Building a indoor range

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gunlaker
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Re: Building a indoor range

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That's pretty nice to find the same batch of Swiss twice in a row. That has happened to me with Old Eynesford, but never Swiss unfortunately.

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Shutinlead
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Re: Building a indoor range

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I built a 50 foot indoor range at my current shop using 48" culvert, one end cemented in to the wall of my casting room - the target end fit and welded into three 60" haul truck rims stacked together, then all buried in the hillside. I did a cable pulley system for targets and a small ventilation system. Working the math out with air displacement it should have had enough draw to keep the room clear... not even close :oops: . just barely does it with a 22rf. Upon firing a cylinder full of 38 Special target loads the smoke is amazing, . (two inline fans and 8" pipe isn't enough) holy black of any loading would make for a great interrogation method. :lol: The concussion and smoke from a 50-90 pushing a 625g loaded with 88 grains of 1.5 swiss will make you want to keep your mouth closed, wear nose plugs and diving goggles to keep your eyes and nose from bleeding. I'd considered a conex line-up before but following my experience with the culvert, anything this confined has been removed from my project list.
I recently saw photo's of a farmer in Nebraska? that did a red iron frame work with left-overs from a construction project and sheeted with used tin, heated on his bench end and a small elevated roof section in the middle - like he knew what his trajectory path might be??? appeared to be 200 yards? used tin would offer some ventilation? May have to look for some more acreage :lol: :D
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mdeland
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Re: Building a indoor range

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Greg, what I have in mind is two full diameter draw fans,(one mid tube and one on the far end mounted horizontally in an elbow) . The draft is full tube diameter from block house to vents. Mine would likely 50 feet or 25 yards not 200 yards. It would really only be useful for pistol and muzzle loader.
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Re: Building a indoor range

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mdeland wrote: Wed May 06, 2020 11:15 pm Greg, what I have in mind is two full diameter draw fans,(one mid tube and one on the far end mounted horizontally in an elbow) . The draft is full tube diameter from block house to vents. Mine would likely 50 feet or 25 yards not 200 yards. It would really only be useful for pistol and muzzle loader.
There goes the no wind load tests :lol:
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Re: Building a indoor range

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Kurt,
you could build a muslin cloth tunnel at least on your 136 yard home range just as did Dr Franklin Mann.


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mdeland
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Re: Building a indoor range

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Yeah but you would still be able to see your target and at 25 yards even a cross wind would be negligible let alone a tail wind as would be present here. Indoor shooting ranges use the same method of down range drafting from line to target butt.
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