My new home range

BlueHeeler · May 4, 2020

Living the dream! :thumbsup:

Just one suggestion is plan on reactive targets of some type. The in-laws have a mostly paper target based range and it gets boring after a while. The few reactive steel targets are the most well used and satisfying targets.

Pinecone · May 5, 2020

BALBZ said:
The plan is to extend the natural berm that is already there. I built the wall to save money on dirt and reduce the amount of sluff from rain on the pile. With the wall I need half the dirt for the same height pile and as it sluffs I can just push it back up from the front and don't have to worry about the back. This picture shows the existing berm I am talking about. Still a little hard to tell what it really looks like but when done I should have a 6ft high pile of dirt against the poles.

Hope this makes sense.

Yes it does, but a berm behind will be thinner at the top. If you double the horizontal poles, and fill in between, you have the same thickness from the whole thing. And above the poles, you can do the same with boards, for misses, and not worry about them going through.

Carrot · May 6, 2020

Nice work!!! Looks awesome!

mtcstle · May 6, 2020

I must say, Very, Very Nice. When is the BBQ?
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LRoberts · May 6, 2020

ZeroMc said:
Looks great, you get Gundo list and I get honeydo list but theres gotta be a ying and a yang

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Tell your Tapatalk it's "Yin and Yang". LOL

LRoberts · May 6, 2020

BALBZ said:
More pics. I will update the tread with more pics as progress is made.

I'd come help, but I'm on the other side of the ditch, in St. Mary's.

(You can use a pop-up canopy for your shooting bench spot. Just remove the canvas when you're not using it. The wind is hell on them).

doc.morrison · May 6, 2020

My mind ran off the tracks....

Here's what I thought you might be building....about slide 10.

https://www.washingtonian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Execution_Lincoln_assassins.jpg

Are you a Combat Engineer? ;-)

https://www.mdshooters.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=284511&stc=1&d=1588562661

Wardove · May 6, 2020

Call it 100 meters and you can feel so ....euro.
Really tho, congrats on the project! I miss being “down home” in Georgia where we shoot 25-800 yards off the back porch, occasionally even at brown fuzzy targets.

gem357 · May 7, 2020

Thanks

Thanks for sharing this!

Pinecone · May 7, 2020

gem357 said:
Thanks for sharing this!

He hasn't shared IT yet.

FrankOceanXray · May 7, 2020

Get out your paint:

I'll look for RR ties. More than enough off Croom Road.

Dave M · May 8, 2020

Nice.. Great job

F8L_Funnel · May 8, 2020

How close is the next neighbor?

BALBZ · May 10, 2020

BlueHeeler said:
Living the dream!

Just one suggestion is plan on reactive targets of some type. The in-laws have a mostly paper target based range and it gets boring after a while. The few reactive steel targets are the most well used and satisfying targets.

I plan to bring some of my steel targets home from our hunting property range once complete. Future plans for duelling tree and some type of moving target like a Texas star but that will have to wait for funds to be replenished. Wife and I just signed a window/door replacement contract with Thompson Creek Windows today so extra $$$$ is non existent for a bit :sad20:

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Pinecone said:
Yes it does, but a berm behind will be thinner at the top. If you double the horizontal poles, and fill in between, you have the same thickness from the whole thing. And above the poles, you can do the same with boards, for misses, and not worry about them going through.

Well sir you have talked me onto it. I will be filling the cavity between the 2x6's above the logs once installed. That cavity will be roughly 14" thick so nothing I'm shooting will even come close to penetrating. It is cheap peace of mind! As far as staggering and doubling the logs there is no need once the dirt is in front of them a .50 wont be able to penetrate it.

F8L_Funnel said:
How close is the next neighbor?

I have a neighbor whos house is about 70yds to the right of the range. He will be shooting with me most of the time and I have written permission in hand from him granting me permission to shoot. Behind the berm the next house is about 3 miles and it is extremely elevated form the berm which is in the lowest point of my property. The range is naturally sloped downhill from the shooting position.

Steel Hunter said:
Joining the two stamp club is always an option.

you mean something like this

BALBZ · May 10, 2020

This weekends progress

ZeroMc · May 10, 2020

Looking good

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Pinecone · May 11, 2020

BALBZ said:
Well sir you have talked me onto it. I will be filling the cavity between the 2x6's above the logs once installed. That cavity will be roughly 14" thick so nothing I'm shooting will even come close to penetrating. It is cheap peace of mind! As far as staggering and doubling the logs there is no need once the dirt is in front of them a .50 wont be able to penetrate it.

I am concerned about the gaps in between the poles.

Laddertowr · May 11, 2020

Balbz.... you know momma is wanna want a log home built once the range is done..... Looking good sir!!

BALBZ · May 11, 2020

Pinecone said:
I am concerned about the gaps in between the poles.

It is obvious you do not understand what I am trying to tell you. Or you are not reading my posts. When complete you will not even be able to see the poles. There will be dirt piled against the front of them. The bottom of the pile of dirt will be every bit of 6 feet thick and the top of the pile will be flat at the top of the log stack and be a minimum of 16inches thick. Then there will be no gap anywhere. The 2x6 boards above the dirt pile will be filled with dirt the thickness of the upright poles which is roughly 15 inches. If this does not make Sence sit back and watch the progress it will when completed.

Laddertowr said:
Balbz.... you know momma is wanna want a log home built once the range is done..... Looking good sir!!

Thank you. Not really a comparison to your setup but it will be fun. And there is no log home in my future hahaha!

Pinecone · May 12, 2020

BALBZ said:
It is obvious you do not understand what I am trying to tell you. Or you are not reading my posts. When complete you will not even be able to see the poles. There will be dirt piled against the front of them. The bottom of the pile of dirt will be every bit of 6 feet thick and the top of the pile will be flat at the top of the log stack and be a minimum of 16inches thick. Then there will be no gap anywhere. The 2x6 boards above the dirt pile will be filled with dirt the thickness of the upright poles which is roughly 15 inches. If this does not make Sence sit back and watch the progress it will when completed.

OK, Gotcha.

Why put the dirt in front?

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