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Let's see your at-home shooting range!
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You all have really nice ranges, I wish I had one. I especially liked Meatax's. But this guy here seems to really have fun on his http://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45 
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LeadCouncel, tell me which is worse for the environment, multiple lead boolits in a tree or multiple lead boolits in an earth berm. That is the question???? We are no longer talking about safety, we are talking about "good custodians of the environment",,,, to use your own words.
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LeadCouncel, tell me which is worse for the environment, multiple lead boolits in a tree or multiple lead boolits in an earth berm. That is the question???? We are no longer talking about safety, we are talking about "good custodians of the environment",,,, to use your own words.
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Ha, that's awesome!You all have really nice ranges, I wish I had one. I especially liked Meatax's. But this guy here seems to really have fun on his http://www.youtube.com/user/hickok45
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The problem with using trees as backstops is that it kills them. A lot of people dont realize this, but if you do any serious amount of shooting, the trees will die from being shot with the bullets. I have a friend who has lived on the same piece of property for almost 20 years now, and he shoots in the same place, using woods as a backstop. All of the trees in a straight line from his bench past his targets are dead and/or dying. In the middle of summer when everything is green these trees are obviously dead.
I would not use the woods on my property for a backstop.
The whole argument (as far as I'm concerned) is irrelevant.
My original post said that the ONE tree I'm using for a backstop is ALREADY DYING and only catches the OCCASIONAL miss. Shooting 4 inch plates at 90 yards with a 9x scope from a bench it isn't that hard to keep them on the steel.
I agree that shooting into a stand of trees is bad; but choosing one tree to post targets on again and again doesn't seem like a problem to me. Yeah I'm killing A tree, but how many trees are killed for firewood, paper, and other products that end up just as useless as a dead tree in the middle of the woods.
Common sense is the prevailing issue here.
My original post said that the ONE tree I'm using for a backstop is ALREADY DYING and only catches the OCCASIONAL miss. Shooting 4 inch plates at 90 yards with a 9x scope from a bench it isn't that hard to keep them on the steel.
I agree that shooting into a stand of trees is bad; but choosing one tree to post targets on again and again doesn't seem like a problem to me. Yeah I'm killing A tree, but how many trees are killed for firewood, paper, and other products that end up just as useless as a dead tree in the middle of the woods.
Common sense is the prevailing issue here.
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My point exactly Halfded! I agree.
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ljnowell
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I'm not attacking you, not at all. I understand what you mean. I was throwing out there my experience with using woods as a backstop when the topic was mentioned.
Shooting one dying tree is much different than blasting into the woods.
heres two shots one of the burm in progress once my dirt gets here it should be at the top of the posts
and one of the longest shooting point 100 yards
my property backs up to the state dump and using google earth ive spotted that i have a LOOOOOONG way after my burm before id hit anything of any value something like 2 miles of garbage lol
were revamping due to the winter storm dropping trees everywhere and figure we will build a second burm for pistol and shotgun so we can all line up at the same time
also woking on a target system for paper and steel swingers for rifle side and a pully system for the pistols
we hold at least one BBQ a year for our shooting friends and i stay pretty active on my range so this redo is killing me but hopefuly everything will be ready for next month were haveing a BBQ for my fiance graduating and getting her masters
and one of the longest shooting point 100 yards
my property backs up to the state dump and using google earth ive spotted that i have a LOOOOOONG way after my burm before id hit anything of any value something like 2 miles of garbage lol
were revamping due to the winter storm dropping trees everywhere and figure we will build a second burm for pistol and shotgun so we can all line up at the same time
also woking on a target system for paper and steel swingers for rifle side and a pully system for the pistols
we hold at least one BBQ a year for our shooting friends and i stay pretty active on my range so this redo is killing me but hopefuly everything will be ready for next month were haveing a BBQ for my fiance graduating and getting her masters
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dubbleA
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It's a work in progess, I can now shoot out to 700yds from my reloading room.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vakmvgZb9aE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vakmvgZb9aE
rodensouth
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Dang dubbleA, that's just too cool. You didn't take too long to make that nice group either!
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dubbleA
That's a rather large slice of heaven you've got there. Nice shooting too!
That's a rather large slice of heaven you've got there. Nice shooting too!
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Thanks rodensouth, miamiboy and bannockburn.
Here's what it looks and sounds like from the target end. Have to love calm overcast/foggy days. Listen to the delay in the gun report, that's why people and critters never hear the shot.
Sorry about the music on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrS22wbIi_c
Here's what it looks and sounds like from the target end. Have to love calm overcast/foggy days. Listen to the delay in the gun report, that's why people and critters never hear the shot.
Sorry about the music on this one.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WrS22wbIi_c
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