100 meter indoor range(lots of pictures)

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Post by Dutch Mosin » Sat Aug 11, 2007 3:18 pm

Brass Rat,

The bullet trap will be made of sand.....lots of it.

I'll post pictures as soon as we start with that.

Robert.

We have about 150 members in our club.

I've got some range time tomorrow morning.

I'll ask about the building price then.

About heating and cooling the building.

We will only heat the place where the shooters are.

The warm air will circulate there.

Cooling will not be necessary because most of the building will be underground.

Only the small entrance building will be entirely heated or cooled.

I'll get back to you on this tomorrow.

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Martin
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Post by A square 10 » Wed Aug 15, 2007 8:13 am

as stated elsewhere martin , im very impressed with the efforts here , i too am quite interested in the photos when the inside gets developed ,

keep them comming , they are much enjoyed

mike
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Post by Dutch Mosin » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:00 pm

Thanks Michael.

As promised elsewhere, I'll keep you all posted. :D :D :D

Robert,

I asked about the building price last Sunday.

The price will be close to € 300.000,-........that's about $ 390.000,-.

and yes....it will be opened to the public.

We have to do that to pay the bills.

We even have complete German gun clubs that rent the range 2 or 3 evenings a week for a period of one or even two years.

I haven't got much details on this but whenever I do I'll post it here.

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Martin
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Post by Niner » Wed Aug 15, 2007 2:37 pm

Thanks for the update Martin. I knew it had to be an expensive undertaking. Looks like your club has it well under control though. Shows that your club must be a real dedicated bunch.
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Post by Dutch Mosin » Wed Aug 15, 2007 3:11 pm

Your welcome Robert.

You're right about the dedicated bunch. :D

It's a fantastic gun club and it's great to be a member there.

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Martin
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Post by dhtaxi » Wed Aug 15, 2007 5:09 pm

To build something like that in the UK would be impossible you would never get planing permission.

But well done keep us posted.

Lots of pics please.
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Post by PeterN2 » Thu Aug 16, 2007 8:47 am

Dave, a 100 yard range was recently built not far from me made from big concrete pipes. No danger area implications, unlike an open range. I presume he got planning permission for that, so not impossible.

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Post by madmarc0 » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:05 pm

What town are you located in? or near?
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Post by PeterN2 » Mon Sep 17, 2007 4:46 pm

I am a few miles north of Leeds. The pipe range is somewhere near Ilkley I think.

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Post by 24626151 » Thu Oct 11, 2007 8:14 am

I looked at a house with a 1/3 of an acre garden and was going to build a pipe range underground for load testing. I think I could have managed 50 yards or maybe 100 if I had dug at an angle acros the garden. Doing it without the neighbours knowing would have been fun.

When I retire I want to build a house out in the sticks with a cellar firing point that goes out for 300 yards minimum across open ground to an earth back stop. Changing targets, well thats what the grand children are for! I may put CCTV in to watch the target!
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