Finally - my own range!

[Havoc_online]

well, I finally decided I needed somewhere to shoot around the house. After buying a bunch of T-balls at IAO and getting my hands on some other stuff, I can finally run my own @ home tests as opposed to before when I had to drive an hour to petty's, lol.

All I need now is a chrono. lol

this took me about $50 and 2hours to build and it works like a charm, I tested it with old paint left over from the austin meet a month ago(actually it was miscue's humid pod paint, lol - thanks brian!)

I expected a bunch of breaks since the paint was in very poor condition but my trap actually caught most of it and only broke about 2-3balls.

I'm sure it'll work perfect with the t-balls.

[Havoc_online]

I ran outta netting but before I run some serious speed tests, I'm going to wrap the sides and top in the same netting, along with making the front bottm lip a few inches higher.

[Havoc_online]

it can also be quickly torn down for storage and brought up again for testing in about 1min.

sadly I can only shoot from approx 80ft away.

[Miscue]

That's beautiful man.

[Bulldog]

Nice, much more polished than what I do. I use trash cans, old magazines, trash bags and the bathtub. I have to wear earplugs because of the echo in the bathroom. It's really getto, but it works.

Do you have any worries about the noise? Looks like you have it set up in your backyard.

[Benfica4ever]

haha dude thats awsome. but i jus shoot at trees when i am bored

[sneakyhacker420]

i'm gonna get a 50 gallon drum to cut a hole in soon... and then shoot into the hole (it'll be a big hole) and i'll leave a few inches at the bottom as a paint resivoir



ps: can you give me a list of what you used to build that thing? i think me and my dad are gonna make a trip to the home depot soon

[AlabamaMan]

just so you know those T-Balls pack quite a punch. I put a hole through a blanket in my dorm room. Granted i was only like three feet away, but it still left a perfect .68 hole.

[Havoc_online]

no noise worries, as long as I shoot during the day, lol.

I just used 1/2"pvc(bout 16 5'ers had less than 1 piece left), a lot of connections(I cut the support pieces in the middle and reconnected them with extension pieces so that I can dissconnect from there, swing the pvc inward as it colapses on itself, all other connections are glued or ziptied) and heavy-duty outdoor shade fabric as netting.

I know the T-balls are worse than paintballs , I'm very confident in this though, especially after seeing the rufus trap.

[Havoc_online]

here's a little vid we got to make during the first test. sorry no audio, done with our camera, but you'll get the idea.

first test

[BlackVCG]

Alabamaman and I shot those T-Balls in our rooms at school and they bounced off every wall about 5 times. Then we got the bright idea to hold sweatshirts in front of ourselves and shoot each other with the T-Balls to see what it felt like. College students at their finest.

[Skoad]

looks like some pretty flimsy pvc.....1/2 inch?

[845]

So those t-balls really pack a punch. So we cant shoot each other with them.

[JEDI]

I'm guessing you dont live in an area where dumping bucket loads of paint into the trees is an option. Nature built my shooting range.

[1stdeadeye]

Nice set up

That looks quite nice.

What kind of netting is that? Is it easy to clean?

Right now, I am using the side of my son's treefort. After making sure it is empty of course!