What is Needed for a Range

What is Needed for a Range

The four main things that are needed in fixing up a shooting range are: (1) the targets to shoot at; (2) a good serviceable backstop to catch the bullets and hold them; (3) a protection for the side walls around the targets, and (4) some mats to kneel or lie on when you are shooting from a kneeling or prone position.

And right here I want to say that the targets must be well lighted, and for this reason you should fix up your range where there is plenty of daylight if possible, for lamplight, whether it is the dizzy light of a candle or the brilliant beam of the incandescent Mazda, is hard on the eyes; and it is better not to shoot at all than to strain your eyes.

Where artificial lights must be used then the lamps should be arranged back of reflectors that are fixed about 4 feet in front of and just above the target so that the direct light will shine on it and not in your eyes.

Collins, A. Frederick. Shooting, for Boys,. New York: Moffat, Yard and, 1917. Print.

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