Deadwall for Shooting Range

[AGeese]

Anyone have any tips for constructing a deadwall for a personal shooting range?

What materials, how thick, etc.

 

[saysfaa]

It will depend on what you are shooting.

 

[Sally PB]

A large sand berm works well for me. Same for the gun club I used to belong to.

 

[Knobby]

Anyone have any tips for constructing a deadwall for a personal shooting range?

What materials, how thick, etc.

It depends on what you plan on shooting. I had 225 cubic yards of dirt dropped off at the house to build my own shooting berm in my back yard. I shoot anything from .22 to 50 caliber; semi to full auto.

 

[5Australorpasaures]

I used a tractor with a bucket, made a berm 8' high then piled 6x6 4' wide and roughly 4' high 100 yrds out. Highest caliber is .308 WIN

 

[WingItRanch]

Not home right now or I'd take a picture of mine but it's similar to this except stacked a little more organized.

As the others said, it depends on what caliber.

 

[AGeese]

It depends on what you plan on shooting. I had 225 cubic yards of dirt dropped off at the house to build my own shooting berm in my back yard. I shoot anything from .22 to 50 caliber; semi to full auto.

No heavy hitting artillary or anything, just shotguns, if I ever get my dream Marlin, the neighbor's AR, my friend's 9mm. Standard fare.

 

[Knobby]

No heavy hitting artillary or anything, just shotguns, if I ever get my dream Marlin, the neighbor's AR, my friend's 9mm. Standard fare.

Pile up some dirt and create a high enough berm. Reinforce the area behind the berm and find out what's beyond your berm prior to shooting. My berm was 35 feet wide, 15 feet tall and I had 5 acres of wooded land behind it, then a 20 foot highway sound barrier/wall.

 

[texsuze]

You might try looking through this website for reusable, repurposed stuff. I believe I read that someone used conveyor belts as part of a deadwall one time. You can subscribe to their email list and see plenty of interesting ideas for all types of stuff they take in. Presume you are in Iowa:

https://www.repurposedmaterialsinc.com/location/iowa-inventory/

 

[AGeese]

You might try looking through this website for reusable, repurposed stuff. I believe I read that someone used conveyor belts as part of a deadwall one time. You can subscribe to their email list and see plenty of interesting ideas for all types of stuff they take in. Presume you are in Iowa:

https://www.repurposedmaterialsinc.com/location/iowa-inventory/

Awesome and close! Thanks!