Posted: 2/10/2014 2:23:54 PM EDT
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We are buying a new home that has a nice size basement that I would like to make into an Archery Range (15-20 yds)
Ideas on what targets are or back stops to use? |
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Pics when you get it up!
Lots of materials you can use. My local club uses layers of trampoline material in a wooden frame. These layers are one face behind another. Other materials you can use are cardboard stacked in horizontal layers and tied together. This will provide a much longer use than if you used a face. You can reinforce it with old carpet, too. For a backstop you can use a big rubber mat like you see from Office Depot and hang it from the ceiling a few inches from the wall. Not much will get through it. |
You can have yer jihad, wait till you've been ye-hawed.
| I realize how old this thread is but I'm wanting to do the exact same thing, anybody else come up with anything good? I can easily shoot 25 yards in my basement. Open the French doors make 30 easy but I don't want to destroy the house. |
Hi, I'm Brad. Sadly that name was already taken
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I open 2 doors in my basement and give myself a 10 yard shot - all winter long. Mounted hooks to a stud in the ceiling, bought a couple carabiners and ran them through the grommets on a big bag target. Hang it from the hooks with some junk chain I had laying around.
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Originally Posted By bfmcleaky:
You have 90 feet straight line of sight in your basement? I have 26yards of straight line in mine. I open the french doors and before i get to my slope it's a tad over 30. Got the sketches for my target design that should protect everything. Just gotta see what lumber i have laying around and go from there. |
Hi, I'm Brad. Sadly that name was already taken
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I have 20 yds in my shop and I use 1" thick horse mat screwed around the edges with steel roofing screws to a piece of 3/4" plywood. 2 Blade broad heads with go into the plywood but not thru it. Field points just bounce off the rubber mat. I have broken several carbon arrows shooting blunts but they are not in good shape anyway by the time I use them for stump shooting.
Just for the record I don't miss the actual target very often. I'm shooting recurve and compound to 65 lbs. |
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I had 15 or 16 yards of straight line site in my old basement. Shot in there all the time and loved it. I just adjusted my sight for a 16 yard zero. Shot some really tight groups and even robin-hooded an arrow (granted it was only 16 yards). Was good practice and I really enjoyed it.
No backstop really-just some old, flat, cardboard boxes behind my block target that sat atop a box itself. I just didn't miss the target 
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