\nSeveral members spent their Monday\nafternoon at the range repairing the damage at the 100-yard range. \nThree uprights and three sections of target horizontal frames were\nreplaced at 100-yards, the shot up upright was replaced at the 50\nyard target and target horizontal rails were replaced at 25-yards. \n<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Much\nof the damage at the 100-yard line was due to inattention of shooters\nfiring at targets placed on the target holders at 25-yards. Shooters\nat 25-yards are not paying attention to where their shots are\nimpacting downrange. One upright at 100-yards was shot off at ground\nlevel and it getting it out of the ground was a lot like a dentist\npulling a tooth that had broken off at the gum line \u2013 yuuck!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Another\nissue is ricochets from the shots fired at the 25-yard line that\nbounce off the ground in front of the 100-yard target frames and\nriddle the cross pieces. Shots fired at the 50-yard targets also hit\nthose same cross pieces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n After\nthe uprights were replaced, we put sacrificial pieces of 2 x 4 lumber\non the front of all of the uprights. We hope that these pieces of\nlumber will absorb stray bullets and preserve the uprights. They can\nbe easily replaced with just a couple of screws when the need arises.\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n Additionally,\nto reduce the damage from stray rounds hitting the cross pieces, we\nleft the three new center section pieces (6 pieces of 2 x 6 x 14\u2019\nlumber) laying on the ground where they are less likely to be hit by\nricochets. That leaves three sections of frames on the low end and\ntwo sections of frames on the high end for folks who want to shoot at\n100-yards. For matches when we use the entire 100-yard firing line,\nwe can just put the boards in their holders.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Shooters\n\u2013 we ask that you pay attention and help us reduce damage to target\nframes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A.\n NEVER<\/strong>\nmount targets to vertical posts. NEVER<\/strong>\nmount targets directly to the horizontal rails. Suspend them between\nthe two rails.<\/p>\n\n\n\n B.\n In the near future, there will be red paint on the vertical posts as\nwell as red painted areas ON\nTHE HORIZONTAL Rails about\n1-foot in from the vertical supports. Please do not mount targets in\nred painted areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n C. WHEN FIRING AT TARGETS MOUNTED ON THE 25-YARD FRAMES \u2013 WATCH WHERE YOUR<\/strong> DOWN-RANGE IMPACT WILL BE. ADJUST YOUR SHOOTING POSITION AND TARGET PLACEMENT SO THAT YOU DO NOT SHOOT THE VERTICAL SUPPORTS AT 100-YARDS!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>\n\n\n\n If your 25-yard target hides the 100-yard vertical post – move your target or your shooting position! <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n \nFor a quick review of Range Rules,\nclick here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n