.357shooter 1,242 Posted October 19, 2021 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2021 cheers for the info but should of said targets need to be at shoulder height for fall of shot into sand(when shooting standing) and no metal is allowed because of ricochets.the range itself has a horse path not 15 yards to the left of it. 1 Quote Link to post
villaman 9,983 Posted October 19, 2021 Report Share Posted October 19, 2021 Shoot sub12 , FAC air .22&.25 , 22lr and HMR Quote Link to post
Alsone 789 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 19 hours ago, .357shooter said: cheers for the info but should of said targets need to be at shoulder height for fall of shot into sand(when shooting standing) and no metal is allowed because of ricochets.the range itself has a horse path not 15 yards to the left of it. Surprised they allow that unless you have built a high mound along the boundary. I know of an army range further North that was shut down because there was a public footpath maybe a 1/2 mile to the back of it and a road a few hundred yards to the side, I'd say the road a good hundred feet above target height and the footpath in the distant background a good 200 -300 feet above! It would take a hell of a miss to get either and I severely doubt a ricochet could reach either, but the proximity meant they closed it down as unsafe after using it safely since before WW1. I googled some pictures. This was the backstop: Quote Link to post
walshie 2,804 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 A club I was a member of years ago used to use wooden clothes pegs to attach the targets to the frame. The club secretary used to go mad when his 2p clothes pegs got shot which obviously made them a go-to target from then on. Quote Link to post
Sausagedog 7,381 Posted October 20, 2021 Report Share Posted October 20, 2021 57 minutes ago, Alsone said: Surprised they allow that unless you have built a high mound along the boundary. I know of an army range further North that was shut down because there was a public footpath maybe a 1/2 mile to the back of it and a road a few hundred yards to the side, I'd say the road a good hundred feet above target height and the footpath in the distant background a good 200 -300 feet above! It would take a hell of a miss to get either and I severely doubt a ricochet could reach either, but the proximity meant they closed it down as unsafe after using it safely since before WW1. I googled some pictures. This was the backstop: You don't want to be sticking your butt up in the air while poking around in the butt's! 1 Quote Link to post
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