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    Any way you can get the dirt deep and high is good. And I the matts will be self sealing. In the winter (when I don't feel like hanging targets) I shoot at some steel plates hanging from a strip of heavy duty truck mudflap. The bullets do not leave holes you can see through. I think I'm going to get a shooting/dueling tree though.

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    My shooting pit was dug out to about 10' deep, tapering to ground level, plus half ton bales, stacked two high in a horse shoe perimeter, of moldy hay.
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    Quote Originally Posted by horse 91-A1 View Post
    My shooting pit was dug out to about 10' deep, tapering to ground level, plus half ton bales, stacked two high in a horse shoe perimeter, of moldy hay.
    You do realize that moldy hay dust is likely to be more hazardous to health than lead and unless there is a LOT of it just may allow many rounds through it?
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    Where is the moldy dust coming from?

    Earthen back stop to keep bullets in the pit when testing. ....in this test it was a Remington 240gr JSP fired from a .44mag S&W.




    10mm Gold Dot recovery, 180gr Gold Dot - 1267fps - 0.643" expansion. Stacked 1/2 ton bales on the calichi clay backstop to catch stray bullets. These bales were not suitable for feeding live stock because they were cut too wet during the monsoon season.

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    This is dust Arizona style, up draft to a serious t-storm. I've practiced with my Colt 1911/.45auto, the magazines got little gritty, but it was business as usual from the Colt.



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    Last edited by horse 91-A1; 22nd November 2014 at 13:31.


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