looking for a dueling tree

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anyone know where i can buy one?
like this

AT Rimfire Sport Dueling Tree

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Product Description
The fun and excitement of a dueling tree with ammo that costs a fraction of the price! Just like our full size dueling tree, the Rimfire Dueling Tree has six steel plates that spin to the other side of the target when hit, allowing you to shoot all day without going downrange once to setup or reset the target. Using the inexpensive and popular .22lr caliber allows everybody, even children new to shooting, to enjoy the fun of shooting on steel. Shooting against your friends, or just for plinking, the Rimfire Dueling Tree is a perfect target for lots of inexpensive shooting fun!
 
They are from a company called Action Targets. They are out of the USA. Not sure if you can get they anywhere but from the company that makes them.
 
I have the Champion .22 Dueling Tree but I don't see it listed on their website anymore, only the .44 Mag one. I don't know who carries Champion Targets as I got mine from the factory rep. I can find out next week if you would like. They are fun but the original dueling tree was supposed to lock the targets when they all got to one side or the other and none of the commercially available ones for .22's, like my Champion or the AT do that. We mostly use mine for timed fire events, ie start them all on one side and time how long it takes to knock them over to the other side and back or start them alternated and just knock them over to the opposite sides in order or whatever we come up with.
I could take pics of mine and post them here or email them to you if you want to build one.
Kim
 
LarryG said:
You can see how to make them here:

http://www.mk1tactical.com/MK1_Tactical/Dueling_Tree.html#4
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That one doesn't look like it has any way for the targets to stop while facing forwards when they are hit. Looks like they could rebound and stop facing in any direction
 
They use a simple design.

The design uses a piece of ar400 welded as an angle to be center post, with the pivots mounted on the backside. The AR400 spinner stops when it hits the rear vertical edge of the angle iron. As long the spinner is hit with more than enough force to spin 180 degrees, it more or less stops when it gets there. So the guy who is losing the duel ends up with all the spinners on his side.

For a rimfire, you need to use a thinner/smaller/lighter plate than a center fire, otherwise, the spinner won't do it's 180 degrees. That's why they offer a few sizes of target. The good news is that you can just copy the dimensions the list on that webpage, so it takes the guess work out of it.

If this stopping method is not positive enough for you, you can add a rubber shock absorbing strip to the edge of the angle to absorb some of the excess energy when the spinner comes around.

You can watch a demo of these things on youtube, if you do a search.

The trick will be in properly welding the ar400 so it doesn't crack on you, since it is a hardened plate, it needs to be pre-heated. If you just use mild steel, it won't last nearly as long.

Good luck with it. I would love to have a few of those, just don't have the resources.
 
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