Made a shooting range

[Tractor Seabee]

That pile of RR ties is great except when a round goes over it or around it or finds that one crack that goes all the way through it. Unless the horizontal stacking is offset each row that is the place Mr. Murphy is setting.

Shooting ranges on flat ground are tailor made for ole Mr. Murphy. Someday some body will shoot over or around what you build. Many tears ago when criteria was a lot looser than today, the military learned several expensive lessons. I remember one (I was there) where we were shooting out over the ocean; two kids were in a small row boat that you could not see in the light chop. Well Mr. Murphy was on board that day during 30 cal machine gun practice; both boys killed and their boat sunk. Today you could live your whole lifetime on what it cost the military to build a Murphy proof range. There are very few commercial ranges other than concrete enclosed tunnels in operation anymore. They cannot get liability insurance at any price for an outdoor range. The county where I live does not allow shooting of any kind on less than 5 AC. I have 21 so am OK. We have a 100' high hill on the property as a backstop. Nobody shoots here w/o my presence and military Range Officer rules enforced by me. One mistake and they are done forever. No fast draw or tactical shooting either.

I am not trying to be a crepe hanger but we need to approach these things with our eyes wide open.

Ron

 

[grsthegreat]

That pile of RR ties is great except when a round goes over it or around it or finds that one crack that goes all the way through it. Unless the horizontal stacking is offset each row that is the place Mr. Murphy is setting.

Shooting ranges on flat ground are tailor made for ole Mr. Murphy. Someday some body will shoot over or around what you build. Many tears ago when criteria was a lot looser than today, the military learned several expensive lessons. I remember one (I was there) where we were shooting out over the ocean; two kids were in a small row boat that you could not see in the light chop. Well Mr. Murphy was on board that day during 30 cal machine gun practice; both boys killed and their boat sunk. Today you could live your whole lifetime on what it cost the military to build a Murphy proof range. There are very few commercial ranges other than concrete enclosed tunnels in operation anymore. They cannot get liability insurance at any price for an outdoor range. The county where I live does not allow shooting of any kind on less than 5 AC. I have 21 so am OK. We have a 100' high hill on the property as a backstop. Nobody shoots here w/o my presence and military Range Officer rules enforced by me. One mistake and they are done forever. No fast draw or tactical shooting either.

I am not trying to be a crepe hanger but we need to approach these things with our eyes wide open.

Ron

well the round would have to go thru 8 feet of dirt and an oak rr tie. And in my case, if it did it would have to make it thru 1200 feet of forested trees to the highway....oh, and it would have to travel in an upwards trajectory to get over the hill on the property.

 

[mattbatson]

at the range I'm a member of, we are still allowed to run our guns like god intended...
thank god

and no accidents that I know of since it opened several years ago.

it is an outdoor range, Volusia gun and hunt club, that does have homes and farmland around it...but all in all is pretty **** secluded.
berms are about 13 or so feet, by my estimation.

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rifle range is out to 500, and several handgun/tactical ranges that are enclosed on three sides by berm...they even have a shoot house.

I enjoy doing the tactical shoots where they often use props

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I actually have not been shooting since sandy hook and ammo prices went through the roof. I have a safe full of ammo, but I hate to use it up when I'm not refreshing the stash every month...gotta save some for the zombie apocalypse

 

[BeezFun]

How do people go hunting without taking berms and railroad ties out in the woods?

 

[wmonroe]

Here are a few pictures of a shooting range I built a few weeks ago. I think I can shoot about 200 yards after checking with my range finder. So far I shot at it with the .44 mag and it has held up nicely. It was a good excuse to play with the Kubota.

Nice looking range. A 200 yard range would be a lot of fun...maybe I'll ad that to my tractor project list.

 

[petegoud]

My neighbor built a really nice shooting range. The back of this is against my property so when he does shoot, he notifies me prior to using the range. Shooting ranges can be dangerous, but a little forethought goes a long way concerning safety practices.

 

[Sterff]

Here's my other one. Again outside of 25 yards Im only using these for sighting in a hunting rifle. I use a picnic table and a cabela's gun rest.

 

[Markcuda]

I knew when I saw the tread title, most posts would be how you didn't do this right,
how you should of did that different.
It never fails how some people just can't shut up.

 

[Coyote machine]

I knew when I saw the tread title, most posts would be how you didn't do this right,
how you should of did that different.
It never fails how some people just can't shut up.

Maybe you should take some of your own medicine.
BTW, it would be: 'if you like your doctor you can keep him.'

 

[Markcuda]

Some times I have a male doctor, some times he is busy, and I
must see a female doctor.
But, I'm sure you could not figure that simple thing out.
Should I put him/her??????????
See, you can't even use proper quotation tagsLOLOLOLOL