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I put in a Cap & Ball Shooting Range up north at my cabin property this weekend. 

 

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2 hours ago, Pat Riot said:

Nice! Why only cap and ball?

Just what I like to play with most often. 

I'm sure we will shoot all pistol calibers and .22 ammo .

It's only setup for 25 yards .

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2 hours ago, Warden Callaway said:

I made bullet traps out of implement tires. 

 

 

 

Nice .

I have watched your videos on YouTube. 

I just did not want tires on my property. 

 

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I hope you guys realize how many of us are jealous of those who can shoot on their own property!

 

Well done, RRW.

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7 minutes ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

I hope you guys realize how many of us are jealous of those who can shoot on their own property!

 

Well done, RRW.

Thank you J-Bar have a beer on my tab !

 

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FYI, here are examples of the frames and shrouding we are mandated to use on our ranges here in Ontario, Canada.

Transmission belting is screwed the inside wood frame to aid stopping splatter.

Steel is AR400

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At least 47 targets right off my deck - most of them between about five and twenty yards from the farthest shooting position. There are five plates on a rack left of center at the bottom of the hill, the farthest ones you can actually see in the pic, at around thirty five yards, and two pressure tank gongs farther up the hill at around sixty or so. You'd think I'd be better at this game. :mellow:

 

Panoramic view, so somewhat distorted - they're in more of a shallow U shape, not all in a straight line.

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5 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

I hope you guys realize how many of us are jealous of those who can shoot on their own property!

Well, you could if you really wanted, but some neighbors might find it annoying.


But who’s gonna walk over and complain to a 6’-4” guy in a fringed leather jacket and cowboy hat, while he’s blazing and booming away in his yard with a brace of .44 cap and ball pistols, filled with 33 gr of Goex in each cylinder - and a bottle of Basil Hayden with shot glass on the patio table. 
 

l’d drive down for that! :D

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Start to finish .

I did it by myself on Friday and Saturday. 

And I rested on Sunday like The Good Lord Said

 

 

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14 hours ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

Well, you could if you really wanted, but some neighbors might find it annoying.


But who’s gonna walk over and complain to a 6’-4” guy in a fringed leather jacket and cowboy hat, while he’s blazing and booming away in his yard with a brace of .44 cap and ball pistols, filled with 33 gr of Goex in each cylinder - and a bottle of Basil Hayden with shot glass on the patio table. 
 

l’d drive down for that! :D

Some of us , in fact a lot of us can’t discharge firearms in the towns we live in! City ordinance !

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7 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Some of us , in fact a lot of us can’t discharge firearms in the towns we live in! City ordinance !

Sure you can…for a while and probably only one time. ;)

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13 minutes ago, Rye Miles #13621 said:

Some of us , in fact a lot of us can’t discharge firearms in the towns we live in! City ordinance !

Understood. My post was a bit of an inside joke, as my good friend J-Bar lives in a suburban neighborhood similar to the pics I’ve seen of your place. He lives under the same restrictions most of us do. 

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Our property is landlocked with other properties that have there houses on the sides distant from our property lines.  With the hills, valleys and timber, I can setup and shoot about anywhere and not endanger anyone. 

 

 

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17 minutes ago, Warden Callaway said:

Our property is landlocked with other properties that have there houses on the sides distant from our property lines.  With the hills, valleys and timber, I can setup and shoot about anywhere and not endanger anyone. 

 

 

 

One little two little three litte Cows four little five little six little Cows 7 little Bang bang bang No more Cows lol :huh::blink::D

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1 hour ago, Abilene Slim SASS 81783 said:

Understood. My post was a bit of an inside joke, as my good friend J-Bar lives in a suburban neighborhood similar to the pics I’ve seen of your place. He lives under the same restrictions most of us do. 

 

 

...although I occasionally risk taking a shot with my Daisy BB gun when a squirrel gets on the bird feeder!

 

:ph34r:

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The Chinese 177 air rifle is the tool of choice for certain environments.  Put the wheel barrow under the birdfeeder and do some squirrel management.   The cheapest gun I own has done the most animal management by far.  Now by weight it loses.

 

Kids think the dog is really crafty catching them squirrels.

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1 hour ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

 

 

...although I occasionally risk taking a shot with my Daisy BB gun when a squirrel gets on the bird feeder!

 

:ph34r:

I’ve been wanting to do that for years, but our next door neighbor would s**t a brick if she saw me. Probably would file a complaint with police. :blink:

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12 hours ago, J-BAR #18287 said:

 

 

...although I occasionally risk taking a shot with my Daisy BB gun when a squirrel gets on the bird feeder!

 

:ph34r:

I occasionally use my Daisy Red Ryder to poke a deer in the rump just to get em off my yard. My neighbor two houses away is a retired cop but he’s cool . 

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9 hours ago, Warden Callaway said:

I have a bigger problem.

 

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Looks like you HAD a Badger Problem lol

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