Shooting house

[gunsandgunsmithing]

I'm embarrassed to say how long I've been doing this but it's finally almost done.

It's an attached shooting room to my shop. I'll have two benches inside with plans fir a couple more outside. I can shoot to 525 from here but most of my shooting is 100-200.

I poured the pad a few years ago and have killed deer out to 500 a few times, from a bench.

It'll be heated and cooled very soon. I use to shoot from my shop a lot but got really tired of trying to cool the earth from my back door.

Anyway, getting excited at this point. I hope to shoot year round again. Good place to practice and test builds and products.

 

[Nomad47]

Won't you still be "cooling the earth" when you open the windows to shoot?

I do envy you, though. Although I have 3 acres, the max I can shoot entirely on my own property is 85 yards due to the lay of the land.

 

[snert]

seething with jelousy

 

[alinwa]

Toooo coool Mike. When I did mine I tried out every flavor of window and settled on the same thing you went with. The width will accept a spotting scope or a Labradar and will let you see all the flags.


VERY sweet.


congrats!

 

[gambleone]

Very nice looking outside from inside. Lucky

 

[rwj]

seething with jelousy

Me too!

 

[spaniel]

Very nice! Four years ago I built a shooting house in my barn which would theoretically allow me to shoot to 300 yards. Thus far it's only 100 yard capable as I haven't had time to clear some scrap trees and build a berm.

 

[nmkid]

Gotta go buy a lottery ticket tomorrow!

 

[GSPV]

Won't you still be "cooling the earth" when you open the windows to shoot?

I do envy you, though. Although I have 3 acres, the max I can shoot entirely on my own property is 85 yards due to the lay of the land.

Because the shop and the shooting room have a man door between them. Mike had to open a garage door to shoot out of his shop.

He’ll be able to mount a little window unit or something out in that shooting room and lose zero out of the shop when he shoots.

 

[tn6br]

Looking good, which window will i be beating you from? Lol I will drop off that blank sometime this week and come check it out.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Looking good, which window will i be beating you from? Lol I will drop off that blank sometime this week and come check it out.

NEITHER...but you already knew that!!! Lol!

I know...Here we go!

You will beat me soon Grasshopper!!

 

[R.Morehouse]

Looks GREAT Mike....
I see a road trip in my future so you can see 1st hand how insanely accurate this 30 Major is with those Hillbilly 118's....

Best Regards
Rick

 

[tn6br]

NEITHER...but you already knew that!!! Lol!

I know...Here we go!

Never say never!

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Looks GREAT Mike....
I see a road trip in my future so you can see 1st hand how insanely accurate this 30 Major is with those Hillbilly 118's....

Best Regards
Rick

Come down any time Rick! I can see a tunnel at some point, but that's a lot of money down the road. I Have To Sell About A GAZZILLION Tuners And Flags first.

 

[gunsandgunsmithing]

Never say never!

You beat me to it. I edited my post while you were typing

 

[JFrank]

I'm embarrassed to say how long I've been doing this but it's finally almost done.

It's an attached shooting room to my shop. I'll have two benches inside with plans fir a couple more outside. I can shoot to 525 from here but most of my shooting is 100-200.

I poured the pad a few years ago and have killed deer out to 500 a few times, from a bench.

It'll be heated and cooled very soon. I use to shoot from my shop a lot but got really tired of trying to cool the earth from my back door.

Anyway, getting excited at this point. I hope to shoot year round again. Good place to practice and test builds and products.

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Ya gotta love it!!
While in Montana a couple of weeks ago on my kids property the guy up above him has steel targets set up at 1760 and 2000 yards across the canyon from his back yard. I saw them personally. My kid says you can hear it when it hits (Ka Boom- Ding )over and over must be a big caliber ''
I'm jealous
J

 

[LarryDScott]

Thats something only in my dreams. I dont have space or the privacy to do that. I just recently lost my shooting spot. The property sold and the new owner doesnt want me shooting there. LDS

 

[GSPV]

Looks GREAT Mike....
I see a road trip in my future so you can see 1st hand how insanely accurate this 30 Major is with those Hillbilly 118's....

Best Regards
Rick

Save yourself a trip. Here is a picture from a group match at BGSC. 200 yards.

I was so thrilled that I shot a smiley face on the sighter.

Lapua brass, Fed GM primer, enough N120 to make 2850, Hillbilly 118 7-3/4 ogive jammed 15 thou.

I shouldn’t have sold that rifle. But, I’m not shooting much and have a daughter in grad school.

 

[tn6br]

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Save yourself a trip. Here is a picture from a group match at BGSC. 200 yards.

I was so thrilled that I shot a smiley face on the sighter.

Lapua brass, Fed GM primer, enough N120 to make 2850, Hillbilly 118 7-3/4 ogive jammed 15 thou.

I shouldn’t have sold that rifle. But, I’m not shooting much and have a daughter in grad school.

Gun makes me look good! Lol

 

[GSPV]

Best shooting rifle that I’ve ever owned. I still have two 30 Major reamers. Going to build another one day.