I am moving shortly and will no longer be able to just walk out my back door to practice...
I can drive just 10 minutes to my mother's place for long gun practice but want to build a shooting house on my new property for my daily pistol work. I can legally shoot anything I want but prefer NO risk of lost rounds and maximum noise abaitment to avoid any complaints from my new neighbors. I primarily shoot 45 acp but have everything from 22lr through 44 mag. Here are my thoughts so far, I would welcome any suggestions.
I have found a cheap (all I gotta do is go get them) source for used car tires. I plan on stacking them overlapping, lay down first row and offset next row 1 / 2, and filling the tires with dirt. I have read several articles about building using this technique and it is simple, cheap, durable and energy efficient. Plus I have seen several shooting houses that use stacked tires to allow 360 degree safe fire. I want about 50 by 100 feet of shooting area but will settle for 20 feet wide. I will probably use stabilized sand (sand mixed with cement) for flooring.
What should I use for roofing? I was thinking plywood covered with sandbags.
Should I stack sandbags in front of primary target wall as bullit trap?
Would it be better to figure out a protected lighting system or should I just use cheap porcelin/plastic outlets and figure on occasionally replacing bulbs/outlets?
I can drive just 10 minutes to my mother's place for long gun practice but want to build a shooting house on my new property for my daily pistol work. I can legally shoot anything I want but prefer NO risk of lost rounds and maximum noise abaitment to avoid any complaints from my new neighbors. I primarily shoot 45 acp but have everything from 22lr through 44 mag. Here are my thoughts so far, I would welcome any suggestions.
I have found a cheap (all I gotta do is go get them) source for used car tires. I plan on stacking them overlapping, lay down first row and offset next row 1 / 2, and filling the tires with dirt. I have read several articles about building using this technique and it is simple, cheap, durable and energy efficient. Plus I have seen several shooting houses that use stacked tires to allow 360 degree safe fire. I want about 50 by 100 feet of shooting area but will settle for 20 feet wide. I will probably use stabilized sand (sand mixed with cement) for flooring.
What should I use for roofing? I was thinking plywood covered with sandbags.
Should I stack sandbags in front of primary target wall as bullit trap?
Would it be better to figure out a protected lighting system or should I just use cheap porcelin/plastic outlets and figure on occasionally replacing bulbs/outlets?