Range 14 and self healing targets

[pitt1717 0]

May be a long shot but i would figure i would ask. Are these allowed on the rifle and or pistol range?

if so, is there a:

    * Size limitation

    *do they have to be close to the ground, or is the 5ft height limit of the regular targets apply?

    * saw a thread stating nothing resembling a human, is a silhouette ok?

 

i was thinking about something like these:

http://www.gx2defense.com/collections/self-healing-torso-silhouette-targets-w-built-in-3d-rings-bullseye

http://www.gx2defense.com/collections/gx2-minis

 

My Idea was to have 3 or 4 of them stringed up around 4ft high~30 yards away (practice for rimfire games), The string would be between 2 pieces of wood, so no metal used

 

if those aren't ok, can i use self healing Gongs in the fashion above?

[Scorpio64 5,156]

14. Paper targets, plastic jugs, tin cans, plywood targets (no more than 1/8 of an inch thick), and clay targets, are acceptable targets. Above ground targets must be a minimum of 15 yards and all ground targets 25 yards.

 

[pitt1717 0]

yea, i read that. but sometimes the range is a bit strict. so just wondering if anyone has done something like this before and if any of the RO's made you take them down

[Krdshrk 3,877]

I would call them up directly and ask.  I had some self-healing plastic/rubber toys I would shoot, but they stopped allowing toys on the range... I recall seeing someone shoot a mannequin before, but I'm not sure if they stopped that or not...

[Scorpio64 5,156]

Every time I've been there in the past three years there is always someone with those orange targets.  The only thing the RO's have said about them is to move them out to 25 yards.  It was pistol shooters that had them too close.

 

Basically, they don't want anything that would leave behind bits of garbage, glass, wood splinters, be dangerous, toxic or be construed as a human target.  The list of vorboten targets is pretty clear.  If it's not on that list, then it should be okay.

 

I seem to recall ballistics gel was not allowed but I don't see that on the forbidden list anymore.  I wonder what that's all about.

[voyager9 3,434]

I've shot these before and nobody said anything.

 

http://m.dickssportinggoods.com/product/index.jsp?productId=15699626

 

 

They didn't move much when shooting 556 at 50 or 100. I thought I was missing until I went up and saw the marks.

[dajonga 397]

They sell them, including the bouncy ones.

 

I double checked that I could bring my own.

 

As said earlier, 25 yards minimum for ground targets.

[jm1827 284]

I have used them there myself, never a problem as long as they were at least 25 yards out.

[pitt1717 0]

They sell them, including the bouncy ones.

 

I double checked that I could bring my own.

 

As said earlier, 25 yards minimum for ground targets.

 

I guess my concern is i wanted to hang them so they would be about 4 feet off the ground. somewhere between 25 and 50 yards out. I have only seen then set low, so my concern was if it was a rule or not

[tattooo 220]

yea, i read that. but sometimes the range is a bit strict. so just wondering if anyone has done something like this before and if any of the RO's made you take them down

Sometimes they are a bit strict :o

[jm1827 284]

They have a maximum height, I think it may be around 5' and that is only to ensure that bullets do not go over the berm.  You should be fine.

[My1stGlock 144]

I have clays hanging around the 5ft height and the 4 ft height and no issues on the rifle range at 50 and 75 yards.

 

 

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[silverado427 10,731]

Anybody going to range 14 tomorrow, Im going early.

[SIGMan Freud 93]

 

14. Paper targets, plastic jugs, tin cans, plywood targets (no more than 1/8 of an inch thick), and clay targets, are acceptable targets. Above ground targets must be a minimum of 15 yards and all ground targets 25 yards.

 

 

 

 

I have a question or two about shooting pistol at Range-14. As I read the above, it sounds like the closest you can set up is 15 yards (and must be above ground). And ground targets are OK at 25 yrs (no metal). What is needed to hang paper targets, let's say at 15 or 20 yards? Do I have to make some kind of support - what's typically used? Thanks.

[voyager9 3,434]

I have a question or two about shooting pistol at Range-14. As I read the above, it sounds like the closest you can set up is 15 yards (and must be above ground). And ground targets are OK at 25 yrs (no metal). What is needed to hang paper targets, let's say at 15 or 20 yards? Do I have to make some kind of support - what's typically used? Thanks.

You can buy targets there. They are just a wooden post with cardboard. You can make your own. I've also seen yard signs, and similar types.

[Lambo2936 297]

Yeah, not much to it. The soil there is loose sand, for the most part. They give you a post hole digger if you need it (i bring a little folding shovel for camping etc) and you just dig a hole about 8-12" or so and stick the wood right in there and bury it. The targets are like a piece of 1x3 with pieces of cardboard stapled on. Few different designs, some have targets printed on, some have a bad guy, etc. Just be sure to bury it deep enough, gets windy out there and ive had em fall over etc. Before... the targets are 3$ each. Hardly worth building your own unless you make a ton at a time like they do.

Saw people make a stand out of pvc pipes as well. That was cool.

 

My suggestion is to put your paper targets offset. I always put mine centered not thinking about it and kept shooting the wood til it splintered and the target became worthless. Generally by then the cardboard was all flabby and destroyed anyways, but the other day i realized i should put the bullseye the other way off to the side so it doesnt destroy the post, haha.