Setting up range scenarios

[ehull20000]

Anyone have any good ideas for range setups for realistic training? I have access to private land and the owner wants to build a berm. I want to be able to setup targets based on ealistic self defense scenarios i.e. Home invasion, car jacking etc.

[CommsNBombs]

If nothing else barrier/barricade shooting is a good setup and a lot of fun.

Pretty easy to fabricate and you can practice engaging targets from around walls, crouching, off-hand, prone, on the move.

How much cash are you willing to pump? Moving targets greatly enhance barricade shooting.

Also elevated positions to shoot up at targets, shoot down on them or engage from defilade/enfilade positions

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[Spots]

Drag a junk car out there and use it to simulate firing from inside a vehicle. Warning, wear double hearing protection and good glasses. Firing a firearm inside a vehicle, even with the above mentioned equipment, is one of the most violent thing I have ever done to my senses. The pressure is insane. But it'll give you an idea of firing from a seated postion, possibly through barriers like a windshield. Then get a couple piece of plywood and cut holes at different heights and angles. Practice shooting urban prone, kneeling, standing and around both sides and all the variants you can think of for all postions.

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[WarPig]

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[btq96r]

How much time/lumber do you have to make this happen?  You can go simple with a few barricades (which are great), or build a mock-up to simulate a room and hallway so you can get used to moving and firing in confined spaces.

[Omega]

I built a few of these several years ago. They work really well for getting you into a less than ideal position to fire from.

 

They are designed so you can make two out of a single piece of 4'x8' OSB or plywood. Then add a couple of 2"x4" boards to stabilize it.

 

Yea, I took a course through Viking Tactical a few years ago and we built a few of those.  They have a takedown and a non-takedown model, the non takedown is available on their site, http://www.vikingtactics.com/Articles.asp?ID=252 I have a PDF of the take down model which takes down to 4 pieces and may fit in a trunk.  Its titled: Build A Portable VTAC Training Barricade by Dave Klaus, best set of instruction I found:

https://norsedefense.files.wordpress.com/2015/04/9-hole-wall.pdf

[ehull20000]

Thanks for all the replies.  

 

Money is tight.  Moving targets sound great and I would like to hear more about how to build/design something like that.  

 

Right now my favorite targets are cardboard boxes covered in cheap T-shirts with balloons inside to simulate shooting a target to the ground.  I ordered two  diamond shaped AR500 targets that fairly well represent the mediastinum for handgun shooting.  I figure we can use the balloons for 0-5 feet and might be able to use the steel at 10-15 depending on the angle and ammo.  

 

For rifles I think we will again use cardboard boxes and steel although I've never shot steel very close.  Again I suppose it depends on the angles.  

 

I've got mixed feelings about the Vikings Tactics barricades.  I've used them a good bit at work, but I always felt like it was better to pull a vehicle out onto the range to learn to shoot around and from it or make some plywood walls with window cutouts.    

 

The specific scenarios I'm thinking about are known assailant assault and battery, home invasion by unknown individuals, car jacking both in car and in parking lot. Where else do people get shot or attacked that I'm missing.  I don't think we have the money to setup an active shooter scenario, maybe a temporary one.  

[Randall53]

check out some of the IDPA stages online. They are great for what you are wanting to do.  There's a lot of websites. Here's one I just found with a simple "IDPA STAGES" search.

 

http://sdps-idpa.org/2014/docs/2014-CASIDPAC-Final-Match-Stages-3.pdf

[ehull20000]

Thanks, that actually looks really helpful. I feel kinda dumb for not thinking about that.