Namibhunter
Member
Good day gents
We are working on referbishing and upgrading our range. We can shoot up to 1000m, however the club facilty only allows for 220m shots. attached is a picture of the benchrest area in extreme windy conditions.
We are very limited on when we can shoot due to wether conditions. 90% of all trips to the range is from 07:00 to max 10:00( almost no wind)
Our weather conditions are as follows:
07:00-10:00 - no wind( lowish temperature)
10:00- 14:00- moderate south westerly wind
14:00- till late- strong south westerly
2 to 3 times a year we have our East Weather, which is string Easterly wind from the desert( the picture attached), however this is normally from early morning to about 12:00, after that we have temperature in access of 35'C. with record heat of 48'C.
the area we use is owned by the military, thus all structures that we put up must be able to be easily removed else we lose it if the military decides to kick us out.
We have no water, no electricity and no toilet facilities at the range. ( we are looking to change the toilet and water situation.
if you guys could post pics of your ranges it would be appreciated. Please note that I am planning to steal ideas from the pics, so please if no-one wants to have their idea stolen, please do not post.
For further background, we were a very small club up to a few years ago. About 10 members, and with young blood stepping in and the founders stepping out, we grew the clup to about 100 members of whom about 10 are active benchrest shooters and the rest are predominantly hunters looking to use the facility only to practice and do load development.
we now want to invest all the membership fees back into the facility in order to improve the range experience and what not.
We are working on referbishing and upgrading our range. We can shoot up to 1000m, however the club facilty only allows for 220m shots. attached is a picture of the benchrest area in extreme windy conditions.
We are very limited on when we can shoot due to wether conditions. 90% of all trips to the range is from 07:00 to max 10:00( almost no wind)
Our weather conditions are as follows:
07:00-10:00 - no wind( lowish temperature)
10:00- 14:00- moderate south westerly wind
14:00- till late- strong south westerly
2 to 3 times a year we have our East Weather, which is string Easterly wind from the desert( the picture attached), however this is normally from early morning to about 12:00, after that we have temperature in access of 35'C. with record heat of 48'C.
the area we use is owned by the military, thus all structures that we put up must be able to be easily removed else we lose it if the military decides to kick us out.
We have no water, no electricity and no toilet facilities at the range. ( we are looking to change the toilet and water situation.
if you guys could post pics of your ranges it would be appreciated. Please note that I am planning to steal ideas from the pics, so please if no-one wants to have their idea stolen, please do not post.
For further background, we were a very small club up to a few years ago. About 10 members, and with young blood stepping in and the founders stepping out, we grew the clup to about 100 members of whom about 10 are active benchrest shooters and the rest are predominantly hunters looking to use the facility only to practice and do load development.
we now want to invest all the membership fees back into the facility in order to improve the range experience and what not.