Let’s see your barricades!

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Purpose of this thread is to share pics of barricades you have found challenging or enjoyed, heck even ones you hated (we’re all different after all).

I’ll start with the boat!
Whether shooting a stationary target, hostage know your limits, or snake charmer, the swinging, bouncing, bobbing movement emulates a floating platform well.
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So what's that course of fire?
Shooter starts with all gear in hand, mag in, bolt back, rifle at port arms. At the beep, shooter proceeds through the screen door and takes up position [prone?] with rifle supported by log and engages targets 1, 2, 3, etc.?

And I'm also curious about this range? It looks like this is the only lane you use at this particular range? Meaning, all shooters shoot stage 1, then move / set up props for stage 2, everyone shoots, then set up prop(s) stage 3, rinse / repeat?

(and I'm not being a smart ass, I'm genuinely curious)
 
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obx22 said:
Have a link? I did a search but guess I missed it.
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PRS Talk - PRS DIY barricades (pics encouraged)

Hello, I was wanting to build another barricade to practice with. I currently have barrels, tank trap, skills barricade with a couple pipes in the middle that are 2" and 1", and a mobile barricade built into a collapsible sawhorse that I saw in a video. Looking for cattle gate ideas, and...
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MDof2 said:
So what's that course of fire?
Shooter starts with all gear in hand, mag in, bolt back, rifle at port arms. At the beep, shooter proceeds through the screen door and takes up position [prone?] with rifle supported by log and engages targets 1, 2, 3, etc.?

And I'm also curious about this range? It looks like this is the only lane you use at this particular range? Meaning, all shooters shoot stage 1, then move / set up props for stage 2, everyone shoots, then set up prop(s) stage 3, rinse / repeat?

(and I'm not being a smart ass, I'm genuinely curious)
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Similar to what you described, that particular stage had 2 life sized steel squirrels, one distantly in front of the other, so from the perspective of the shooter, you were always aiming at the first, but had to use your dope to switch back and forth for correct hits. The log had 3 separate points you must shoot from.

The range typically holds several courses of fire, all color coded, to maximize the use while running a tight day of shooting, the barricades are what get changed throughout the day.
We run 25-400 yards and typically 7 or more stages.
 
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Gotcha. Interesting format, versus a range where 10 squads start on 10 different stages at the same time and rotate through.
If you're shooting and have a good time, then I like it.
We have a couple MD's that have an Evil Idea Fairy visit them once in a while so I have a love / hate (read: hate/hate) relationship with the gimmick stages.
 
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MDof2 said:
Gotcha. Interesting format, versus a range where 10 squads start on 10 different stages at the same time and rotate through.
If you're shooting and have a good time, then I like it.
We have a couple MD's that have an Evil Idea Fairy visit them once in a while so I have a love / hate (read: hate/hate) relationship with the gimmick stages.
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We try (I say we, but I’m a very small part of it) to make the most out of what we have access to.
I personally believe in “Embracing the Gimmick”, I’d bet the lion’s share of folks who have shot with us are the better for it, if nothing else than a reinforcement of base motor skills to shoot better.
This “ball on a stick” tested my aiming concentration as much as reading the wind.
 
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The first tree line is about 900 yards. There’s been a couple of times where I’m shooting and he will stroll out from behind the tree line and walk up the road to you and lay down behind the firing line to hang out while you shoot. Now we drive to the tree line to make sure he’s not back there. Good llama
 
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Something so simple (cut sailing mast), yet every shooter (myself included) iirc attempted to use a bag because it was allowed, rather than just bracing with our hands!
 
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obx22 said:
Do you have to use the supplied stuff, or could you just use a tripod and be done? The only real challenge with this is that once one guy figures it out, the whole rest of the squad is pretty much going to do the exact same thing, unless the MD can find a creative way to make it a blind stage for everyone. I do like the intent of these stages, though. I've shot a few and they're fun.


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Building a barricade to suit you, then deploying equipment and engagement of the correct targets, all on the clock!
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I’m finding slanted barricades (particularly high left side if I’m shooting right handed), incredibly challenging, I never quite get comfortable. These guys make it look easy!
 
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