GigaBuist
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A while back my local range pushed their 100 yard line out to 200 yards. This I like. They also reconstructed the firing line, covering it quite nicely, putting a 90% wall behind the shooters, new bench positions, and then the thing that has me semi-confused: a half wall in front of the shooters.
It extends down from the roof stops about about 12" above the top of the benches.
It's done to limit the shooters line of sight to only something that can hit the back berm. Of course, that's provided that your rifle is remotely sighted in.
It's impossible to sit at the shooting bench and actually see the back berm unless you lean forward, which means you're shouldering the rifle as if you were prone. Something that I'm -not- comfortable doing for any length of time with something like a Mosin M44, which was what I tried shooting today.
I really can't see using this range, as it's setup, unless I'm only going to be there to touch off 5-10 rounds from a rifle off of bags. Of course, I might be approaching the situation wrong. My first instinct would be to take a sitting positon next to the benches but that's expressly forbidden until further notice.
Anybody else shoot under similar circumstances? Any tips on working from such a position?
It extends down from the roof stops about about 12" above the top of the benches.
It's done to limit the shooters line of sight to only something that can hit the back berm. Of course, that's provided that your rifle is remotely sighted in.
It's impossible to sit at the shooting bench and actually see the back berm unless you lean forward, which means you're shouldering the rifle as if you were prone. Something that I'm -not- comfortable doing for any length of time with something like a Mosin M44, which was what I tried shooting today.
I really can't see using this range, as it's setup, unless I'm only going to be there to touch off 5-10 rounds from a rifle off of bags. Of course, I might be approaching the situation wrong. My first instinct would be to take a sitting positon next to the benches but that's expressly forbidden until further notice.
Anybody else shoot under similar circumstances? Any tips on working from such a position?