I’ve set up multiple ranges here in VA. I am a huge fan of steel also (AR-500). If this is a casual “personal” range you can get away with an awful lot on just a straight road or a power line cut. For safety’s sake you need to look at the maximum ordinate for the weapons you are shooting worst case scenario is the muzzle at 45* and blue sky, how many miles will that boolet travel? Backstops are preferred but if doing dynamic pistol or carbine if your firing position is slightly elevated the ground is a great backstop if you keep your targets low. For the above I also like roads that cut through trees, lots of trees, and steel, did I mention steel? Game trails and walking trails are also good options for dynamic shooting because they have trees, lots of trees, since I don’t like bullet holes in my trees I like steel, lots of steel.
Unless you are shooting long range keep the boolets away from the blue sky. Trees, ditches, culverts and streams are your friends as they are all places boolets stop at. And steel, lots of steel.
Cheers,
Craig6