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Old March 23, 2010, 03:49 PM   #8
1911rocks
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Backstop

I got this idea from a range in Arizona. Old tires arranged like below

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OK, not exactly, the rows are offset by 50% and the tires touch each other. I then filled the tires with earth, sand would work too. I paid nothing for my old tires. I just had to haul them away. I went 30' across and 6' high. It's nice because you can fill a layer at a time. You can staple targets directly to the tires. The other upside is you can do this all with hand tools, yeah it's slower but, the upper back arms and core get a great work out. Subsonic 22s usually just embed in the rubber. Even 338 Lapua only penetrates about 8" into the dirt in the first row. We used earth behind the last row, however, my son used RR ties.
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