fireside44
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In the process of getting a lane cleared in the back. I have a couple big stumps to burn out but then I have about 125 yards for the rifle range. Gentle downhill slope. Bench will be on my Texas deer stand aka back porch and for pistols I'll just walk back towards the berm.
I have a lot of cedar to cut so I'm thinking about a 10 or12 foot wide berm about five feet high, using cedar logs to form the back of the berm and then run the tractor blade to push up soil.on front of the berm. Soil is rocky limestone but I can pick out large rocks. I have another clear 150 yards of my woods behind the berm area with no one directly to the back of my place so risk of bullets hitting structures or people is next to zero.
Just looking for suggestions from guys who built there own ranges. Planning on shooting mostly steel target with pistols but some paper for load testing along with occasional pound or two of tannerite. My entire property is a homestead under construction so aside steel targets I need to keep the bill as close to zero as possible.
I have a lot of cedar to cut so I'm thinking about a 10 or12 foot wide berm about five feet high, using cedar logs to form the back of the berm and then run the tractor blade to push up soil.on front of the berm. Soil is rocky limestone but I can pick out large rocks. I have another clear 150 yards of my woods behind the berm area with no one directly to the back of my place so risk of bullets hitting structures or people is next to zero.
Just looking for suggestions from guys who built there own ranges. Planning on shooting mostly steel target with pistols but some paper for load testing along with occasional pound or two of tannerite. My entire property is a homestead under construction so aside steel targets I need to keep the bill as close to zero as possible.