Hunter Pistol with no 75 yard mound!

[jeremiahm]

I want to keep shooting hunter pistol at my club, the only problem is, we have no 75 yard mound, just a 50 and a 100.  We raised the turkeys so they set with the 100 mound directly behind them.  We thought we would run the chance of a richochet off of the range surface, so that's why we raised them.  Does anyone see anything wrong with this?  Does anyone have any suggestions on how we should raise them?  

Does anyone else out there have the same problem?  What do you do?

[Smokin7mm]

Shouldn't pose a problem.  As long as misses are impacting the berm.  The biggest problem you will run into is bullet impacting the ground and coming up and leaving the range.  If this is a concern berms should be added behind each bank of targets.  Safety is always the best approach.

[K2]

Follow the guidelines of the NRA range book.   smokin is right on target on what the ground can do to the path of the bullet.  Soft sandy loam soils are much less of an issue than would be gravels or rocky soils.  Tell your shooters as well to keep their fingers off the triggers until the sights on on the targets  :wink:

Whatever you do do your best to keep any bullets from leaving the range property.   ote="Smokin7mm"]Shouldn't pose a problem.  As long as misses are impacting the berm.  The biggest problem you will run into is bullet impacting the ground and coming up and leaving the range.  If this is a concern berms should be added behind each bank of targets.  Safety is always the best approach.[/quote]