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Shooting Backstop ?
dav1965
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I am surrounded by woods on all 4 sides of me.
In the direction i shoot i own about 50 yards of woods and there is about another 100 yards before it opens up into a field. The closest house in that direction is 3/4 mile i guess.
I dont have a problem shooting pistols in the yard. If i shoot from the deck im shooting about 5 foot in the air to targets on the ground.
I am thinking of making a 6 ft high and 6 ft wide by 24 inches deep and filling it full of dirt.
What would be the biggest gun that i should use with that backstop?
In the direction i shoot i own about 50 yards of woods and there is about another 100 yards before it opens up into a field. The closest house in that direction is 3/4 mile i guess.
I dont have a problem shooting pistols in the yard. If i shoot from the deck im shooting about 5 foot in the air to targets on the ground.
I am thinking of making a 6 ft high and 6 ft wide by 24 inches deep and filling it full of dirt.
What would be the biggest gun that i should use with that backstop?
Comments
The way you are shooting now if you hit a rock I would bet that it will clear the trees and hit somewhere in the field or maybe even farther.
But as somebody else said, Sand that has been sceened of rocks would be better
By the way, by your dimensions, you'll need a little over 2.6 yards of dirt/sand to feel your back stop
Take this FWIW since my location is absolutely secure with nothing beyond except a very tall, steep, brushy hill which I also own. .
then two rows of rr ties stacked in front with wings angled in on each side , even steel plates we shoot in front of all that .its over a mile to the next house behind us and its not inline with the back stop
we have shot every thing up to 50 cal nothing goes thru the back stop 80 % is 5.56 or smaller tons of 22 lr and handgun 9mm 45 and so on .
when we have new shooters we move them up to about twenty feet to start to prevent any misses and slowly back them up as they get better
we normal shoot 100 yards to the back stop .
we want to add more back fill and have a small mountain range in the
end [:D]
at least your considering the safety at least shows you care . some do not bother just shoot with thinking of where th ebullets may go
My point is I'd be hesitant to set up any range with a house in the same general direction because s--t happens.