Range Master Jesse Salazar is expecting to build new framework for the 100 yard bay Saturday morning. Once the framework is put back in place, you’ll be able to put your targets back up and use the bay. Enjoy the repaired 100 yard backstop, and be safe!

Alright folks, here’s the latest. Construction suffered a small delay initially on Monday and Tuesday due to some rain, but we continued with the work to get things moving. These photos are from Wednesday evening, before all the ghouls and ghosts came out to trick-or-treat. As you can see, a lot of work has been completed. I just got back from the range again a short moment ago, and the remaining concrete columns have been poured and are setting up now.

In order to make sure the fresh concrete cures correctly and is not damaged by bullets inadvertently, the 100 yard bay will remain CLOSED this Saturday and Sunday. Yes, this also means for the regularly scheduled Steel match this Sunday. The Steel match and general shooters are free to use the 25 yard and 200 yard bays, but NOT the 100 yard bay. There is plenty of tape across the length of the entire bay, so don’t go through it to shoot!

Resuming Monday, our construction crew will continue with the dirt work and completion of the project, probably on Thursday or Friday. What does this mean for you? We will still be shut down on weekdays until this project is complete. It’s a lot of dirt to move and a lot of concrete has been poured. Let’s not muck it up by putting bullet holes into the repaired infrastructure. 🙂

Our existing steel support framework was under some serious pressure and many of the connecting joints were damaged. Additional steel still needs to be welded in to support the connection points and ensure a sturdy and safe environment to contain all bullets when they go downrange.

This column might not look like much here, but it’s actually 8 feet tall and most of it is buried in the dirt. So once it’s complete, our roof should be anchored nicely and we shouldn’t have to worry about shifting footings any more.Look how straight it is now! Beforehand, it was sagging in a few spots and the steel in spots was under so much pressure, connectors had broken or were damaged. Backside view, showing just how much earth has been excavated in order to auger out an 8 foot column and get it lined up properly with our existing roof line. wider brackets installed to spread the load a bit more and ensure a more secure connection between the roof and the supports.  Here’s what the temporary supports looked like as the structure was jacked up and leveled out before columns were bored out for concrete Nice and straight now! Old supports, now replaced with 8 foot columns.