Been on this off and on the last few weeks. That's facing the "other" rifle range. The one built for load development. 100, 200, and 300 yard berms.


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The east wall. If anyone wants to sleep past dawn, it should still be fairly dark.


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Already put the shooting port to use.


Getting spray foam insulation, L.E.D. lighting, and HVAC. 9' ceiling height, 10' tall outside from the tin ledge. The roof will be decked with 3/4" plywood, then probably felt paper, and rolled roofing since it really won't get rained on. Gonna build a set of stairs to get up top. I can store self milled lumber to dry, and have an elevated place to hunt the north 30 acres from.

This will finish out the interior walls. Live edge down, installed like siding. A friend and I cut down, limbed, hauled, and milled the trees ourselves.


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Man that's gonna look awesome... As long as the Dodge was able to make it out.

That is going to look awesome inside Very nice JG

wow,,, what a project !!!!

Dodge doesn't make trucks anymore.

Next load, we're hopefully going to get twice the trees, that wasn't a real load.

Where did you get the sawmill?

Didnt know there where cedars that big left around N Texas anymore, nice finds Jason, shop/office/blind looking good as expected.

Buddy ordered it from Canada.

Thank you Dennis. They were going to get turned into mulch so we had to go harvest them.

MULCH!! So many uses as the one you are doing for large cedars like that, heck, they even make cool cedar shake shingles/siding and a ton of other neat uses. Last a long time and have a great aroma and color.

WOW that will be Very nice

very nice

impressive, nice job

Damn!! I'm impressed w/ALL of it!

Looks awesome Sir!

Looks good man!

The k you everyone. Today I got most of the 3/4" plywood on top, and screwed down. I'm really looking forward to having clean living quarters under HVAC, and with a bathroom. My family and I will get to take advantage of if very often.

That looks great. I would like to have a climate controlled shooting range!

No idea if this idea will work or not, but I have heard of people shooting through tires like a tunnel to dampen sound like a huge suppressor. Might be cool do something like that around the shooting port.

A family member did something similar to what rcintx said, but with plywood. He built a rectangular box out of plywood about 3 foot square by 8ish feet long. He then cut "baffles" to fit inside the box with a 24" diameter hole in all the baffles. Works great!

Good call!

I believe I will build a huge suppressor for the shooting port. Al that sheet metal sure does rattle!

Let us know how it works out. I have always been curious about it.

Make sure to put carpet in your "suppressor". Not sure how much it'll help inside the shop, but anyone that may be outside the shop will sure thank you for it. That was the biggest reason my family member did his. His house is about 50-70 yards from his shop window he shoots out of. His wife sits outside on the porch while he shoots now.

I've got a large square of carpet. That is going to make me have to build the baffles of wood, instead of steel, so I can staple the carpet to it. Thanks for the tip!

That is nothing short of freaking AWESOME!!!