Thread: New Range Manual / Rules Exposure Documnets

Originally Posted by Gillie

I wish this was true but have a read of Section 5.10.


56 degrees! You will need a cliff or a bluff!
I would guess most if not nearly all target shooting done on farms won't meet this requirement.

Greetings @Gillie,
As I read it it is only the cone of fire and not the whole backstop that needs to be at 56 degrees. I have been working my way through the document. I have been looking primarily on how my Ad Hoc (Formerly known as Private Range) and I don't think complying will be any problem. Noise will be the big factor and I am onto that.
Regards Grandpamac.

Originally Posted by grandpamac

Greetings @Gillie,
As I read it it is only the cone of fire and not the whole backstop that needs to be at 56 degrees. I have been working my way through the document. I have been looking primarily on how my Ad Hoc (Formerly known as Private Range) and I don't think complying will be any problem. Noise will be the big factor and I am onto that.
Regards Grandpamac.

That's great for you @grandpamac, but finding a natural 56 degree slope on most properties is not easy at all. You are also correct it is only the cone of fire that needs capture so if i had a target at 100m and based on a 20MIL cone of fire i would need a 4m by 4m area of slope at 56 degrees with the target placed in the center. At 300m this goes to a 12m by 12m area of slope at 56 degrees.

Lets say at 500m i only do supported rifle shooting. The cone of fire drops to 15MIL - this equates to a 15m by 15m area of slope at 56 degrees with the target placed in the center....