Shooting

A couple weeks ago, Dianne and I went to the pistol range at Spring Valley Wildlife refuge located North of Waynesville. At the right is a picture of me with the .357. It's one of the ranges run by the Ohio Department of Natural Resources. The hours aren't great, but it is a nice facility. There are nice, solid shooting benches where you can put your equipment. The whole area is covered. You can see in this picture of Dianne shooting that there are quite a few lane positions. I think there were 3 separate ranges that had different distances to the targets. The backstops have a fill composed of chopped up old tires. A good way to stop ricochets from the earth backstop. Although the range is attended, when we were there the people shooting coordinated the cease fire to go down the range and change targets. It was a hot day and the range officer was staying in the air conditioned hut. They also have a simple system to hold the targets - plastic, outdoor fencing material. You attach your targets to cardboard backing and then use clothespins to attach it to the fencing.