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[GFarmer13]

Belated welcome to TBN. Nice tractor.

Remember what you call "sloped" a lot of us would call flatland.

For non-Mississippe readers -
I'm in NE Ms near Belmont, about 30 miles south of Woodall Mountain, the highest point in Mississippi, all 806 feet above sea level.

Thank you for the welcome.

As far as sloped goes in my case, we are talking about a rise of about six feet in one hundred. It is a gradual slope, and that in its self should allow for the end berm to be fine at six or eight feet. I will have sixty yards past the 200 yard target with a rising slope and a berm six or eight feet high. I have no worries about my backstop as there are no residences for miles in that direction. At fifty yards I am shooting into a natural hillside.

 

[davesl708]

Great project. Good luck with it.

 

[kevin37b]

Love them front tires , BIG .

 

[spc]

My son and his friends often shoot at targets at the edge of the woods and even though its 10+ acres it always made me a little nervous. So we built this backstop out of poles and old barn beams.

 

[GFarmer13]

I have been limited to fifty yards for a while now and decided that I would like to shoot my rifles a little more. I thought about starting off with some trees that fell during a storm, they ended up as fire wood instead. The county supervisor said that he would get the gravel delivered as long as I could move it. They will only dump it just on the edge of your property. I am going to get as many loads as they will bring and just keep piling it up.

 

[SCWOOD]

Looks good! Glad you are being safe!

 

[MidTn Mark]

Congrats on getting started, I hope to start mine in a few weeks. I've called some heavy equipment dealers. I'm hoping to get some really big worn out tires to build my berm around. The plan is to fill them with dirt and then put 3-4 feet of dirt in front of them.

I'm hoping to get some really good stopping power that way.

Mark

 

[GFarmer13]

That sounds like a good plan. Should last a very long time as well.

I am going to call about another load tomorrow, hopefully the rain will hold off down here. I have some rebar that I am going to use to make some swinging targets. I think that I am going to build an A frame that is higher and wider that the shooting line and hang steel plates from chains. I don't mind if the chains get shot, I will just weld them together again.

My good friend just picked up a Caldwell Lead Sled and I hope to use it to sight in the .300 Win. Mag in the next few weeks.

 

[notme]

ever think of piling old tires and filling them with dirt row by row? would allow you to get more height and stability? and free used tires are a dime a dzn, that's how my local range builds there berms between ranges. eventually grass and roots will make any dirt pile more stable though. till then a good rain could do **** to ya

 

[Jim Timber]

ever think of piling old tires and filling them with dirt row by row? would allow you to get more height and stability? and free used tires are a dime a dzn, that's how my local range builds there berms between ranges. eventually grass and roots will make any dirt pile more stable though. till then a good rain could do **** to ya

The problem with tires is that they become a hazmat site if you ever sell the place and the new owner doesn't appreciate their value. At least with RR ties you can dig 'em out without needing to pay disposal fees on each one.

45 degree berm angle planted with grass will stabilize just fine. You want a foot of sand or so at the impact point so you can dig out and recover your lead every few years. No sense in just letting it sit there when you can cast it into more boolits.