joel.favre
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Hello all, I have been toying around with some ideas for a small (2 acres to be exact) private range. I am looking for something that I can use on my own, and possibly a fun day with one or two friends. The left side is s simple 25-300 yard range, and I am basing the right side of the range off of a tac range that I was exposed to in the military, with a 5 station "running course".
All the targets are numbered with the sequence which they will be engaged. The first station (#1) is where you will engage targets 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 in that order. So on in that manner until station 5, where I haven't quite decided what to do, I am thinking just a 25 yard 5 target falling plate setup for pistols.
There are proposed yardage numbers in parenthesis beside each target.
Now, I do understand the safety factors that go into building a range, and will take every precaution necessary for safe operation to include backstops (earth berms on the front and sides of the range, sloping from 12' in the front to a full 20' behind the targets), offsets from neighbors, other buildings, and any sort of area where people might unknowingly be. Given all that said, I would appreciate any relevant safety tips anyone has.
One potential safety issue I have spotted is the 3rd engagement at station #2. This is drawn incorrectly, and it would actually be a downrange engagement, more along the lines of a 45 deg angle downrange instead of what looks to be parallel the firing line.
So without further ado, what I am looking for is any comments you may have about the order of engagement, length of shots, and whether you think this could shape up to be a fun course, and one that you would want to run through/practice on.
Anything is appreciated, thanks all!
Joel
All the targets are numbered with the sequence which they will be engaged. The first station (#1) is where you will engage targets 1-1, 1-2, and 1-3 in that order. So on in that manner until station 5, where I haven't quite decided what to do, I am thinking just a 25 yard 5 target falling plate setup for pistols.
There are proposed yardage numbers in parenthesis beside each target.
Now, I do understand the safety factors that go into building a range, and will take every precaution necessary for safe operation to include backstops (earth berms on the front and sides of the range, sloping from 12' in the front to a full 20' behind the targets), offsets from neighbors, other buildings, and any sort of area where people might unknowingly be. Given all that said, I would appreciate any relevant safety tips anyone has.
One potential safety issue I have spotted is the 3rd engagement at station #2. This is drawn incorrectly, and it would actually be a downrange engagement, more along the lines of a 45 deg angle downrange instead of what looks to be parallel the firing line.
So without further ado, what I am looking for is any comments you may have about the order of engagement, length of shots, and whether you think this could shape up to be a fun course, and one that you would want to run through/practice on.
Anything is appreciated, thanks all!
Joel