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    The "Godfather" of COAR Great-Kazoo's Avatar
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    20' center trailing down to 10' on the sides. a richocet 3/4 of the way down range due to squib load or shaken shooter will clear 20' with no problem.
    the berms at my range www.wcfw.org are 30' and you still hear the occassional richocet

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    Shooting on flat land sucks. I wish I just had a mountain as a back drop to shoot at.
    "There are no finger prints under water."

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    My land is pancake flat as well. I usually limit my shooting to rimfire, shotgun, and handguns for safety. I will shoot centerfire, but extreme caution must be exercised. I'm going to enlarge my berm to a U shape at least 50 ft. wide and as tall as I can make it. The only hard part is the cost of equipment rentals.

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    at least 100' high u shaped to 50' high on the sides.

    go big or go home
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    Quote Originally Posted by sniper7 View Post
    at least 100' high u shaped to 50' high on the sides.

    go big or go home
    Yeah, No kidding! Time and money. Precious little of either...

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    The answer just hit me. I'm just going to shoot down the well.
    "There are no finger prints under water."

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    If you could score a bunch of old railroad ties, you could build a wooden backstop, kinda similar to a cattle shed. Maybe back it up with a dirt pile behind it. Use Yankee Ingenuity, if I had the land, I'd be figuring out something! A private range has been my lifelong dream.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rondog View Post
    If you could score a bunch of old railroad ties, you could build a wooden backstop, kinda similar to a cattle shed. Maybe back it up with a dirt pile behind it. Use Yankee Ingenuity, if I had the land, I'd be figuring out something! A private range has been my lifelong dream.

    that worked great at my buddies house. but...some of the super high powered rounds will go all the way through them. depending on what you shoot. 50 bmg with ease


    Another place i shoot at is probably 15 feet high, 20 feet wide, not even really U shaped and he hasn't had any issues. he is a dealer and guys shoot out there all the time. out to 100 yards.
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    Quote Originally Posted by rondog View Post
    A private range has been my lifelong dream.
    Yeah, mine too. That was fully half the reason I moved out to the country.

    Sturtle, even if you have to start small, do it! Another thing you might consider is going to Google Earth or something similar it will help you orient your range so that if a round does skip over the top of your backstop, you can minimize the chance of it hitting anything.

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    I've seen the areal view with the same idea in mind. Everything is about a mile away, but its in the Pawnee Grasslands so it is all flat.
    "There are no finger prints under water."

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