Action Target

Action Target

Type	Private
Industry	Manufacturing
Founded	Provo, Utah, United States (1986 (1986))
Founder(s)	Kyle Bateman, Addison Sovine
Headquarters	Provo, Utah, United States
Area served	Worldwide
Key people	Kyle Bateman, John Curtis, Addison Sovine, Tom Wright
Products	Shooting ranges
Services	Shooting range training
Employees	180-220[1][2]
Divisions	Academy International Law Enforcement Military Customer Service Research and Development Sales
Website	http://www.actiontarget.com/

Action Target is a manufacturer of custom shooting ranges and portable steel targets for military, law enforcement, Special Forces groups, tactical training schools, and commercial applications based in Provo, Utah^[3][4][5]. Since it's founding in 1985, Action Target has increased its inventory to include over 4,000 products. As the world's largest shooting range equipment manager, Action Target designs, delivers, and installs indoor and outdoor range equipment throughout the world.

Prior to serving as mayor of Provo City, John Curtis was a partner and the Chief Operating Officer of the company.^[6][7]

History

Action Target was founded in 1986 by Kyle Bateman and Addison Sovine to address a need they saw with law enforcement training,^[8] and operated out of Bateman's bedroom at first.^[3] They soon moved to a larger facility near the Interstate 15 freeway in Provo before moving to a manufacturing facility nearby next to a residential neighborhood.^[8]

In 1989, the company moved to manufacturing facilities on the west side of Provo on property which used to house a wrecking yard. Throughout the next fifteen years, Action Target expanded and built several large buildings to house its manufacturing. In late 2003 or early 2004, the company donated land to Provo City in order to extend the street and provide an alternate route for delivery trucks, as well as offering to purchase properties to create a buffer zone between its facilities and those of residential neighbors.^[2]

The company produced two bullet-proof training villages for use by the U.S. Army in 2005, a contract worth $3 million USD. U.S Congressman, Chris Cannon, participated in a demonstration of a similar facility created for use by Utah County police departments, including those from Provo, Brigham Young University, and Orem.^[9]

In 2007, the city of Provo began consideration of purchasing the property where Action Target was located in west Provo.^[10] The property owned by the company in west Provo was approved for purchase by the end of that same year.^[11] The city of Provo then approved several bonds in November as incentives for Action Target to move to a new industrial park in the southeast corner of the city.^[12][13]

The new industrial business park is the former home of an iron mill closed down in the 1960s.^[14] Provo City allowed Action Target to use its tax-exempt status to help secure financing for the costs of moving and building the new facility in the industrial park. The industrial park was part of an infrastructure improvement paid for by a $2 million USD federal grant.^[1]

After breaking ground in September 2008,^[15] the company began building a new facility which significantly increased its office space and manufacturing capacity. The new building allowed the company to have all their facilities in one location.^[16] They began moving into the new facility in August 2009 and officially opened the new facility in November that same year.^[17]

Projects

Action Target has built some of the largest shooting ranges in the world, including the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, the range at the FBI Academy, Sûreté du Québec,, the United States Secret Service, and the Los Angeles Police Department Training Center.^[4][8] Between 2000 and 2008, the company was awarded $42.9 million USD in government contracts.^[18][19] In late 2004, the company completed an 11-building training facility for use in Iraq by the multi-national forces stationed there.^[20]

Other notable projects include:

• Godfrey’s Indoor Range in Junction City, KS: Action Target products included in the range include the Total Containment Trap with Dust Collection Unit, Rifle Rated Ceiling Baffles, Digital Smart Target Retrievers with the SmartRange Master Control System and Level III clear ballistic glass shooting stalls. ^[21]
• The Shooters Edge Commercial Shooting Range and Retail Store in Piney Flats, TN: Equipment provided and installed by Action Target include Tactical Baffles, 360 Degree Turning Target Retrievers, the Track Runner, and Shootin Stalls with photo eye-beam security. ^[22]
• The Range in North Carolina: Action Target provided the bullet trap, overhead target system, shooting stalls, safety ceiling, nine standard target lanes, and six tactical lanes for advanced law enforcement training. ^[23]
• RTSP in Randolph, NH: The build includes nine ports, all with electronic keypads and turning targets.

Law Enforcement Training Camp (LETC)

For more than 20 years, Action Target has hosted one of the most comprehensive training camps for law enforcement agencies in the world: The Law Enforcement Training Camp (LETC). This annual, week long training is taught by world-class firearm instructors and is held in Provo, Utah.

The Law Enforcement Training Camp allows students to choose a different course to attend each day of the week-long training. ^[24]Training areas include but are not limited to:

• High Performance Handgun
• Patrol Rifle/Carbine
• Ultimate Shotgun
• Rapid Deployment Patrol Rifle Operator
• Emergenncy Medical Response for Firearms Instructors
• Shoot, Move, & Remedial Shooters

LETC's world-class instructors hail from the Safari Shooting School, Hoffner's Training Division, Team Spartan, Glock Training, Bill Rogers Shooting School, Sig Sauer Academy, and the Action Target Academy.

Sponsorships

Action Target is the official target supplier for the youth shooting program, Scholastic Steel Challenge (SSC), which is based on The Steel Challenge - the nation’s most successful handgun competition. ^[25]

Action Target also sponsored the 2011, NRA/Midway USA Bianchi Cup. Action target provided a new Reactive Target System (RTS) to the Bushmaster Tactical Carbine side match and new portable plate racks to the NRA/Midway USA, Bianchi Cup match range and practice range. ^[26]

Additionally, Action Target was recently announced as a silver sponsor of, The Steel Challenge Shooting Association,^[27] the official target manufacturer of the Single Action Shooting Society’s (SASS) group of Cowboy Action Shooting (ACS) enthusiasts, and also as the manufacturer for the world’s largest single action shooting competition, End of Trail. ^[28]

References

External links

• GSA eLibrary Contractor Information

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