DIY full-bore rifle range

Rovi

Anyone got any thoughts on the legal (or otherwise) implications of someone setting up their own semi-permanent private full-bore rifle range?

I was having a wander around the old homestead, and I reckon I could set up a 500 yard range pretty easily.
A little bit of digger work into the side of a hill would give me space for a couple of target frames, and perhaps a steel gong or two. The spoil from the digging would go up the hill behind the target area, giving a backstop 18-20 feet or more high.
Beyond the hill is about 250 yards to my boundary, and outside that is 2 miles of Bord-na-Mona cutaway bog before you get to farmland or the nearest human habitation and about 10 miles or more to the nearest town in that direction.
The nearest house in any other direction is my own at about a half mile, and the nearest of the neighbours is a little further.
The only vehicle access is via a single track lane through 2 gates, and anyone trying to walk in from any other direction would have to trespass through at least 2 fields before getting to the range.

This would be purely for my own amusement, and anyone else by invitation only.
No fees or charges of any sort would be levied or expected (and would be refused if offered!), and there would be no ‘club’ or any other sort of official structure involved.

I’d like to think that this is just a bigger version of setting up a bunch of tin cans at the far end of the yard and belting away with the .22
It probably isn’t, though

So, tell me why this isn’t a good idea!
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Musashi

Stick a shooting bench and an old table for your gear under a galvanised lean-to at the other end.Maybe a windsock behind the targets where you can see it through a spotting scope
On your own land I'd imagine the only complaint could be about the noise, but a silencer would sort that!

http://www.larrywillis.com/shootingbench.html
http://www.aeroaces.com/bench2.htm
http://www.jesseshunting.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=32313

and a steady rest...

http://www.3wmguns.com/sportsmans/
http://www.snipercountry.com/InReviews/RansonRifleMaster.asp

Rovi

Nice links Musashi, thanks.
I particularly like the portable shooting bench!

I could put up a permanent structure at the 100 yard mark, but everything else out to 500 yards would have to be temporary, as they'd be in a crop of cereals or beet

I’m thinking that I’d make up a bench that could be thrown into a quad trailer along with all the other kit, and hauled to whichever firing point was wanted that particular day.
I could put semi-permanent firing points out in the tillage field I suppose, but I think they’d only interfere with spraying operations, and they’d definitely be in the way of ploughing!

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Musashi

A handy alternative we used to use zeroing rifles was one of those work benchs with a rifle rest clamped in it and a folding stool of an appropriate height. Easy to tote,saves making one up, and you can use it on your next DIY project.

Rovi

DOH!
The mighty Workmate!!!

And I've only already got one!

Thanks Musashi, it's a good thing someone’s thinking around here
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