American Survival Guide – October 2019

78 AMERICAN SURVIVAL GUIDE [OCTOBER 2019]

‹ Near left: For those

who can’t afford or

simply just do not

want to pay the steep

price of an indoor

range, you can build

a platform with a tin

roof to give you a

raised position that

can provide some

cover from rain,

snow or the hot rays

ofthesunwhileyou

comfortablyengage

yourtargets.

› Above: I do not

recommend that you

attempt to do some

of the more difficult

and dangerous

trainingtechniques

unlessyouarea

trainedmilitaryor

lawenforcement

professional,oryou

areworkingwitha

skilledinstructor.

Onewaytogetthis

trainingistojoin

yourlocalchapter

oftheInternational

PracticalShooting

Confederation(IPSC.

org),whereyoucan

learnshootingand

movingskillsina

safeenvironment.

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“THE FACT IS, A FIREARM IS SIMPLY A TOOL, THEREFORE ITS

EFFECTIVENESS IS COMPLETELY RELATIVE TO THE PROFICIENCY

ANDSKILLOFITSOPERATOR.”

› An ideal location

to set up targets

could be with a

natural hill for

backstop as is

shown here.

Next, starting at this line, measure 25 meters

back to the initial firing line (0 meters). I

prefer to use stakes placed on each leading

edge of the sides of the range to mark incre-

mental lines in reverse order starting from the

25-meter line.

Starting again at the 25-meter line, measure

3 meters toward the initial firing line. Place

2 stakes marking the left and right edges of

the 3-meter line. Next, move 2 more meters

toward the initial firing line and mark this 5-meter line with two more stakes. Continue in this

fashion to mark off the 7-, 10-, 12- and 15-meter lines. At this point the initial flat range is grid-

ded out. If you so desire, you can mark lanes to help prevent shooters from crossing in front of

each other if you ever get to a level of proficiency where you are practicing shooting-and-mov-

ing techniques.

TARGETS

It is smart to make targets that you can move at will from one location to another. I use 2-by-

4s to make simple and lightweight cross-shaped target bases. Then I attach a vertical target

post to the center with either a military e-type silhouette or a piece of cardboard screwed along