1911KY
09-24-2014, 09:15 PM
I joined a local gun club last summer and wasn't overly thrilled with the pistol range. It was basically one single back stop with a narrow shooting alley. There is a lot of available space for improvements.
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140802_184103_zpscalvviei.jpg
For most folks this may suffice as a pistol range, but I like to shoot USPSA style stages and move around and engage multiple targets.
So I submitted a proposal to expand the pistol range to 4 total backstops with a large graveled area to shoot from. All of the stars aligned and the proposal was approved rather quickly.
We started doing some work on it this week. The club rented a bobcat and we used it to prep the range for the additional backstops and cleaned up the old walk paths and began graveling the shooting area, as well as a new walk path out to the rifle backstop.
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140924_192927_zpsjxkj4rfm.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140924_192944_zpshw7ywqtu.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140924_192953_zpscn2jkgau.jpg
Tomorrow another load of gravel is coming to finish the shooting area. This Saturday I will be stacking the railroad ties to create the 3 additional backstops. I am excited about the new shooting area that we are creating and look to host some pistol shoots for the members once we get it complete.
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140802_184103_zpscalvviei.jpg
For most folks this may suffice as a pistol range, but I like to shoot USPSA style stages and move around and engage multiple targets.
So I submitted a proposal to expand the pistol range to 4 total backstops with a large graveled area to shoot from. All of the stars aligned and the proposal was approved rather quickly.
We started doing some work on it this week. The club rented a bobcat and we used it to prep the range for the additional backstops and cleaned up the old walk paths and began graveling the shooting area, as well as a new walk path out to the rifle backstop.
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140924_192927_zpsjxkj4rfm.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140924_192944_zpshw7ywqtu.jpg
http://i1159.photobucket.com/albums/p628/jamesearnett/Mobile%20Uploads/20140924_192953_zpscn2jkgau.jpg
Tomorrow another load of gravel is coming to finish the shooting area. This Saturday I will be stacking the railroad ties to create the 3 additional backstops. I am excited about the new shooting area that we are creating and look to host some pistol shoots for the members once we get it complete.