Practice Range at Home - What would you want?

[TAZ]

Aside from researching the type pf targets and such make sure you look into any restrictions on minimum acreage for ranges in your AO. Id offer a variety of targets that re easily movable. You can have a few round plates and silhouettes that you can reposition quick for practice stages close in. Sameness for distance. Set up things you can practice getting hits on, but also have a place where you can stick paper and focus on fundamentals.

[BuzzinSATX]

If your area has lots of potential and/or options, I'd suggest building it out incrementally as you might find as you use it that you'd like to change things. Might save you some cost or buttpain later.

[BuzzinSATX]

The place I shoot at has a "tactics" range, with large wooden spools, plastic barrels, movable target stands, and other misc. cover/concealment type stuff. Everything is fairly easy to relocate and it makes for some good training.

[Hmac]

Nice, I'm going to have to add wheels to mine I like that idea.

We have a few steel plates made from 1/2 inch AR500. Shooting M193 even from inside 50 yards has barely fazed the surface - negligible pitting over at least 3 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtpGrPpxIEA

[MBtech]

We have a few steel plates made from 1/2 inch AR500. Shooting M193 even from inside 50 yards has barely fazed the surface - negligible pitting over at least 3 years.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vtpGrPpxIEA

AR500 is the way to go, I need something that is going to hold up to 308 also. A friend of mine has a silhouette we have shot with two SCAR 17s and 556 it is holding up great.

[Bayern]

If you have a lo of trees in that 100 yds., try to have a lot of trees to shoot thru. Shooting thru (between) trees is a lot more fun and educational then shooting down clear lanes.

[Hmac]

AR500 is the way to go, I need something that is going to hold up to 308 also. A friend of mine has a silhouette we have shot with two SCAR 17s and 556 it is holding up great.

.223/.556 is much harder on steel plate than .308. I prefer 1/2 inch so that the gong doesn't react quite as violently, but I've seen 3/8 inch AR500 gongs stand up pretty well. I'd sure stay away from M855. That does tend to pocket even AR500 which potentially leads to dangerous ricochets.

[MBtech]

.223/.556 is much harder on steel plate than .308. I prefer 1/2 inch so that the gong doesn't react quite as violently, but I've seen 3/8 inch AR500 gongs stand up pretty well. I'd sure stay away from M855. That does tend to pocket even AR500 which potentially leads to dangerous ricochets.

1/2" is what I'm going to use, and thanks for the heads up on the M855.

[MBtech]

If you have a lo of trees in that 100 yds., try to have a lot of trees to shoot thru. Shooting thru (between) trees is a lot more fun and educational then shooting down clear lanes.

I agree with you here, when I practice from a tree stand with my bow I place the targets in spots to make the "tough shots" as much if not more than wide open. Also use trees as natural props to shoot around if possible.

[zombiescometh]

I have always liked Hickok45's range setup.