![]() ![]() Tourists or locals involved in the leagues Oliva hopes will form are required to suit up in safety gear: helmets, full face protection, throat and groin protection and other body armor. I fire off the machine gun at random times during the match, and every time I do, the guys duck behind cover, even though they know it isn’t really firing anything. “We play loud music we have smoke effects. “A lot of the arena is designed to create chaos and disorient the participants,” Oliva said. The matches start off with someone, usually Oliva, firing a mounted faux machine gun that belches fire and makes a loud retort. The company is looking into how to film and project the images on screens, perhaps using night vision cameras. It also has one plexiglass wall so about 50 observers can watch the three-minute matches. The room has a sand-covered floor, oil drums and other obstacles to hide behind and limited lighting. Nearly anyone can participate in combat with a trainer or a friend in the operation’s 30-feet-by-50-feet arena. The marking cartridges travel at around 600 feet per second. The gun barrels have been modified to a narrower caliber so they can only fire Simunition, non-lethal training ammo that uses standard magazines filled with shells - with charges in them - that shoot marking cartridges composed with a water soluble compound instead of lead. While the guns are real, the ammunition is only mostly real. It’s how your state of mind influences your willingness to accept new information.” “It’s the difference between running on a treadmill and running down a beach in Santa Monica. “It’s a way to practice for combat and tactical situations with guns that is much closer to the real world than other training,” Oliva said. Owner and creator Nephi Oliva hopes to make something that is simultaneously a real world tactical training ground, a sport rivaling mixed martial arts and something tourists and locals can do for fun. ![]() Highland Drive, is that it’s paintball with real guns. Bizuayehu Tesfaye/View Follow shorthand description of Las Vegas Gunfights, 3068 S. The entrance to the Las Vegas Gunfights is seen Oct. ![]()
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