Need some help with berm construction

[Aray]

I have volunteered to head up an improvement project at my gun club and need some help with berm construction. I really don't know what my options are for safe and budget conscious construction. I need a 120' long 5' high barrier between the rifle range and 2 possible pistol/carbine bays that doesn't have a large footprint.


Any thoughts?

[Jay Cunningham]

Call it a "sporting berm" and you'll be GTG.

[Aray]

How about the "Great Wall of Fudd", or the "Wall of Antilitigiousness"?

[PdxMotoxer]

I'm lost (nothing new and not the T.V. show) are you looking
for idea's on how to build one?

Like finding local construction that needs a place to dump their fill dirt
or place a craigslist ad looking for "fill dirt" you never know you much get lucky
or shave the ground and make some of your own but for a berm your going to
NEED a lot, tons even.

I'd LOVe to see pic's of your super-berm when it gets finished.
(super berm cuz it stops speeding bullets... lol)

[l3mon]

do what the we do in the desert..

metal 'baskets' with canvas bags in them and fill-em up..

[Aray]

I'm lost (nothing new and not the T.V. show) are you looking
for idea's on how to build one?

Like finding local construction that needs a place to dump their fill dirt
or place a craigslist ad looking for "fill dirt" you never know you much get lucky
or shave the ground and make some of your own but for a berm your going to
NEED a lot, tons even.

I'd LOVe to see pic's of your super-berm when it gets finished.
(super berm cuz it stops speeding bullets... lol)

I can't just pile dirt in this location as it is also the roadway out to the 200 and 400 meter ranges. I need a wall, not a 25' wide dirt pile and I don't know what my options for construction type are.

[GackMan]

How about something like this: http://www.inter-block.com/

two rows spaced the proper distance apart... fill the void between them with soil.

Sorry - no clue on cost, but that is what the "bay" divders are made with at the local club.

[68fan]

do what the we do in the desert..

metal 'baskets' with canvas bags in them and fill-em up..

Interesting stuff. Here's a link to the manufacturer: http://www.hesco.com/US_CIVIL/index.html

[M4Fundi]

I would suggest higher than 5' if you can. We did 5' at our range in MT and we still had strays going over the top from the pistol range and the rifle and trap shooters were complaing about hearing the whizzes over head.

[Preferred User]

Probably need to check your local zoning laws, but typically for every 3 feet of width you can have 1 foot of elevation.

Univ of Minnesota Building Soil Berms