Moving Targets for IDPA IPSIC Multi Gun

[CV32]

Agreed Typically it is the vertical portion holding the target that gets chewed up. Could easily replace those PVC parts with wood strips. That should help it out. But it would only take one bad shot to basically wreck the entire mechanism

We use replaceable wood strapping for the vertical portions (target supporting) of our swinging targets.

 

[Canuck44]

We use replaceable wood strapping for the vertical portions (target supporting) of our swinging targets.

Most clubs do from my experience. One has to wonder what advantage using polymer tubing to hold the targets on has. CFSAC a few years back used a thick rubber poppers that were a disaster. Not sure if they are still sold or not.

Take Care

Bob

 

[mrclean]

If something occupies space near or around a target, the odds are it will get hit at some point.

 

[wemoveu]

You can have the durability of steel or the no shrouding required with plastic. So far so good. No one has shoot the mechanism. It does come in pieces so if it does get shoot we can just get the part that is broken.

 

[wemoveu]

Would it be IPDC legal if we only used 2 moving targets instead of the 3? A no shoot in the front and the shoot in the back.
We shoot mainly IDPA but including the IPSC guys on this target would be beneficial.

 

[Freedom Ventures]

Would it be IPSC legal if we only used 2 moving targets instead of the 3? A no shoot in the front and the shoot in the back.
We shoot mainly IDPA but including the IPSC guys on this target would be beneficial.

No - the no-shoot would still have shoot-through scoring issues on the target behind.
The only time that works is if the front swinging target is made of steel, and I don't think that's a viable option in Ontario.
You could use it for practice, but not in a match.

 

[jimbo14]

To add:

In IPSC, each target, whether regular or a "no-shoot", is deemed to be impenetrable. So a bullet isn't supposed to go through it. Since bullets do pass through cardboard, anything they hit after passing through a target, doesn't count for score.

In a real IPSC stage, if there was a case where there is a shoot-through situation, (a bullet passes through one target, then goes through the air some more, and hits a second target), then you need to look for grease marks, or lack thereof, to help determine which holes in the rear target count. It slows scoring down and is a pain.

 

[Born Under a Bad Sign]

To add:

In IPSC, each target, whether regular or a "no-shoot", is deemed to be impenetrable. So a bullet isn't supposed to go through it. Since bullets do pass through cardboard, anything they hit after passing through a target, doesn't count for score.

In a real IPSC stage, if there was a case where there is a shoot-through situation, (a bullet passes through one target, then goes through the air some more, and hits a second target), then you need to look for grease marks, or lack thereof, to help determine which holes in the rear target count. It slows scoring down and is a pain.

And to add, IIRC, in IDPA rules both threat and non-threat targets are deemed 'penetrable' so this contraption would be allowable in IDPA.