Alright, so now that I’ve finally decided I’m never going to finish unpacking my shit here in Kentucky because i’m always outside…I need to start cutting out my holler-top range of 200yds or more.
I have a good spot on top of the smaller side of the mountain behind my house that will allow me to shoot rounds into the larger side of the mountain…it looks like the longest distance I’ll be able to achieve with minimal effort will be 200yds. I’m looking at the potential for 300yds in the future, but there will be quite a bit more work involved in not only building it, but also using it because of where the impact zone would have to be.
I posted some photos over in the Kentucky thread earlier this year and that layout still holds true.
Basically, the first big issue I’m going to run into is ‘drawing’ a straight cut from the firing line to the impact area. I’m wondering if one of the ‘huntX’ or similar apps can help when I’m on the move up there…like if I can plot both start and end points and the GPS app will help me mark any/all trees and brush in the middle of those two points by looking at my phone.
Here are the two basic points that I’ve double checked are right around 200yds apart:
This first image shows where I’d like the firing line to be which is basically at the ‘peak’ of the westerly side of the mountain.
This picture shows where I’d like the impact area to be (approximately, but there’s at least 50-100 feet left or right it could be moved without much consequence.
So in between, there’s actually a ‘dip’ in between the two points, and there’s a shoulder ridge that’s about 50’ wide that is pretty flat and kinda does a semi circle around the right side of the potential range. The shoulder will be great for getting my truck or a side by side/atv to the firing line once I clear the trails up to there.
The landscape is very ‘New England’ esque in the sense that it’s ALL hills in every direction, so no real danger of rounds deflecting and impacting somewhere they’re not supposed to.
I have a good spot on top of the smaller side of the mountain behind my house that will allow me to shoot rounds into the larger side of the mountain…it looks like the longest distance I’ll be able to achieve with minimal effort will be 200yds. I’m looking at the potential for 300yds in the future, but there will be quite a bit more work involved in not only building it, but also using it because of where the impact zone would have to be.
I posted some photos over in the Kentucky thread earlier this year and that layout still holds true.
Basically, the first big issue I’m going to run into is ‘drawing’ a straight cut from the firing line to the impact area. I’m wondering if one of the ‘huntX’ or similar apps can help when I’m on the move up there…like if I can plot both start and end points and the GPS app will help me mark any/all trees and brush in the middle of those two points by looking at my phone.
Here are the two basic points that I’ve double checked are right around 200yds apart:
This first image shows where I’d like the firing line to be which is basically at the ‘peak’ of the westerly side of the mountain.
This picture shows where I’d like the impact area to be (approximately, but there’s at least 50-100 feet left or right it could be moved without much consequence.
So in between, there’s actually a ‘dip’ in between the two points, and there’s a shoulder ridge that’s about 50’ wide that is pretty flat and kinda does a semi circle around the right side of the potential range. The shoulder will be great for getting my truck or a side by side/atv to the firing line once I clear the trails up to there.
The landscape is very ‘New England’ esque in the sense that it’s ALL hills in every direction, so no real danger of rounds deflecting and impacting somewhere they’re not supposed to.