Mark
I think you've got a good idea when I built the original table . I had to kind of guess out what size we would need, as I watch more shooters use them. I think I might have made him a little large, which is nothing unusual for me. In fact I am considering making them some smaller after you've had a chance set at your table for a bit. Would you please let me know what you think. Personally, I think a 5 foot table will be just fine. I think the only issue that you might run into in building the step. Differently is as I look at the pictures of the shoot. I see some people shooting off the next to the top step which means in order to achieve the same height, you would have to narrow the rest area on each step. I just took a look at the plans it is 32 inches wide. I believe you can probably leave that dimension in place and get by just fine on a 36 inch front Tee. Although if you went to a 2 inch rest you would wind up to 26 inches wide. I'm pretty sure that would work. Please let me know how this works out for you because I would love to make the equipment more compact if possible.