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RANDY S · 07-25-2006, 02:39 PM

I am planning to build my own range on my property in the country in the north TEXAS area. I am in no ciytlimits and you can shoot out there all you want without anyone giving it a second thought. My dad used to harvest his whitetail every season in the front yard!. I want a safe backstop so I was going to build a 8 foot high 16 foot long wall of landscape timbers then build a dirt wall the same size up against that. Then mount wood poles into the ground in front of that backstop with plywood for my targets to attach to. I have removed any rocks from the ground in front of the target areas. It looks like that is how some of the ranges I have visited are made. I want to be as safe as I can, does anybody have any other suggestions to improve on my plan for a safe shooting area?. It will be used mostly for handguns such as my xd-40.

kart racer · 07-25-2006, 03:45 PM

Sounds nice.Get ya a steel plate rack and you'll be saving every dime for ammo.It's addictive.

propellerhead · 07-25-2006, 03:53 PM

I'll come help you put more lead and shells in your new range when you get it built.

GaryXD · 07-26-2006, 06:09 AM

I just built one in my backyard. It takes a LOT of dirt. Figure about two truck loads for each ten feet of berm.

07-25-2006, 02:39 PM	#1
RANDY S XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: springtown, texas Posts: 25	My Own Range I am planning to build my own range on my property in the country in the north TEXAS area. I am in no ciytlimits and you can shoot out there all you want without anyone giving it a second thought. My dad used to harvest his whitetail every season in the front yard!. I want a safe backstop so I was going to build a 8 foot high 16 foot long wall of landscape timbers then build a dirt wall the same size up against that. Then mount wood poles into the ground in front of that backstop with plywood for my targets to attach to. I have removed any rocks from the ground in front of the target areas. It looks like that is how some of the ranges I have visited are made. I want to be as safe as I can, does anybody have any other suggestions to improve on my plan for a safe shooting area?. It will be used mostly for handguns such as my xd-40.

07-25-2006, 03:53 PM	#3
propellerhead XDTalk 3K Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Foat Wurth, TX Posts: 3,512	I'll come help you put more lead and shells in your new range when you get it built. __________________ XD-9 Tactical for IDPA, XD-40 Subcompact for concealed carry, XD-45 Service for home defense. Three calibers, three models, three purposes. No compromises.

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07-25-2006, 03:45 PM	#2
kart racer XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Posts: 319	Sounds nice.Get ya a steel plate rack and you'll be saving every dime for ammo.It's addictive.

07-26-2006, 06:09 AM	#4
GaryXD XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Corvette City Posts: 155	I just built one in my backyard. It takes a LOT of dirt. Figure about two truck loads for each ten feet of berm.