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I've long wanted a longer setup than my 70 and 50yd backstop range for rifle use. I've got one I can set up and take down for 100 to 120 yds. Doing that is a pain and more work than I typically want to do.

So for years, I've had this idea to create a couple of lanes that meet up at the same backstop. One near my 70- and 50-yd range that reaches 200 yds, and one near my tall hunting blind that reaches out to 300 yds.

The issue is that I've a lot of bottom land, and this is VA, 6-8 inches of topsoil that lies on top of 10ft of soupy mud. It's not an easy ask for any setup to do. Whelp, it's 98% done. I've got about a day to a day and a half on each lane for clean up and straightening of the shooting lane (areas the forestry mulcher could not go.)

The 200 yd lane next to my 50 and 70 yd pistol and rimfire range.



The forestry cutter did get stuck back there, but my neighbor popped it out with a trackhoe in 15 minutes.

Next up is the 300 yd range.

The first cut into the 300yd range.

First cut from inside the blind.

First cut from 115yds inside the lane; looking back to the blind.

First cut pass looking down the remaining 285yds. You can see the large trees I'll have to fell to clean up the shooting lane. Which is a good thing, as they should give us a base to build a walkway of sorts through the soupy area.


I'll post more as I have time to work on the lanes.

It really looks nice. You can come to my house when you’re done.

Sir Henry wrote: ↑

Tue Mar 31, 2026 8:33 am

It really looks nice. You can come to my house when you’re done.

Hah, i could barely afford this.

Nice. Takes me back a bit. We left VA about six years ago, but I recognize the landscape. I also recognise the theory. I did the same thing last year, on a much smaller scale. My rifle range is 100 (ish) yards from the range house to the berm. I went off ninety degrees, twenty five yards, for the pistol range. Reactive steel so I just run down and shoot. No setup at all.

Going to be some maintenance and improvements to both this year. Adding to the berms as they settle, etc. Will be watching as you continue with your project.
I put a small deck in front of my range house in VA for the same reason you mentioned. Needed a dry shooting area regardless of the season.

Really nice Grouse, that mulcher is doing a great job.

I worked a bit on the lane today, but an odd thing, I've not received any email updates from any of the threads I've responded to or posted in since February 27th.

DsGrouse wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 01, 2026 3:39 pm

I worked a bit on the lane today, but an odd thing, I've not received any email updates from any of the threads I've responded to or posted in since February 27th.

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Mags wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 01, 2026 5:11 pm

DsGrouse wrote: ↑

Wed Apr 01, 2026 3:39 pm

I worked a bit on the lane today, but an odd thing, I've not received any email updates from any of the threads I've responded to or posted in since February 27th.

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I have it set to do this. I checked last week and today. It's not blocked or ending up in my spam/trash folder.

I'm some what at a loss as to what is going on.

Looked at each lane tonight.


I've got more work than i thought, but it is doable.

Looks like you're going to have a real nice set up!