Update: Progress Pics - Barricades

[Shady_Jay]

Competitions to follow construction.

We will have 750 yard and 1000 yard towers completed in the next month. Today we poured the foundations and set the welding plates.

The property is along the Trinity River bottom. They build levees on 5 to 100 acre tracts of land and then mine out gravel to sell. It is basically 1500 ares of impact berms. All the roads are on the tops of the levees. These towers will be 8' high off the road which gets you 30' above the impact area(s).

We're building to hold our first match next year. We should be able to run small squads and move fast through stages because of the many impact berms.

The main tower will be at 750 and two stories for shooters above and below. Here is the foundation being laid:

Welding plates for the 1000 yard tower columns.

I'll update this thread after more progress. Look for the match announcement in the next few months. We have a bunkhouse and we're putting in RV hook ups. Plus a bunch of other stuff. Thanks.


(With this in place and trees cleared, the M-STOMP can now be placed at the main gate to shoot 1400 yards)

Towers are almost complete. There is a bunch of pics on my forum of the bunk house and stuff if your interested - http://northtexasrifleprecision.freeforums.org/post1316.html#p1316
A few more braces, rails, supports, roofs, and paint should make it look pretty good.

Bunk House

 

[blklabs]

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Man you are going to have a awesome setup when these towers are finished. Your range was already nice now it will be even better. I can't wait to shoot off of them.

 

[Ranger70]

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I'll need to come out and shoot with you. jim

 

[HotrRod308]

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Sweeeet..I guess he wasn't joking..... can't wait to see it done.

 

[Shady_Jay]

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When do I joke?

 

[Chiller]

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Amazing stuff sir.

 

[HotrRod308]

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I vote for a NTRP Team day to test those babies out!

I meant Mr. R. Wasn't joking!

 

[blklabs]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Kick-Ass</div><div class="ubbcode-body">When do I not joke? </div></div>

Fixed it for you. What's the eta on completion and is Geordie building the tower?

 

[Super Bee 950]

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Box in the first floor and make it a cabin with AC

 

[Shady_Jay]

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you're not far off at all, Bee

 

[hrt4me]

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Looks nice, Jay

 

[Outback]

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Looks good Jay

 

[Sean the Nailer]

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Excellent.

 

[Shady_Jay]

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thanks guys, it should be pretty cool

 

[Dagsta]

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I can see a trip to the Big "D" in my near future!! Looks great Jay!!

 

[glocksig40]

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Ready for another NTRP Team range day. Hopefully after the fall bash, we can all get together again. The range progress looks nice. Potential out the ting- yang.

 

[johndoe]

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Looks like it's going to be a top notch job. Would like to see some
pictures when it's all done.

 

[JuniperEyes]

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Thats one really nice looking range you got going there.

Texas is one hell of a drive from here, but I would love to come check it out when you get things up and running

 

[clmayfield]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Super Bee 950</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Box in the first floor and make it a cabin with AC

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Screw that. Enclose it with a 1,200 yard wind tunnel. Then you have yourself a range.

 

[BOLTRIPPER]

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will the tower be kosher for base jumping...?

 

[Shady_Jay]

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lol, new pics up above in the original post, guys. It is coming along. You can see more pics at http://northtexasrifleprecision.freeforums.org/post1316.html#p1316

We have old unused culverts and other obstacles we will put in place with a front loader for barricade shooting.

Thanks!

 

[HotrRod308]

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Looking good!

 

[rrflyer]

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Just saw this! Looks sweet! When's the range day!?!?!??

 

[Shady_Jay]

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soon! I'll have an email out this week to y'all.



(clients get free range days when I schedule them)

 

[223ai]

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Most importantly, when are you having your first competition?

 

[SWRichmond]

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OT: a little history that many of you might not be aware of. During the Revolutionary War towers were sometimes constructed to aid American riflemen in their pursuit of British soldiers within forts.

From the book "Voices of 1776," the first appearance of the "Maham Tower":
<span style="font-style: italic">"The ground selected by [defending British] Colonel Watson for his small stockade was an Indian mount...It was at least thirty feet high and surrounded by table land...Destitute both of artillery and entrenching tools, Marion and [Light-Horse Harry!] Lee despaired of success, when Major [Hezekiah] Maham of South Carolina proposed to cut down a number of suitable trees in the nearest wood, and with them erect a large strong oblong [tower], to be covered on the top with a floor of logs...The besieged was, like the besieger, unprovided with artillery and could not interrupt the progress of work....A party of riflemen...took post in the "Maham Tower" the moment it was completed; and a detachment of musketry, under cover of the riflemen, moved to make a lodgment in the enemy's ditch...Such was the effect of the fire from the riflemen, having thorough command of every part of the fort from the relative supereminence of the tower, that every attempt to resist the lodgment was crushed. The commandant, finding every resource cut off, hung out the white flag."</span>

Additional citations, the seige of ninety-six:
http://www.carolana.com/SC/Revolution/revolution_battle_of_ninety_six.html

<span style="font-style: italic">"Next, Maj. Gen. Greene erected a forty-foot Maham Tower on June 6th. This forced the Loyalists to put up sandbags with loopholes between them. Greene reported, "Not a Man could shew his Head but he was immediately shot down." Lt. Col. Cruger attempted to destroy the Maham Tower with heated cannon balls, but since the logs were green the tower would not ignite."</span>


http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~scbchs/hm.html
<span style="font-style: italic">"Maham was a colonel of cavalry in the revolutionary war, and was distinguished not only for his gallantry, but also for a certain skill in the art of reducing' fortified places. It was at his suggestion that the expedient was first adopted (similar, by tinway, to the method practiced in the middle ages) of constructing against such places a tower of logs so high as to command them. This was first practiced at Fort Watson, and the description of Weems, which I give, is all that can be wished. "Finding that the fort mounted no artillery, Marion resolved to make his approaches in a way that should give his riflemen a fair chance against the musqueteers. For this purpose large quantities of pintlogs were cut, and, as soon as dark came on, were carried in perfect silence within point-blank shot of the fort, and run up in the shape of large pens or chimney stacks considerably higher than the enemy's parapets. Great, no doubt, was the consternation of the garrison next morning, to see themselves thus suddenly overlooked by this strange kind of steeple, pouring down upon them from its blazing tops incessant showers of rifle bullets. . . . Our riflemen lying above them, and firing through loopholes, were seldom hurt; while the British, obliged every time they fired, to show their heads, were frequently killed." </span>

 

[GardDog]

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Great looking setup.

 

[The_Hoff]

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looks awesome!

 

[Shooter McGavin]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: stacyp</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Ready for another NTRP Team range day. Hopefully after the fall bash, we can all get together again. The range progress looks nice. Potential out the ting- yang. </div></div>

Count me in on the range day. Can't wait to shoot off the towers.

@ CKA it looks awesome. Now are you gonna quit you day job?

Jamie

 

[ponchair]

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Soooo in...

 

[hugo121175]

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Look very nice..... Now much Tough Stuff did you use in your lodge? Should stay nice and cool in there

 

[Shady_Jay]

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yeah very comfy with central heat and air

 

[KYS]

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Looks great! Do you own that property? Being they mine off it I would think it would be subject to change. Id be down to make the drive and spend some time out there learning!

 

[Shady_Jay]

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Once the towers went in, we made it a long-term lease. Thanks! Come on down, man.

 

[Outback]

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I want to see the blueprint drawings on those foundation before I go up. And the stamped drawings on the towers.


Just fucking with you but you deserve it

 

[Shady_Jay]

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lol, just got done clearing the last of the timber. It's officially a 1400 yard range now.

 

[HotrRod308]

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Damn it son!!! I think I need to come try out the harmonics for myself. I think my gun sings in B flat..

 

[hrt4me]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Captain Kick-Ass</div><div class="ubbcode-body">lol, just got done clearing the last of the timber. It's officially a 1400 yard range now.</div></div>

Jay, do you have any plans to do any aerial platform shooting from a helicopter?

And do you happen to have lots of feral hogs out there?

 

[JFComfort]

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freaking sweet!

 

[Trevor300wsm]

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Looking forward to seeing the new towers next month on the 8th!!

See you then CKA

 

[Aqua Mark]

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Very nice CKA. Maybe after the next BASH we can make a right turn and head to North Texas.... See you at SHOT. Mark

 

[Shady_Jay]

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Bach, yes and yes. There are constantly helicopters flying across checking pipelines and now they are hovering watching us shoot/build. I'm going to track them down to see if we can put something together.

Mark, come on by man. Trev, you should have a good time man.

Here are some more update pics:



Cleared Land

One of several of my repeat clients breaking in the 1K tower, lol.

The view from 1400 yards into the impact zone.

There is still a few more banisters that need welding and the Hammerite paint wasn't sticking in the cold. I've got Geordie busy cutting .50 targets, lol.

 

[The_Hoff]

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OMG looking great!!!

 

[jwoolf]

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Damn, Jay.... I've met you but, I've never shot with you yet, Sir. That's going to get fixed soon, I think. haha

 

[Outback]

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Looks like you got a beaver problem on those trees gay

 

[hrt4me]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NTRP-CKA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Bach, yes and yes. There are constantly helicopters flying across checking pipelines and now they are hovering watching us shoot/build. I'm going to track them down to see if we can put something together.</div></div>

I have at least two, and possibly up to four, helicopters and pilots lined up. Now we're just looking for suitable land.
Jay, I'll give you a call later this week to discuss land ownership and permits/Landowner's Management Authorization (LMA).

 

[Shady_Jay]

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Dude, your 3 steps ahead of me. I've been researching this. Lets touch base tomorrow and get this done.

jwoolf, come on

Geordie, everybody knows you don't like beaver. Plenty of woodpeckers for you though.

 

[Shooter McGavin]

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My POF 308 is just itching to shoot out of a helo.

Jamie

 

[jwoolf]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NTRP-CKA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">done.

jwoolf, come on

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Just say when, my friend!!! I've got a couple hundred loaded and ready to go! haha

Also, if you need some sweat labor sometime, give me a call or PM me. I'll pitch in for such a good cause.

 

[hrt4me]

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<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: NTRP-CKA</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Dude, you're 3 steps ahead of me. I've been researching this. Let's touch base tomorrow and get this done.</div></div>

I started my research about 4 months ago when a fellow SH member approached me with an MD-500C and UH-1 (and possibly also a Eurocopter AS350). I've got one back-up pilot already on board for the MD-500C (which the owner requested so he could also get some trigger time), and we should be good to go with another UH-1 driver lined up as well. I've gotten input from some game wardens and the TPWD, as well as several others who have previously helo hog hunted. We actually just had our first meeting yesterday morning to get things rolling, discuss logistics, permits, legalities, weapons, ammo, etc. So now we're just looking for suitable land, preferably somewhat close to DFW, relatively open, with tons of feral hogs roaming about during daylight hours.