Show your targets! What do you use?

[Tilos]

Wondering where you guys are getting your steel plates. Really don't want to pay for shipping. Any help appreciated.
/Steve

I bought this kit to build a dueling tree, cheaper when I bought it though:
AR500 Steel Target Dueling Tree DIY Kit (6) 6"&4" X 1/4" Paddles DOM Pivot Tubes
Checkout the guys store for other stuff, most steel is free shipping:
Items in kylharn store on eBay!
good luck,

 

[OregonDistance]

Thank you, @Tilos!

I bought this kit to build a dueling tree, cheaper when I bought it though:
AR500 Steel Target Dueling Tree DIY Kit (6) 6"&4" X 1/4" Paddles DOM Pivot Tubes
Checkout the guys store for other stuff, most steel is free shipping:
Items in kylharn store on eBay!
good luck,

 

[Kristina]

Wondering where you guys are getting your steel plates. Really don't want to pay for shipping. Any help appreciated.
/Steve

There is a gentleman here on the forum that makes and sells them. I don't recall his user name but I bet a search (which I am too lazy to do at the moment) in the classifieds would reveal it.

 

[Dreams of Steel]

I use 65" tall shepherd hooks and 3/8" x 8" AR500 steel gongs with a single hole. The hooks were $8 each at Ace Hardware and the gongs I got from Amazon for $24 a piece including shipping. I'd love to have a dueling tree but haven't been able to justify the cost to myself yet.

 

[CarlMc]

I sometimes buy a big jug of those orange colored sorta cheesy puffballs for five bucks or so. Easy to see,hard to hit, and even harder not to eat them all.

 

[TonyArena]

Recycled 2x2s to the rescue.
From the impact points you can see that it can have two 8.5x11 targets stapled to it, and that I'm working on fixing a left drifting problem.

Back side

Base

And it comes apart for easy transport and flat storage.

 

[FordPrefect]

Wondering where you guys are getting your steel plates. Really don't want to pay for shipping. Any help appreciated.
/Steve

I got mine from amazon here, https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00YT4SOF6/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1.

They sell the base I use as well. I just have to supply a 2x4 to hold it.

 

[L84Cabo]

I've certainly been guilty in the past of skimping on targets. Then one day I splurged for a nice "Evil Roy" steel target from Action Target. I was hooked! And more than a little mad at myself for waiting so long. We'll spend thousands and tens of thousands of dollars on firearms and then buy the crappiest, junkiest targets to shoot out. It's so silly!

Once you shoot steel you will never want to go back to paper. And for the price of a single handgun you can easily buy 2 or 3 high quality steel targets that will last you a lifetime...or at least a heck of a long time.

Action Targets are wonderfully portable and good quality. They also used to offer a 15% discount. I don't know if it's still active but try "NUTNFANCY15" at checkout.

I don't make any money of them, just passing along a recommendation for a product I like. YMMV

Law Enforcement Targets | Action Target : PT Practice Target

 

[orygun]

I cut a piece of plywood or chipboard about 14"x18" and screw a 4x4 about a foot long (end wise) to the board with the 18" being vertical. The 4x4 acts as a kickstand and it works on any ground. I staple an 8 1/2" x 11" copy of a target that I scanned and can print out by the handful. Usually I put a stick on 1" pink dot in the center. When the board has a big hole, I unscrew it and cut another. Costs me next to nothing.

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

im a good ol boy, i took a pallet that i nabbed from work, nailed 2x4s vertically across from eachother and two horizontally. one across the top, one across the middle of my frame. i put some nails on the horizontal ones so that i could put paper plates or a big piece of cardboard on it. i use GM orange engine paint to spray a dot or a bullseye so i have something to aim at. been doin this for 20 years

 

[HarryHaller]

Once I went AR500 steel I never looked back. I started out getting a couple of the 'challenge target' torso targets with stakes. I've put 1000's of rounds of large calibers on both targets and they both look great. They were a $200 investment, shipped from sportman's guide with a free shipping coupon.

I also picked up a Caldwell ar550 target with stand shipped from Amazon during a sale for $70. The target is great but the stand gets really beat up, I wouldn't buy it again.

I'd like to get a stand to hang gongs from with chains. I was going to go with the "Last Stand" you set up with rebar. Two buddies have them though and they haven't been happy with the durability, they're getting torn up after just a few outtings.

 

[edslhead]

Once I went AR500 steel I never looked back. I started out getting a couple of the 'challenge target' torso targets with stakes. I've put 1000's of rounds of large calibers on both targets and they both look great. They were a $200 investment, shipped from sportman's guide with a free shipping coupon.

I also picked up a Caldwell ar550 target with stand shipped from Amazon during a sale for $70. The target is great but the stand gets really beat up, I wouldn't buy it again.

I'd like to get a stand to hang gongs from with chains. I was going to go with the "Last Stand" you set up with rebar. Two buddies have them though and they haven't been happy with the durability, they're getting torn up after just a few outtings.

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Thanks. Ya saved me 70 bucks.

 

[CarlMc]

I'd like to get a stand to hang gongs from with chains. I was going to go with the "Last Stand" you set up with rebar. Two buddies have them though and they haven't been happy with the durability, they're getting torn up after just a few outtings.

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I've been tickled pink with my set. Of course the target is angled so that only a little splatter hits the plastic. And I haven't shot it yet, either. Shouldn't have said that, I suspect...

 

[v0lcom13sn0w]

i have one of those ar500 jumping jack lookin targets. shot it with everything i have from 22short to 300wm. it holds up to the win mag except if you shoot it on the welds. i broke a weld once from 200yrd with a 200gr accubond. re-welded. good to go. funny thing is... the only dents (not even really a dent, more like a blemish) it has is from xm193 and m855.

 

[Tilos]

I saw this design online today
Self feeding clays...with a collection bucket

 

[The Nothing]

Saw that on FB a year or two ago @Tilos
Every time I collect undamaged clays at the range I think about that setup.

 

[Camelfilter]

...I'd like to get a stand to hang gongs from with chains....

You can make a tall saw horse stand, lowes sells the saw horse hinge things for like $7 a pair, then use 2x4's to whatever length you wish. I made one with 5.5' legs, and a 6' cross beam.

It's a bit challenging for me to set-up if I'm solo, but I'm old & out of shape. Piece of cake to set-up with 2 or more folks.

Can hang the steel with 2" strapping using tow strap from harbor freight (?$20 for 20'). Or use chain.

I've only used it for pistol so far, but the same principle would apply for rifle.

 

[Camelfilter]

Ohh, & the aftermath of Mickey earlier in the month.

Most courtesy of user Xleb who supplied the dastardly rat.



...I'm pretty sure Mickeys dead!

 

[Certaindeaf]

I use a lot of those cheap paper plates.. unmarked or with one or five 3/4" black stick-on dots. A clean strike face is sometimes nice over that ragged hole that invariably develops.
Never liked the shoot n see's for how I usually shoot.. shoot and then see after the strings(s), one way or another

 

[HarryHaller]

You can make a tall saw horse stand, lowes sells the saw horse hinge things for like $7 a pair, then use 2x4's to whatever length you wish. I made one with 5.5' legs, and a 6' cross beam.

I had never thought of that, I don't think I've even ever seen it researching target stands! I can get 2x4's free at work so I'd easily be in business. Tow strap sounds like a good plan to me. Thank you sir!