re: backstop.

I have something like that planned, but never got around to doing it yet. What I also planned on doing was having a false front that was about 18" in front of the railroad ties in the back. I'd fill that with sand so it would catch the bullets, and they wouldn't chew up the RR ties.

Sure, the wood would go bad, and it'd have to be replaced, but at the same time I'd sift the sand for the lead/copper.

Haven't decided yet whether to make target butts in the ground to place 1"x2"s to staple the paper targets to, or use a plywood front that would have the targets stapled directly to it. Just add another sheet of plywood when it got too shot up, then when it really got bad, do the replace/sift thing.

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