Hibbs Range  

100m Running Deer, 50m Running Boar and then 10m Running Target.

Running Deer range in late 1950's
Running Deer Range in the late 1950's. Gravity powered.

1972 Shooting Building
Shooting building on Hibbs Range in 1972. Shooting station on the left and warming hut with stove heater on the right.
They were formerly latrine buildings. Notice the covered firing line to the left rear ... more about that later.

View from the shooting house.
View from the shooting building.

Hibbs Range 1972
Hibbs Range circa 1972

Contruction on RT Range
Beginning of contruction

Pouring the concrete walls.
Pouring the concrete walls.

RT range
Running Target pit area.

Hibbs RT Range about 1976-77.
This is the Running Boar Range on Hibbs Range circa 1976-77 with two bays.

The RT shooters built the double bay RT range starting in 1974 and finished it in 1975 utilizing the existing covered
concrete firing line mentioned earlier. The NRA then moved the Running Target National Championships and Team
Tryouts to Fort Benning from Phoenix.

Moving target training for USAMU Sniper/Counter Sniper Course.
Moving target training for USAMU Sniper/Counter Sniper Course circa 1975 using XM-21 rifles.

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