Major Shift in Shooting

[fortyshooter]

Well main thing is to have a really good backstop for the more powerful air guns that you will move up to....at least 3.5 inch in thickness with treated wood. For my backyard range I built a 10 ft wide x 7 ft tall wall using 4x4 post with 2x8 boards across front and back. The front or target side has replaceable 1x6 treated fence pickets which are cheap to replace as they get shot up by missed hits. A lot of the timber was from a neighbors old deck he had removed.
Might look into a nice Co2 .177 lever rifle like the Walther which would go well with that 6 shooter! I have the Walther Lever Action and it is a great little shooter with 8 shot rotating magazines.

[Sir Henry]

I cant get the other link to work but it would be the Omega Trail Charger 4500lb portable compressor
https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/Daystate/RegalXL.html

These would be my choices if I was going to do what you are doing Gene.

I found this little beauty. My question is can it be shot left and right handed?

https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/co2/cr ... o2-pistol/

[fortyshooter]

I cant get the other link to work but it would be the Omega Trail Charger 4500lb portable compressor
https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/Daystate/RegalXL.html

These would be my choices if I was going to do what you are doing Gene.

I found this little beauty. My question is can it be shot left and right handed?

https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/co2/cr ... o2-pistol/

That's a nice quality one there and I see thumb relief on both sides so maybe for right or left.

[BigAl52]

I cant get the other link to work but it would be the Omega Trail Charger 4500lb portable compressor
https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/Daystate/RegalXL.html

These would be my choices if I was going to do what you are doing Gene.

I found this little beauty. My question is can it be shot left and right handed?

https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/co2/cr ... o2-pistol/

I think NCG has one of those Gene. She could give you some better info. But I don’t see any reason why you couldn’t

[Sir Henry]

I cant get the other link to work but it would be the Omega Trail Charger 4500lb portable compressor
https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/Daystate/RegalXL.html

These would be my choices if I was going to do what you are doing Gene.

I found this little beauty. My question is can it be shot left and right handed?

https://www.airgunsofarizona.com/co2/cr ... o2-pistol/

That's a nice quality one there and I see thumb relief on both sides so maybe for right or left.

That’s what I saw too. The only drawback of going group size instead of plinking with CO2 is velocities drop in the cold.

[Sir Henry]

Well main thing is to have a really good backstop for the more powerful air guns that you will move up to....at least 3.5 inch in thickness with treated wood. For my backyard range I built a 10 ft wide x 7 ft tall wall using 4x4 post with 2x8 boards across front and back. The front or target side has replaceable 1x6 treated fence pickets which are cheap to replace as they get shot up by missed hits. A lot of the timber was from a neighbors old deck he had removed.
Might look into a nice Co2 .177 lever rifle like the Walther which would go well with that 6 shooter! I have the Walther Lever Action and it is a great little shooter with 8 shot rotating magazines.

I was looking at that lever but it’s out of stock.

[North Country Gal]

Yes, I have the Crosman 2300S and LOVE it. Great gun. It's the best in the entire series of Crosman CO2 target guns. And, yes, the grips are exactly the same on both sides, so you can shoot it with either hand. The other nice thing is that there are aftermarket grips you can buy for these Crosman CO2 target style pistols, since they are so popular.

This S version does have a shroud, too, so it is quieter than many CO2 pistols. Metal receiver, too, so you can mount a scope, no problem. I now shoot with a nice with a 2-7x air rifle scope and shoot it offhand, silhouette style, holding the gun up close to my face.

[North Country Gal]

Her's what we have doe for our backstop. At 30 yards, our most powerful air guns only dimple the plywood facing and it's angled, so less of a chance of pellets bouncing back.

The backing is treated 2x6 lumber.


The facing is 3/8th plywood, which we can replace if it ever gets too shot up.


And all set up with metal targets and traps. We normally shoot at 30 yards, but do have the option of going 50 or even more.

[Sir Henry]

Nice range Joanie. Thanks for the info. I’m going to order it as soon as I post this.

[fortyshooter]

Her's what we have doe for our backstop. At 30 yards, our most powerful air guns only dimple the plywood facing and it's angled, so less of a chance of pellets bouncing back.

The backing is treated 2x6 lumber.


The facing is 3/8th plywood, which we can replace if it ever gets too shot up.


And all set up with metal targets and traps. We normally shoot at 30 yards, but do have the option of going 50 or even more.

Well done job on your range NCG ! Can't have too many targets!