The new Short Range

[BrokenolMarine]

When we first met Jimmy, I asked him if he was Larry's brother. He laughed and said, "Big Brother." They aren't related, but he sent me a picture of them together. Jimmy dresses like that all the time, year round. In winter, he adds sleeves and a Carhartt coat. It's Oklahoma. I'll post the pic when I get to my desktop.

Taken at one of the shows in Oklahoma:

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Y'all will figure it out.

[Hatchdog]

The dirt came out of the same pile as that used on the main range, most of which came from the expansion and adjustment of the creek bed last year (or was it the year before.) It's a mixture of "dirt" and clay. Rains pack it down nice and tight, and when baked in the Oklahoma Sun in the summer at 100+ degrees, it will harden to almost concrete like consistency. This serves to prevent most of the wandering away you'd normally see with sand or loosely packed dirt. Although not too hard to accept the rounds fired into it. They pass right in, then the next rain smooths out the penetration and the sun cooks it over again. LOL.

Gotta love a “self healing” backstop!

[fortyshooter]

Lots of great work on the short range BM! I did a similar thing on my main range backstop but used corrugated metal roofing sheeting for the sides over a wood structure to hold the 24 tons of sand/dirt mix. My 80 yd. gong is down in the woods in a low area and the upward slope behind it catches any misses within reason.

[The Happy Kaboomer]

Very nice..........Now build you a nice covered shooting bench to shoot from,

[BrokenolMarine]

Very nice..........Now build you a nice covered shooting bench to shoot from,

Funny you should mention that. I have a 12 x 12 cover planned for the gravelled area in front of the range house. A 4x4 or 6x6 post in each corner, and a roof overhead to keep the rain and sun off. We will get it done eventually.

[Mags]

Very nice..........Now build you a nice covered shooting bench to shoot from,

Funny you should mention that. I have a 12 x 12 cover planned for the gravelled area in front of the range house. A 4x4 or 6x6 post in each corner, and a roof overhead to keep the rain and sun off. We will get it done eventually.

Maybe put it on skids or something so that you can drag it to your different yardages to shoot from.

[BrokenolMarine]

Very nice..........Now build you a nice covered shooting bench to shoot from,

Funny you should mention that. I have a 12 x 12 cover planned for the gravelled area in front of the range house. A 4x4 or 6x6 post in each corner, and a roof overhead to keep the rain and sun off. We will get it done eventually.

Maybe put it on skids or something so that you can drag it to your different yardages to shoot from.

Things like that here need to be securely anchored. It's Oklahoma, where the wind comes whipping down the plains. 100mph+ at times. Yup. Things have to be secure. Our rollaway trash can that we roll to the street every Thursday morning? Strapped to the railing of the back porch the rest of the week.

Say I wanted to shoot at 15 yards on the 25 yard range, I have moveable target stands, I'd put THEM 15 yards from the covered shooting position if the weather was that bad. But, good idea otherwise... You know, without Mother Nature blowing things around.

[BrokenolMarine]

You know you are in Oklahoma when you are driving down the country road through farm country and the road is straight as an arrow, and all the telephone poles are leaning 20 degrees off vertical as far as the eye can see. The bean fields don't offer a wind break.

[BrokenolMarine]

A pic of the pistol range after working it with the tractor, extra dirt added, worked the dirt that was there as well. I also moved the Iron Beotch up from the Rifle Range, and put five coats of new paint on her. She's a reactive steel B-27 target. Fun to shoot, mounted on a solid base, she rings and moves when hit, but doesn't fall. I intend to add some low mounted steel places and swingers as well. Will still be able to shoot "Cardboard" above the steel plates. Should get the steel in place tomorrow or Monday.

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Also on the to do list are some wings to the sides to protect against splashes and / or ricochets.

[BrokenolMarine]

Got out this morning and added the 8" plates. Drove the dual rebar rods to rest the plates on, repainted the faces of the plates, and got them situated. HOT out today... 90s already at noon. Will go shoot this afternoon, making the plates dance and ring. Too hot right now. If I need to add dirt down the road, Just pull the plates and rods and lay them aside, dress the range and then put the plates back up.

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I cant them forward so the splashed of lead and copper go DOWN into the dirt and don't splash back at the shooters. I also require a minimum of ten yards for any reactive steel. Usually shoot from fifteen.