Jack Stanley
07-01-2010, 02:17 PM
I've been on vacation all week long but rather than lay around , I've been working like a rented Mississippi mule . So far I've got fruit trees sprayed , garage and basement cleaned gun show prepped for , lawn mowed amongst other stuff I've forgotton by now . The biggest thing I got myself into is range renovations . my range isn't just a pile of dirt to throw bullets into . When the house was being built and there was heavy equipment driving around I had them move around some dirt and make a nice berm and blend it into the backyard .
All this dirt in a pile , rather than just have it get washed into the yard and look like a mess I made a border of old tires . You might think , real tacky huh? but no , I picked the same size and tread pattern for each stack so it didn't look bad and was easy to care for . Well , after fifteen years the dirt in them has settled quite a bit the 06 has ripped a few of them up even though targets were hung above the tires and I want to make it look nice again .
So , the plan is move and repack the tires again and make a three station twenty-five meter firing line for reduced targets . Also make a new impact area for hundred yard shooting and make sockets in the ground for the target frames . A plus would be to make a couple of spots for the targets that spend the year in the weather so they aren't in the way of any other function .
I've got about twelve hours into this so far and have about fifteen tires moved and packed . I was just finishing up leveling the lines the tires are going to be at and took a break in the shade just sitting on the tractor . You've all heard the statement " the things ya see when ya don't have a gun " I'm sure . There I was , minding my own business resting a little and thinking about going to make lunch when I heard rustlling in the grass on the berm . There in all it's glory came chuckzilla to see who was dissing his turf . Just twenty feet away it stood on it's hind legs to get a better look at me and I thought it was a rather large beastie as chucks go . It was after all twice the size of the steel woodchuck target that hangs on the other end of the berm . The day before yesterday I was carrying the four inch twenty-nine but today was no joy but one of these days ........ POW !! right in the kisser !!
Well , it looks like the shade has moved to where I want to work , lunch is done so I have no excuse not to get busy . The sooner I get done the sooner my neice and nephew can enjoy it .
Jack
All this dirt in a pile , rather than just have it get washed into the yard and look like a mess I made a border of old tires . You might think , real tacky huh? but no , I picked the same size and tread pattern for each stack so it didn't look bad and was easy to care for . Well , after fifteen years the dirt in them has settled quite a bit the 06 has ripped a few of them up even though targets were hung above the tires and I want to make it look nice again .
So , the plan is move and repack the tires again and make a three station twenty-five meter firing line for reduced targets . Also make a new impact area for hundred yard shooting and make sockets in the ground for the target frames . A plus would be to make a couple of spots for the targets that spend the year in the weather so they aren't in the way of any other function .
I've got about twelve hours into this so far and have about fifteen tires moved and packed . I was just finishing up leveling the lines the tires are going to be at and took a break in the shade just sitting on the tractor . You've all heard the statement " the things ya see when ya don't have a gun " I'm sure . There I was , minding my own business resting a little and thinking about going to make lunch when I heard rustlling in the grass on the berm . There in all it's glory came chuckzilla to see who was dissing his turf . Just twenty feet away it stood on it's hind legs to get a better look at me and I thought it was a rather large beastie as chucks go . It was after all twice the size of the steel woodchuck target that hangs on the other end of the berm . The day before yesterday I was carrying the four inch twenty-nine but today was no joy but one of these days ........ POW !! right in the kisser !!
Well , it looks like the shade has moved to where I want to work , lunch is done so I have no excuse not to get busy . The sooner I get done the sooner my neice and nephew can enjoy it .
Jack