100 Yard range coming together, finally

Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well today Scott finally came out with 550 JD dozer and popped a bunch of big stumps and got the rough in dirt work done. Next I will use my skid steer to dress it up. Then I can pull the shooting shed in and get it blocked up and level. Couple of pictures.
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A little clean up for the loader and move the shed back to the birch tree but staying on the shop side or the birch.

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8 x 12 foot shed heated and lighted, on a skid.

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Hard to see, but the tractor is about at the berm, obviously some brush cutting on the right is needed. Wanted to get the dozer work rough in then finish up clearing.

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Another shot of Scott taking the bend out of the range.. Finally coming together
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
6 feet high, backed with stumps. I'm going to make a target frame of 2x12's the full size of a sheet of plywood elevated off the ground one foot. 24 inch on center so 4 - 24" wide x 48" high x 12" deep chambers with a method of dropping the bottom of each chamber for recovery of lead. I saw this idea on another site in use and described favorably as a good bullet stopper. The chambers were lined with a thin rubber front and back which would seal the holes fairly well.
So hopefully I will give this idea a shot. Literally.
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Yeah, but I can't do that in my wood stove. And as I burn about 10 to 12 cords a winter I'm not wasting any fire wood. Takes entirely to long to collect in between naps.
 
Missionary

Missionary

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That is a very nice setup ! I do trust it all gets together before the temperatures take the fun out of working outside.
 
Hawk

Hawk

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Congratulations on getting it done.
Looks like you put some thought into it.
I especially like the coffee can bumpers on the shed!
Folgers?
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Kevin Stenberg said:
Your shooting shed puts mine to shame.
Its nice when a plan comes together. " the A Team"
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Kevin,
Seems to me that you're doing the same as I am use up materials you have around. I happen to have a lot of scrap/used materials so not that much different, work with what you have. I simply needed 2 sheets of T 111 and a tarp. Had everything else laying around in the way, windows, pre hung door, already framed and plywood deck, counter for the bench, tent frames, I even have half a pail of paint that will get used if time allows before freeze up. I have enough stuff I could put 2/3's of a cabin together. And will one of these days.
Frankly I need to use this stuff, sell it or burn it.
As far as the "A Team" goes, well when it comes to shooting, there's the A and B teams, then there's my shooting, the "C Team". At least I will be able to shoot in winter weather until it gets -10* or colder. Just not fun. I'm hoping to finally have enough time to improve my shooting and at least make it to the bottom of the "B" list.
But thanks for the kind words,
John
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Hawk, I generate one empty can of Folgers every 8 days. Got to use the empties, being red makes for good range and construction markers. Folgers, the stuff of life.
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Missionary said:
That is a very nice setup ! I do trust it all gets together before the temperatures take the fun out of working outside.
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Well hoping to have it in place and useable by the end of the month.
Going to rent a small Ditchwitch to put in the underground wiring from my solar array to the distribution panel in the shop, so l will do the same for the shooting shed. No more extension cords on the ground to suck into the snowblower. Also going to run underground power to my tower.
 
Ian

Ian

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I built chamber traps for my pistol range, 4x4 boxes of 2x8 with a center divider, and the sides extending down for legs about 3'. Put ridge tin on top to keep the water out and asphalt sheathing over the chipboard front as a target backer. They will stop 44 Magnum easily.......IF filled with granite sand. I had access to used #4 blasting sand and it works great until the front gets shot up too much and it becomes a multi-port hourglass. The front panels are 2x4' and attached with screws so they can be loosened and the sand dumped through a screen box atop a wheelbarrow placed underneath the trap. 2x12 should be great for catching rifle bullets, but if you don't use heavy sand it won't do much for you.
 
Glaciers

Glaciers

Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
It will be heavy sand and in the winter it will be a frozen chunk more than likely.
 
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Tomme boy

Tomme boy

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We put roll up doors for windows in our shooting shack. We then have a small box we made to fit in the opening in the winter. It has a sliding glass so you open it to shoot then close it up to not let the heat out. We use a kerosene heater in the winter. The roll up doors are nice as it lets lots of air in during the summertime.
 
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