Posted: 2/8/2008 2:33:44 PM EDT
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My family has a small farm upstate, and I was thinking about putting together a small range 0-200yds. My question is: If creating a berm is not an option, what can I safely make a target out of that will stop the round ? What are your home setups like ? |
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You can obtain sections of 6' concrete culvert to shoot inside, with a steel and concrete trap at the end. Discuss this with your insurance agent first.  You can limit berm height by installing bullet deflection baffles above your line of fire at various distances from the berm. The NRA range development guys will have data on this. |
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I built mine with rows of old tires, each row is filled with dirt and then the next row added and so on. I also stacked them in a semi circle to help with stability about 7 rows high. So far I have not been able to put any thin through it, biggest round so far has been 30-06 AP stopped it with no problem. HTH Bob |
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We have had a range at our cabin since I was just a kid, it was nothing but a pile of wood and large branches in front of that to make several rows of tree branch about 4" in diameter and just under six foot high and about that wide as well. Over the years the backstop has slowly become nothing but a small pile of rubble. When I put it back together I'm thinking of starting with hay bails and then putting new wood (large branches) into rows in front of that. I don't know if it's the greatest thing in the world to use, but the guys who originally used it know a hell of a lot more than I ever will. Hope this helps, and if anyone has pros or cons of my set up, please let me know. Take it easy-n-at, Jeff |
I have seen roughly this set up a few times. Seems to work fairly well with rifle rounds. |
I used a section of my property in upstate NY that is a natural valley between two small hills, We shoot downhill to the bottom of the valley and the next hill is a natural backstop, even a .50 cant defeat acres of hillside ! Is there a similar place on your property that you can setup on ? I dont really love having to shoot downhill , but hey, anyone can shoot on level ground  In any case, no one bothers us, so its sacred ground ! |