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landscape timbers for a backstop

Started by DBOdude, August 31, 2013, 04:59:42 AM

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DBOdude

gonna be the cutman for a friend replacing a bunch of landscape timbers tomorrow . planning on bringing some home to make a backstop/pellet trap . i'm debating between making a box that will hold three 8 1/2 x 11 inch target sheets or a 4ft by 4ft wall with a frame in front to hang target sheets on . i'm leaning towards the wall mostly because it'll give me a larger area to stop stray pellets at longer ranges .... when i get capable of shooting that far  ;) :-*
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The wall gets my vote. Might as well go big if ya got the room.
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The wall unless you need it portable....
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DBOdude

got most of the job done today , gonna finish tomorrow . the timbers are way too far along to reuse , but i'll still make a little wall out of something else . gonna take some pain RX for my knees and back , pushed myself too hard today and the heat didn't help . later folks
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bgmcgee

Cool you know were gonna need pics of the finished job. Hope ya get rested up.
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onebaddj

That should make a good back stop in either size. Go easy on the knees and back bro! Hope you feel better in the am.  :-*
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Quote from: DBOdude on September 01, 2013, 05:26:58 AM
got most of the job done today , gonna finish tomorrow . the timbers are way too far along to reuse , but i'll still make a little wall out of something else . gonna take some pain RX for my knees and back , pushed myself too hard today and the heat didn't help . later folks

Trees work good, too.  ;)
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DBOdude

i'm sooooo glad that wall is done ! :-*
we've got a big evergreen with about a 3 1/2 to 4 ft diameter base about 30-35 yards from the deck that i've thought about using , but i'm worried about a few thousand rounds taking off the bark and making it ugly . can a big tree like that be killed by pellets . the thought process is that the bark protects the tree and the pellets slowly knock off the bark in a area and the tree becoming susceptible to a disease or rotting ???? is that possible ?

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bgmcgee

If you like the tree I personally wouldn't shoot it up. I couldn't tell you for sure if it will kill it but can't do it any good.
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KevinP

 tree becoming susceptible to a disease or rotting ???? is that possible ?

indeed ... it will happen over time ..............
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"the thought process is that the bark protects the tree and the pellets slowly knock off the bark in a area and the tree becoming susceptible to a disease or rotting ???? is that possible ?"

Yeah. Don't shoot a good live tree.  :-[
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DBOdude

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