Chief range officer wording on a shooting range.

**Silentwind** · April 7th, 2012, 01:23 PM

When the Chief range officer says "Ready on the left, Ready on the right" is that a question or a statement? I am not attempting to be funny buy my wife ask me and I thought it was a statement but it does sound like a question.

**Dogpupkus** · April 7th, 2012, 01:44 PM

Question;
When I shot CMP they followed the same procedure. If someone wasn't ready on his/her side, they would simply yell "NOT READY" after the range offers question.

It's just quicker and more to the point than asking, "Is everyone ready on the right? Is everyone ready on the right? Yes? Fantastic then, let's commence shooting!"

**kujo0311** · April 7th, 2012, 01:48 PM

Originally Posted by Silentwind

When the Chief range officer says "Ready on the left, Ready on the right" is that a question or a statement? I am not attempting to be funny buy my wife ask me and I thought it was a statement but it does sound like a question.

when i worked a range in iraq we used it as a question, if u were ready u gave a thumbs up, if u werent ready u wouldnt have ur thumbs up, for example you would be clearing a jam or something to that effect.

**MOUNTAINORACLE** · April 7th, 2012, 01:56 PM

It is a question.

**DaveM55** · April 7th, 2012, 02:21 PM

In my world "Ready on the left, Ready on the right" is a question and one only answers of they are not ready. Then the command is range going hot.

Same goes for when calling clear. One only responds if one is not clear, but many people say clear which is ok too.

**Chainsaw** · April 7th, 2012, 04:29 PM

Appleseed lines are similar to what's been posted. No response is necessary unless there is a problem then a "NO" or a raised hand stops the commands until the problem is resolved.

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**rmagill** · April 8th, 2012, 03:58 AM

As the others have said, it is a question. I also think it can be used as a statement at the same time.

As a department firearms instructor, I observe the line first to make sure it looks like everything is save and everyone is ready. If it does, I will pose this exchange. If no one responds that they are not ready, I give the command and we commence firing.

In this setting, this is kinda like saying "Ready, Set..." and gives everyone a moment to make sure everything is set and ready to go. It then gives everyone the chance to tell me if they have a problem or aren't ready yet. Finally, it also lets the line know that I will be expecting everyone to start shooting very soon.