completing your bullet trap and range inspection, our technician will walk you through what was found and identify if any parts need to be repaired or replaced. Again, BTS has relationships with and technical knowledge of most manufactured bullet traps.

In addition to keeping your bullet trap ballistically compliant, our inspection work and report will ensure your bullet trap is safe and ready for training so you can minimize or eliminate downtime.

If the quote is accepted, BTS will order the parts and repair the bullet trap or range equipment needing repair or replacement work.

BTS will ensure your bullet trap is ballistically safe for training and shooting. We will also help you limit operational challenges by catching problems early to reduce repair costs and downtime. Being proactive is important because acquiring parts can take 60–120 days.

BTS can perform different levels of range cleaning along with any repair work as well. We will customize your range visit to fit your needs.

At the end of our service contract, we will provide your facility with a Final Documentation Package. This is a comprehensive package of information concerning whom from our staff was on site, what work was done, the results of our inspection, all air sampling results as well as hazardous waste manifests. This package is all you may need for any OSHA and Compliance audit.

This is your assurance that when we leave site, your bullet trap is safe and ready for training!

Ask us questions if you need assistance with your protocols. Whether you have been a range master for years or are new to the technicalities of firing range maintenance, we would be happy to discuss your range and possibly make some suggestions.

We can replace any and all types of filters according to what your shooting range requires. BTS has agreements with filter suppliers throughout the US and can provide competitive pricing for standard or custom air filters. The filters can be supplied by either your facility or Best Technology Systems.

The importance of properly changing filters is to maintain adequate airflow and negative pressure in the range. This protects the shooters from the lead exposure and the facility from contaminating adjacent rooms outside the range.

Services Include:

• Set up wash station and regulate the work area.
• Wear respirators and PPE
• Change filters
• HEPA vacuum support tracks
• Package filters as hazardous waste

If you choose to change your own filters, please be aware that you will need to wear the proper respirator, PPE and do air monitoring.  BTS can save you money by packaging and disposing of your filters once you have changed them.  We can help reduce your waste costs with proper volume reducing techniques.

These filters are the first stage of your ventilation system.  These filters are the least complex and need to be changed most frequently.  The purpose of the prefilters are to help protect the more expensive secondary and HEPA filters. These filters are generally 24” x 24” x 12” and have a MERV rating of 8.

Rollomatic filters as the name suggests, are filters on a roll which are drawn across the exhaust and are essentially pre-filters that are self-changing until the entire roll has been used.

Secondary or Intermediate filters are the middle filters in your filter bank.  These filters are generally 24”x 24”x 12” and are rated at 95%.

HEPA filters are the most efficient and most expensive of your range ventilation filters and are generally 24” x 24” x 12”

DCU filters are specialized filters that generally work directly at your bullet trap to capture lead produced at the bullet trap itself and are used in addition to your range air handling system. These filters are non-standard any usually cylindrical in shape. 

Firing ranges typically come in two basic varieties, either they are a rubber berm bullet trap or they are a metal bullet trap. Both serve the same purpose but accomplish it differently.

The rubber berm slows the bullet down within about 12-18” of penetration and the bullets collect primarily in the target zones. If you shoot enough rounds into the target zone of a rubber bullet trap, you can begin to get a build up of lead in the target zones and this can cause a round to “bounce back” into the range.  BTS has been remediating rubber and metal bullet traps for over 25 years and is ready to help you with your project.

A metal bullet trap slows down the projectile by allowing them to ride up (or down) impact plates at an angle and funnels them into a deceleration chamber that allows them to slow down and drop into trays, buckets or drums. Metal bullet traps need to have the projectiles removed periodically and is dependent on shooting volume. After continuous use, the throat of the bullet trap can clog the deceleration chamber and cause bounce back. A bullet trap inspection can reveal this and other problems. BTS can remove the lead build up and bring the bullet trap into manufacturer’s specifications.