Hey guys,
I need ideas and information about choosing/making steel targets to permanently place on our land. My local range only goes to 540 yds. On Everyday Sniper, Frank has talked about a 0.2 mil tall horizontal bar hanging in front of another steel plate to true rifle trajectory at range. I searched the forum and can't find a picture of this.
Although I'm in ND this land has lots of valleys and a small river running through it as well as lots of wind. With that in mind, what size and shape steel targets are recommended at range? How far out are you shooting round targets? Do you switch to square or rectangular targets at 800 and beyond? If rectangular, is there a mil size height as a constant? Maybe a wider mil sized width to help with wind uncertainty if you want to true trajectory but can't deal with the wind yet? What sizes at 800, 1000, 1200, 1500. I have the ability to go 2000 if I get creative. I'm assuming 1/2" AR500 is adequate for everything we would shoot (300 Norma improved and 338 edge are our largest rifles).
Some targets would be accessible easily, but others would be set it and forget it. It would be nice to get an indicator target for the longer range or hard to get to targets. There is a cut bank over the river where it bends that would be a nice back drop, but forget painting it all the time. For the rest of the targets I understand grey primer is often a paint of choice, although I would still paint a square center or point to aim at.
For larger distant targets on a slight hill that I can drive to, I was thinking about building a gravel sand box behind it to see missed impacts. Otherwise the taller grass dashes any hope of correcting your hold. Maybe a 2x4 frame with lots of horizontal slats and pea gravel?
What's everyone else doing? Thanks in advance
I need ideas and information about choosing/making steel targets to permanently place on our land. My local range only goes to 540 yds. On Everyday Sniper, Frank has talked about a 0.2 mil tall horizontal bar hanging in front of another steel plate to true rifle trajectory at range. I searched the forum and can't find a picture of this.
Although I'm in ND this land has lots of valleys and a small river running through it as well as lots of wind. With that in mind, what size and shape steel targets are recommended at range? How far out are you shooting round targets? Do you switch to square or rectangular targets at 800 and beyond? If rectangular, is there a mil size height as a constant? Maybe a wider mil sized width to help with wind uncertainty if you want to true trajectory but can't deal with the wind yet? What sizes at 800, 1000, 1200, 1500. I have the ability to go 2000 if I get creative. I'm assuming 1/2" AR500 is adequate for everything we would shoot (300 Norma improved and 338 edge are our largest rifles).
Some targets would be accessible easily, but others would be set it and forget it. It would be nice to get an indicator target for the longer range or hard to get to targets. There is a cut bank over the river where it bends that would be a nice back drop, but forget painting it all the time. For the rest of the targets I understand grey primer is often a paint of choice, although I would still paint a square center or point to aim at.
For larger distant targets on a slight hill that I can drive to, I was thinking about building a gravel sand box behind it to see missed impacts. Otherwise the taller grass dashes any hope of correcting your hold. Maybe a 2x4 frame with lots of horizontal slats and pea gravel?
What's everyone else doing? Thanks in advance
