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Frankly
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Advice for building a small outdoor range
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August 25, 2016, 03:17:36 PM »
We have two wooded acres in a semi-rural setting, I've already built a simple range with 10 and 25m targets using loose concrete block and "biomass" as my backstop. My avatar has a photo, I use an old picnic table as a bench but I usually shoot offhand to make it harder. The intent is to have a pleasant place to shoot low power .177 pistol and smaller rifles.
Lately I've been thinking of building up the backstops by renting a Bobcat and pushing dirt and debris into larger, taller pile, then sinking pressure treated posts and hanging some weather sealed plywood to provide two levels of backstop.
I'd welcome any advice, especially as to Bobcat operation (I can rent one for $400 for the weekend, I've used them for landscaping but never anything like this). I also have cut a trail loop ~ a whole tenth of a mile! And have been thinking the backstop could actually become a hill or hammerhead on the trail to make it more interesting to bike on....
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August 25, 2016, 11:39:29 PM »
Toward a pleasant place to shoot, I suggest a platform that includes an area for a bench and a vertical post (tree?) for braced practicing. I haven't been working on my situation for a while (similar semi-rural acreage) but I have a simple wood platform if only to keep out of mud and grass but also to sit and shoot sometimes using a folding seat/table combo. Mostly I stand braced against the post. Currently I use a portable metal target box which I set on pads of white stones at the distances. These stone pads are thin and low to the ground and in the grass so to minimize the impact area (reduce ricochet). The pads are staggered so that from the shooting platform I can see each distance without the closer target blocking the further. When done shooting I remove the targets and the area is ready for mowing. Down range has a small upward hillside to provide a backstop for, um, sight-in shots.
I want to spread a trail of mulch or stones out to the range stone piles for when it is mud season. And maybe add a roof idea or a way to hold a beach umbrella at the platform. Trying to keep things simple.
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Does your property have any contour to it, a little slope maybe. You want it to look as natural possible when you are done. Set your top soil aside so you can spread it over any mounds you have to build up, then seed it as the weather cools.
It sounds like a great project and I am sure pictures would be welcomed here.
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