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    • richard roop
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        April 20, 2020 at 8:14 pm
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        #146184

        Since my go-to tournaments have been canceled or postponed and I seem to have more time on my hands, I decided to put in a broadhead sand pit.

        Believing that anything worth doing is worth over-doing I got a bit carried away with the size but once I get the sand hauled it’s gonna be awesome.

        Basic construction involves blocks that Home Depot carries to build composting pits and 2x 4-6-or 8s. It can pretty much be whatever size one wants. Leave the front open and add clean fill dirt or sand from the wash behind the house.

        More work than I had planned on but the difference is knowing that my broadheads fly dead on and KNOWING that they fly dead on.

      • Raymond Coffman
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          April 21, 2020 at 10:26 am
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          #146186

          Richard

          Good idea. send some pics of the finished set up and shooting in to it —

          I am interested in building one – most of the methods i have used beat the tgts up quick ( expensive). I periodically shoot broadheads into old tgt material – and I have a light bhead transportable version I take hunting

          Scout aka Ray

        • Raymond Coffman
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            June 10, 2020 at 8:14 am
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            #146799

            Hey Richard

            How is your broadhead sand pit coming along ?

            Scout aka Ray

          • richard roop
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              June 13, 2020 at 6:14 am
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              #146822

              Well …………………. I made the thing about 4 foot by four foot on three sides with the front open.  Should have put re-bar down the centers of the compost blocks as everything spread out a bit as I added sand.  (Takes a LOT of sand).  Got everything braced up and am quite happy with the result. I can shoot my 3D targets and step over and let a couple of broadheads fly.

              Since it’s sifted beach type sand from a sand wash I can shoot my actual hunting arrows a couple of times, put the file to them and good to go with a quiver full of arrows that I KNOW fly true.

            • Raymond Coffman
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                June 14, 2020 at 7:49 am
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                #146835

                Richard

                Sounds like the perfect set up . I shoot my hunting arrows periodically into old target batten/ scraps, to ensure they are flying true . Well done.

                Send a couple pics if you can.

                Scout aka Ray

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