Need stand or rack advice
Posted: Mon Jan 30, 2017 8:00 pm
All,
I am one of those bad forum guys that just lurks and hardly posts. I am going to be better about that this year!
I had never hear of smallbore silhouette before a few years ago. I moved to Phoenix and was instantly spoiled by the amazing gun ranges available in the Valley. I went to my first rimfire silhouette match and was instantly hooked. Unfortunately, after only a few years, we moved again and I lost access to those facilities. We are in Texas and I couldn't even find a place to shoot, let alone a silhouette club. The answer to this was to build my own range and start my own club. I did over the past few years and now we are in a place to try and get a silhouette match going. I built a 30 yd pistol range, 100 and 250 yard rifle range. I should have put that 100 yd at 100 meters but I messed up.
So here are my questions. Should we set up to shoot the rimfire silhouette match at yards instead of meters or should we stick with yards and shoot everything on the 250 yd range. Basically we would just set up 100 meters off the berm but that would mean the rest of the range would have to be closed during the match. Everything at my old club in Phoenix (Rio Salado) was in meters.
Secondly, I need help designing the stands or racks for the targets. I would like to use metal so that it is a one time cost, verses wood where I would have to build them again as they got shot up. My only real reference are the stands Rio Salado had but I didn't take any pictures. I have a friend that is supposed to get me pics and measurements soon but I wanted to reach out to the community here. What do you /not like in a stand? Does anyone have plans they would share with me? Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.
I am one of those bad forum guys that just lurks and hardly posts. I am going to be better about that this year!
I had never hear of smallbore silhouette before a few years ago. I moved to Phoenix and was instantly spoiled by the amazing gun ranges available in the Valley. I went to my first rimfire silhouette match and was instantly hooked. Unfortunately, after only a few years, we moved again and I lost access to those facilities. We are in Texas and I couldn't even find a place to shoot, let alone a silhouette club. The answer to this was to build my own range and start my own club. I did over the past few years and now we are in a place to try and get a silhouette match going. I built a 30 yd pistol range, 100 and 250 yard rifle range. I should have put that 100 yd at 100 meters but I messed up.
So here are my questions. Should we set up to shoot the rimfire silhouette match at yards instead of meters or should we stick with yards and shoot everything on the 250 yd range. Basically we would just set up 100 meters off the berm but that would mean the rest of the range would have to be closed during the match. Everything at my old club in Phoenix (Rio Salado) was in meters.
Secondly, I need help designing the stands or racks for the targets. I would like to use metal so that it is a one time cost, verses wood where I would have to build them again as they got shot up. My only real reference are the stands Rio Salado had but I didn't take any pictures. I have a friend that is supposed to get me pics and measurements soon but I wanted to reach out to the community here. What do you /not like in a stand? Does anyone have plans they would share with me? Any help and guidance would be greatly appreciated.