Building a range at home question

:eek:yeah I figured I might as well do it right the first time...I like the idea of the leanto as well..I got all the trees I need to do that...I will probably get more dirt in later,but will have to wait until the coming rains are over..At least I will be able to do some load testing at 100 yards...Thanks for all of your ideas...johnny;)
 
jgcoastie said:
Simple solution, buy an 800 gallon underground fuel tank.

Dig the hole for the tank next to your shop with a backhoe.

Take the dirt you just removed from the ground and pile it up behind the logs.
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Eight hundred gallons of dirt is less than four cubic yards... that's a speed bump, not a berm.
 
I am lazy... but I had a natural berm on my previous property, and a couple ravines on one I am in the process of buying.

Mother Nature sometimes provides nice backstops.
 
Didn't see it anywhere, but the dirt really needs to be in FRONT of the timbers. At least 3-5 feet of dirt, more is better.
 
Eight hundred gallons of dirt is less than four cubic yards... that's a speed bump, not a berm.
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The deeper the hole for the tank, the more dirt you get.

Also don't forget that you need the hole to be about double the size of the tank to make room for gravel on all sides... I don't know how many yards of dirt we got from our tank install. More than enough to pad the old railroad footings and telephone poles in the field behind the shop at any rate...


If I didn't know any better, **nevermind**... :rolleyes:
 
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CORRECT---that is my plan-to have dirt in front and behind it...I just want a place to shoot once in a while without having to drive for an hour or more to do so...
 
It is so much fun to have your own shooting area. I shoot into the side of a hill (75 yards) or down towards some old stumps (50 yards). But I really want to re-do the entire shooting range.

When I can get around to it and am feeling better, I will put the back-hoe on to the tractor and dig out a bit of the hillside. I want to set it up so that I have a wall of timbers, covered by plywood, with a final covering of old mine conveyor belt, and a nice bunch of sand/gravel mix behind it.
 
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