100 Yard range coming together, finally
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Missionary
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That would support a sandbagged M2 Caliber .50 !
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well an update. This week I rented a trencher and put 85 feet of buried cable install from shop to solar, 30 feet from house to tower, and another 30 feet out where the shooting shed is going.
Next rented a Case skid steer for the weekend to dress up what Scott had roughed in and do some ditch repair on the main road.
But, pulled the shooting shed into the cleared slot next to the shop.
Still going to be moved to the left 4 feet away from the shop. That will give me a 5 foot passage for the snow blower and foot traffic.
Ian I'm thinking you might have been the inspiration for the sand trap idea. I certainly read about someone using the trap idea, might have been you.
Next rented a Case skid steer for the weekend to dress up what Scott had roughed in and do some ditch repair on the main road.
But, pulled the shooting shed into the cleared slot next to the shop.
Still going to be moved to the left 4 feet away from the shop. That will give me a 5 foot passage for the snow blower and foot traffic.
Ian I'm thinking you might have been the inspiration for the sand trap idea. I certainly read about someone using the trap idea, might have been you.
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Maybe from here?
Kevin Stenberg
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John just a thought. I have wanted to keep targets, shooting bags, markers in my shooting shack. But knowing the mice and chippers can chew everything up. I recently found a dorm size refrigerator ( 1' wide x 2' tall) that will work good for storage for all of the chewable stuff.
Missionary
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That range is shaping up fine !
Do them little rascals chew to live or live to chew ?
Refrigerators are dandy storage containers.
Do them little rascals chew to live or live to chew ?
Refrigerators are dandy storage containers.
Ian
Notorious member
Rats chewed the platic bottom corner off the freezer door and ate the exposed lead from Hornady 444-240 JHPs, then ate all the old cardboard from primer sleeves and old Kleanbore .22 boxes, then peed on everything really well for good measure. Make sure the BOTTOM of the door is sheet metal.
Lookin' good, John! I did post a nightime flash photo of my two pistol sand traps on boolits years ago, got the idea from a utoob channel called box'o'truth that was doing ballistic tests on sheetrock and other home materials. Filling a stud wall with sand made it for practical purposes bulletproof. I can't be the first one to make recycling traps like that but at the time there was limited info on the net. Another inspiration was a utoob video of a guy who simply filled a 55-gallon poly drum with sand and kept repairing it with duct tape and rotating it until it was starting to fall apart, then recovered his bullets by sifting the sand through a screen box placed on top of a fresh one.
Lookin' good, John! I did post a nightime flash photo of my two pistol sand traps on boolits years ago, got the idea from a utoob channel called box'o'truth that was doing ballistic tests on sheetrock and other home materials. Filling a stud wall with sand made it for practical purposes bulletproof. I can't be the first one to make recycling traps like that but at the time there was limited info on the net. Another inspiration was a utoob video of a guy who simply filled a 55-gallon poly drum with sand and kept repairing it with duct tape and rotating it until it was starting to fall apart, then recovered his bullets by sifting the sand through a screen box placed on top of a fresh one.
CWLONGSHOT
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Very jealous... looks great!
But as Im pushing 60... I dont see it happening for me. Guess there is always the slots or lotto...
CW
But as Im pushing 60... I dont see it happening for me. Guess there is always the slots or lotto...
CW
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
But as Im pushing 60... I dont see it happening for me. Guess there is always the slots or lotto...
CW
Buck up CW I'm 67 and working to much in retirement to get much shooting and casting/reloading done. Although you seem to have time for the shooting casting/reloading. Maybe I missed something here.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well got the shed up on a couple of small timbers and concrete pads. Was able to slide it away from the shop, ended up with 4 1/2 feet opening. I may move it up hill 4 more feet next spring, but for now, it's home. Just need to do the electric hook up and a little more sealing of the air gaps to slow down heat loss and trim work.
Looks like I'll end up with a 99 yard range. Close enough for hobby work.
Looks like I'll end up with a 99 yard range. Close enough for hobby work.
Glaciers
Alaska Land of the Midnight Sun
Well finely got to do a little shooting for the first time since last fall. Got the dirt work done late last summer and brushed the last bit this spring before things greened up.
Anyway sighted in my CZ455 22 with a new old scope, Leupold 4x12, awesome little tack driver. 3/4 inch at 50 yards with regular Federal Ammo.
New Athlon scopes on my 223 Winchester Featherweight and my AR. The Featherweight got a 4x20 and the AR got the 2x12 both Athlon scopes. Nice scopes, liking them, very clear, and bright.
Finally after 35 years got my little Sako A1 chambered in 6mm X 47, finished up about 100 fire forming cases.
Anyway one of the rifles for today's line up that I have really been looking forward to is my Winchester 71. This rifle has been nicely altered to a 20" barrel, full magazine, and since it's not original I put a Decelerator recoil pad on it. I would not have installed it if the gun wasn't already diddled with, but, I like it!! It also has a Lyman receiver sight on it and I have a box of Remington 150 grain cartridges that needed to be unloaded. All in all this rifle is nicely put together. Looks right.
Started at 25 yards, then 50, couple at each range. Set up at 100 and dialed it in, the last 4 shots just a touch over 1&1/2 inches at 2 inches high. Nice!! Shoots like a dream.
A enjoyable day all together.
Target box on the right is the 25 yard target, then 50, and the furthest is one 100 yards on the button. Picture taken from the shooting bench
Anyway sighted in my CZ455 22 with a new old scope, Leupold 4x12, awesome little tack driver. 3/4 inch at 50 yards with regular Federal Ammo.
New Athlon scopes on my 223 Winchester Featherweight and my AR. The Featherweight got a 4x20 and the AR got the 2x12 both Athlon scopes. Nice scopes, liking them, very clear, and bright.
Finally after 35 years got my little Sako A1 chambered in 6mm X 47, finished up about 100 fire forming cases.
Anyway one of the rifles for today's line up that I have really been looking forward to is my Winchester 71. This rifle has been nicely altered to a 20" barrel, full magazine, and since it's not original I put a Decelerator recoil pad on it. I would not have installed it if the gun wasn't already diddled with, but, I like it!! It also has a Lyman receiver sight on it and I have a box of Remington 150 grain cartridges that needed to be unloaded. All in all this rifle is nicely put together. Looks right.
Started at 25 yards, then 50, couple at each range. Set up at 100 and dialed it in, the last 4 shots just a touch over 1&1/2 inches at 2 inches high. Nice!! Shoots like a dream.
A enjoyable day all together.
Target box on the right is the 25 yard target, then 50, and the furthest is one 100 yards on the button. Picture taken from the shooting bench
Missionary
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Howdy John
That has to be a big chore nearing the end. And to get to launch slugs down range on a sunny snowless day !!!
How many birch would need cut to get to 125 yards ??
That has to be a big chore nearing the end. And to get to launch slugs down range on a sunny snowless day !!!
How many birch would need cut to get to 125 yards ??
Cadillac Jeff
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That is great John----look's good & Green too!!
richhodg66
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Not nearly as nice as this, but six years ago, the wife and I bought this place, primarily because I could shoot on it and it just so happened to have a good back stop berm with a (relatively) easily cleared path to it almost exactly 100 yards from the front steps. Done a lot of shooting off the porch since. It's a pretty nice situation, but living out here and incurring a house payment relatively late in life make me wonder about the wisdom of buying it. I'm hoping to retire from working for good in about four years, might be able to enjoy it more then.
Good to have a convenient place to shoot. Nice set up you have there.
Good to have a convenient place to shoot. Nice set up you have there.