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Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 1:32 pm
by Racalman
On the other side of our gallery range backstop is a youth club.
If you stand outside the building the only noise you can hear comes from the youth club clapclap
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Mon Dec 01, 2014 9:06 pm
by Brookers
TattooedGun wrote:Wait, so no backstop in this building already? and you shot a 7.62 round in there....
Noice!
Yep, we used an old table on it's side as a backstop. That will stop anything in the movies so it must be true
Brookers
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:50 pm
by Brookers
Updated,
I have just returned from the planning meeting and I have planning permission
Full details will follow shortly but we should be open early next year.
Sometimes it's worth perseverance
Brookers
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Wed Oct 21, 2015 8:58 pm
by BamBam
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 2:42 am
by ovenpaa
Congratulations
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 5:40 am
by Countryman
We are indeed getting there at last.
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:07 am
by 25Pdr
Good luck with your range.
I've shot on this indoor FB Range in Scotland, let me tell you six FB Rifle being fired indoors is something to be experienced.
Morton indoor Range..
http://www.mortonclaytargets.co.uk/inde ... fle-range/
BTW Would be interested in details of your backstop, I've done my own tests and stopping a 7.62 is quite a challenge.
Today was a great day
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:12 am
by Countryman
Brookers would be the expert as I was but the trigger man. For the tests I used expanding ammunition in 7.62 which were fired at the side of a blue barrel packed with builders sand and numerous layers of conveyer matting.
The final planned backstop is a thing of beauty. I won't spoil Brookers enthusiasm by even hinting.
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:29 am
by 25Pdr
Countryman wrote:Brookers would be the expert as I was but the trigger man. For the tests I used expanding ammunition in 7.62 which were fired at the side of a blue barrel packed with builders sand and numerous layers of conveyer matting.
The final planned backstop is a thing of beauty. I won't spoil Brookers enthusiasm by even hinting.
One of the test I did was collecting these free large Argos Catalogs, a 7.62 penetrated 12 of them but a 5.56 only 6.
Not very scientific but convinced me that our forces are under gunned and should go back to 7.62.
I mean - Who wants to go to war with a bloody Squirrel Rifle FFS ?
Re: Today was a great day
Posted: Thu Oct 22, 2015 7:48 am
by froggy
The entire project seems awesome - well done guys - what an exciting adventure !!
Bookers ... Countryman ... Congrats