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May 15th, 2019, 06:18 PM #11Grand Member
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Re: I want to build a backstop to shoot on my property
Get a couple deliveries of fill, and shoot your rifles from a slightly elevated height.
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May 15th, 2019, 06:18 PM #12
Re: I want to build a backstop to shoot on my property
That'll work just be aware that some lower powered cartridges might bounce back at you. 18" of soil will stop most rifle rounds. But be sure it is pretty free of stones. You might even consider using frangible ammo, a choice that might permit you to use heavy timbers like railroad ties. I don't recommend railroad ties for use as a primary backstop for live ammo. The MPs at Camp Bonifas complained that their 9mm NATO bullets bounced back at them on their pistol range. You could always use wooden timbers to build a 3 sided "bin' and fill the bin with soil. Periodically you could even screen the soil and recover expended bullets to recover the metal. I do recommend at least an 8' height.
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May 15th, 2019, 06:40 PM #13Grand Member
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Re: I want to build a backstop to shoot on my property
Quite a few years ago my agency built a range with a 40' tall berm. We got the plans for free from the NRA. I would check with them.
As an aside, you know most cops could f-up a bowling ball- sure enough, one launched a Fed. .308M round over the berm when his rifle was resting on the bipod.
It hit a porch railing and bounced through a plate window into an occupied living room. Scared the hell out of the homeowner.Crusader's local #556 South Central Asia chapter
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May 15th, 2019, 06:41 PM #14
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May 15th, 2019, 06:54 PM #15Grand Member
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Re: I want to build a backstop to shoot on my property
There are quite a few organizations that publish range building guidelines. Here is one:
https://www.energy.gov/sites/prod/fi...n_Criteria.pdf
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May 15th, 2019, 07:05 PM #16
Re: I want to build a backstop to shoot on my property
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May 15th, 2019, 07:07 PM #17
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May 15th, 2019, 07:14 PM #18
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May 15th, 2019, 07:18 PM #19Super Member
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May 15th, 2019, 07:30 PM #20
Re: I want to build a backstop to shoot on my property
I quit using my 200 yard range because I wasn't comfortable with the 6' high backstop. Yes, shit happens. I was shooting my 7.62 and had 2 bumpfires on my new 100 yard range. Fortunately, that has 15-20 feet of hill behind it and then a lot trees and no houses for a few miles. It would take a lot more fuck-up to endanger someone. It's an uncomfortable feeling wondering where that bullet might have gone.
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