First Scoop!

[GFarmer13]

This is the start of the berm that I am building on my property for my personal range. I will need a few more loads to get it tall enough but that will happen soon enough.
When completed I will be able to shoot 200 yards. I know that isn't that great of a distance but it will be fun for me and a few friends.

 

[MarentetteService]

Nice!

 

[jlgurr]

That's something on my "list" also. Do you have idea how many yards of dirt it will require? Are you using "fill dirt"? Curious to how "thick" it will be when you are finished to ensure full stoppage of the projectiles. My better half thinks I'm crazy, but that's nothing new.

 

[Thomas]

Sounds like good time all the way around.

 

[GFarmer13]

I am using red clay gravel, the county will drop it off every so often. I'm not sure how much it will take at this time. That was one load in the picture and I have never seen the truck that they haul it in. I hope to build it up about six feet, the land is already sloped and I am shooting into the dirt already. I just want a little extra insurance.

 

[newbury]

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.

 

[stuckmotor]

In my area, we'd probably just shoot into the side of a hill.

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.

 

[TripleR]

Good to see people building backstops, too many people just depend on trees or isolation for safety in my area. We are lucky to have plenty of natural backstops on some our places, but built one on one of our farms where my sons wanted to do some long range shooting.

 

[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

 

[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.