Hmmm well if taken in English within range of something means within range of that item... this would not include the item itself as it is the target of the statement...
and by going by the definition of within as given in the rules again I don't see how the target includes itself... except by some really tenuous interpretation...
but maybe this is how it is intended but I saw it more like a 3" pulse type thing which usually doesn't include the originator itself... I know it doesn't say pulse but to me that's how it reads...
Does X to models within 3" of target / does X in 3" pulse
not dissimilar in effect just different wording... the only question is does it include the model itself? if so then why doesn't it say The target and models within 3" of it must make a DF test?