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Range maintenance
nemesisenforcer
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I'm the unofficial caretaker of our local "dirt range" and it's been in need of some TLC.
Previously, I used wooded posts to hang peg board from. Once the peg board got shot up, the lazy SOBs who also use it but don't put any effort into it would just hang their targets from the wooden poles and shoot the hell out of them.
I finally got smart and put in some steel fence posts. Pretty much indestructible and a lot easier to install than the thick posts.[:D]
I'm a genius.
Previously, I used wooded posts to hang peg board from. Once the peg board got shot up, the lazy SOBs who also use it but don't put any effort into it would just hang their targets from the wooden poles and shoot the hell out of them.
I finally got smart and put in some steel fence posts. Pretty much indestructible and a lot easier to install than the thick posts.[:D]
I'm a genius.
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I'm the unofficial caretaker of our local "dirt range" and it's been in need of some TLC.
Previously, I used wooded posts to hang peg board from. Once the peg board got shot up, the lazy SOBs who also use it but don't put any effort into it would just hang their targets from the wooden poles and shoot the hell out of them.
I finally got smart and put in some steel fence posts. Pretty much indestructible and a lot easier to install than the thick posts.[:D]
I'm a genius.
We have exactly the same issues at the local range I use. I just can't get them to switch to steel posts. They are too worried about ricochets.
Jon
They wrap the drum with cheap chicken wire and fix it by wires ties...
Then the shooters can hang their targets on the chicken wire.
Bullets pass through the drums and chicken wire with minimal damage.
Typically a single drum will last the entire year...
The chicken wire usually needs to be replaced about 4 or 5 times.
The cool thing is you can place the drum anywhere from within a few yards to 100 yards easily.
Don't have to worry about ricochets; there's not a house within a mile of the range.
Just the ones that come right back at ya.
My range is my back yard so I guess I am the official caretaker. I use the signs that realtors put out on street corners. The law requires them to be at least 10' from the edge of the road. They put them right next to the road and you cannot see whats coming up the road. I will jump out and throw them in the back of my truck if they are blocking the view of on coming traffic. Had a local LEO wave thanks to me one day when I pulled up a sign. Saved him the trouble. Most weekends those signs are out there. If I don't need targets I pull them up and throw them on the ground. One would think they would have learned by now. 10' is the limit. Any closer and it's illegal.
+1 Me and my buddies use those things as well!, They work great, just slap your paper target up and shoot, at the end of the day just throw it in the bed of the truck and go!....The guys who shoot up tvs and stuff like that just tick me off as well, makes the entire range look trashy, and while I am not a "tree hugger" by any stretch of the imagination, I do believe it is our job to take care of this planet in a sensible and practicle way which means pick up after your friggin self!
As a side note the clean up on Mondays that I do is much easier this year with the lack of ammo. Usually hundreds of 22's to sweep up after the weekend, but this year maybe 50 or so.
Jw
I love the political signs especially the democrats. I can vent my anger an it only cost me the price of ammo instead of life in prison.[:)]
Jw
agreed!! Those are the best target stands you can steal
I love the political signs especially the democrats. I can vent my anger an it only cost me the price of ammo instead of life in prison.[:)]
Jw
Me too, I had 6 Obama signs I used. Simply put 1" orange dots all over it and shoot away.
I shoot out on open public land. Desert dry washes, canyons in the foothills of the mountains. Quit going to the public ranges due to the Range Officers behaving rudely. Claiming all the brass on the ground is their's (we had to agree to disagree ... sort of). That and just too darned regimented.
I do see lots of trash out there. Always try to bring back some of the litter people have left behind. Can be real disgusting sometimes to see how much trash people will shoot to pieces and drive away from.
The rest just enjoy the labor of the few.
THe same direction the entire country is headed...[V]
The angle irons are positioned diagonal to avoid any risk of ricochets.
Generally old plywood is screwed to the crossbars which are 40" appart. and targets are stapled to the plywood.
These replaced the shot up telephone pole predecessors.
I'm a genius.
My thoughts too.[8D]
And fiery auto crashes
Some will die in hot pursuit
While sifting through my ashes
Some will fall in love with life
And drink it from a fountain
That is pouring like an avalanche
Coming down the mountain