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Building a personal 1K range. What direction?
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<blockquote data-quote="BillyGoatGruff" data-source="post: 1341553" data-attributes="member: 63346"><p>No trees, wide open Colorado prairie. Wind is not a problem most the time, although when I was out there on Sunday at dawn it was as calm as I've ever had it. I shot zero wind out to 714 yd then about 7am I had a 5mph for my shots at 1000.</p><p>My current range is set up east to west. Sun at my back and I normally start shooting at sun up to try to beat the heavier wind. You can always count on a 10-15mph wind from all directions. Sunday once it started it was from the north. I'd say the prevailing is a nw or sw most of the time</p><p>Part of my problem is it's just rolling enough, I cant see the target from a prone position in some places. So I set up shooting positions from small rises at whatever distance they happen to be. Currently 489,714, 1001 and 1120. 300 and under I do at my club range. FYI it's an hour drive to the farm and 15 minutes to the club.</p><p>I think when I have more time I'll try to set something up south to north. Probably next summer. I'll have to do some checking next time I go.</p><p></p><p>Thanks for the suggestions</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BillyGoatGruff, post: 1341553, member: 63346"] No trees, wide open Colorado prairie. Wind is not a problem most the time, although when I was out there on Sunday at dawn it was as calm as I've ever had it. I shot zero wind out to 714 yd then about 7am I had a 5mph for my shots at 1000. My current range is set up east to west. Sun at my back and I normally start shooting at sun up to try to beat the heavier wind. You can always count on a 10-15mph wind from all directions. Sunday once it started it was from the north. I'd say the prevailing is a nw or sw most of the time Part of my problem is it's just rolling enough, I cant see the target from a prone position in some places. So I set up shooting positions from small rises at whatever distance they happen to be. Currently 489,714, 1001 and 1120. 300 and under I do at my club range. FYI it's an hour drive to the farm and 15 minutes to the club. I think when I have more time I'll try to set something up south to north. Probably next summer. I'll have to do some checking next time I go. Thanks for the suggestions [/QUOTE]
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