Zeroing back stop

[Kalahari]

Seconded. I had a HMR on a zeroing session, passed through a builder's skip.

Probably OK if you fill the skip with builders sand!

David.

 

[finnbear270]

Probably OK if you fill the skip with builders sand!

David.

That would stop the win mag

 

[Klenchblaize]

Given the Op is based in Surrey, my advise is book a Bisley firing point but for God sake don’t take a steel target for zeroing or the Range Office will have kittens. And besides, NRA target glue is pants!

K

 

[Bowland blades]

Skip was a brand new, Both skins from 80 yards.

It's not a thing I would ever do , especially if it wasn't my skip to put holes in .

 

[long_range_rob]

308, 243 and 223 against an I beam at 100m. Mild steel won’t do it

 

[Tim.243]

Nope, and like those guys I don't have AP rounds either. What I do have is a .270 that spits out lumps of jacketed lead of between 110 and 150 grains at a pretty fair ol' lick. As I zero at 100yds I'd not be at all surprised to find at least a bit of jacket coming back my way if I were to shoot steel with it (assuming said steel was up to the job of stopping the bullet instead of becoming perforated). I'll spend my time behind the whizzy bits of metal thank you and do all I can to avoid being in front of them

I have a .270 150 lead head, but with my target design not had any but a whack also the front plate starts the process.

 

[antsa]

True. It's a bit difficult to see but the backstop is on a slope and if something were to get through it would hit ground. The structure provides a mounting surface for different paper targets, a removable cross beam that holds 8 clay pigeons and I can put a .22LR spinner on top as well. What can't be seen in the pic is a AR500 steel gong at 150m. This is mounted close to ground level on the side of the slope. Any misses, if any , bury themselves in the earth.

Cheers

These structures are useful, however the best backstop is the knowledge of your ground combined with your shooting platform. Sticks at a rough height of say 4' 10" give a better down angle then a bi-pod @10"
I have a mix of flat and hilly ground.....more foxes on the flat ground than the hilly for some reason

 

[Tim.243]

True. It's a bit difficult to see but the backstop is on a slope and if something were to get through it would hit ground. The structure provides a mounting surface for different paper targets, a removable cross beam that holds 8 clay pigeons and I can put a .22LR spinner on top as well. What can't be seen in the pic is a AR500 steel gong at 150m. This is mounted close to ground level on the side of the slope. Any misses, if any , bury themselves in the earth.

Cheers

What do you do in the real world as you can't drag the berm around unless you only shoot static targets. The "risk"
in the field is what you have to work out and stick to.