Cleaner Technology Projects in Denmark 1997
Noise from Shooting Ranges, Emission Catalogue for Shot Cartridge (Appendix Report)
Støj fra skydebaner, emissonskatalog for haglpatroner (Bilagsrapport)
Arbejdsrapport nr. 78, 1997, Miljøstyrelsen
This is the appendix report to the work report (Arbejdsrapport) no. 77, 1997, which purpose was to work out an emission catalogue for shot cartridges in relation to cleaner technology in order to reduce the noise pollution around the shooting ranges.
The Danish Trap Shooting Union (Dansk Flugtskydningsforbund) has participated in the project, and the union has contributed to carrying out the tests by offering suitable shooting facilities and by procuring weapons and the necessary amount of cartridges.
DELTA Akustik & Vibration has proposed this project in connection with the publication of guides no. 1 and no. 2 from 1996 about noise from shooting ranges, made by the National Agency of Environmental Protection in Denmark (Miljøstyrelsen). The reason was that the Army had made the test results, which were available, in August 1989, and it was therefore important to find out if these results were still current, and if there is a big difference in the noise level depending on the types of cartridge and the cartridge manufacturers.
A large spread on the noise level of the cartridges would probably result in the noise level becoming an important argument when selling cartridges for trap shooting.
In co-operation with the Danish Trap Shooting Union, DELTA Akustik & Vibration has made a programme of measurement based on types of munitions and covering about 98% of the Danish market for trap shooting cartridges. This includes both steel shot cartridges and lead shot cartridges though lead shot cartridges are only allowed to be used in a limited amount of shooting ranges. The programme of measurement also contains different combinations of types of munitions, compositions of weapons, angles of elevation and heights of elevation.
A large number of measurements have been carried through, which makes the amount of documents enclosed very heavy and only interesting for some readers. The report has therefore been divided in a principal report and in an appendix report, in which all the background material will be found. All the presentations of problems, test results and comments are summarised in the principal report.
The appendices of the report have been organised in the following way:
 | Appendix no. 1-110 contains transcripts of test results, odd appendix numbers, and raw data, even appendix numbers for all 55 tests. |
| Appendices no. 111-115 are data sheets concerning time signals for a typical weapon/cartridge combination. |
Author/ institution
Jan Christensen og Bo Søndergaard, DELTA Akustik & Vibration
This report is subsidised by the National Council for Recycling and Cleaner Technology
ISSN no. 0908-9195
ISBN no. 87-7810-881-0