Home made shooting gong

[DARKSTANG]

Nice! A Father/ Son gong bashing for father's day perhaps. I hope my little guy likes to shoot when he grows up.

It's easy, expose them early. All my girls shoot. That's why I wish I had some swingers like that. Reusable targets cut the cost when you have too many kids.

 

[j.krug]

That's a great looking gong target...nice job!!

Must echo like crazy shooting in the parking garage though??

 

[DARKSTANG]

I'm betting when it hits the gas tank you will here a big echo! Lol!

 

[Matt_dal123]

Great job!! Looks like your doing some shady deal though in a underground carpark haha! (I know your not )

 

[DARKSTANG]

I'm going to attempt to make one on the weekend with my brother in law. You've inspired me.

 

[RoscoeP]

Sherpa

so whos gonna carry the plate 1k into the forest?

Never mind the plate, I have held his rifle before and it is heavy! And he hunts with it.

 

[DARKSTANG]

So you work out with the plate and you can work your way up to the gun. I get that.

 

[TangoKilo]

I made this in a few hours with scrap rebar and coil rod! The plate is 14"x16"

Congratulations on the design of your target stand!
I quite like the design. Could you give us a few measurements so the folks at home can try to duplicate it??

As others have mentioned, the attachment system may be prone to breakage.
I have found that a 1/2' Grade 8 bolt holding a Grade 70 transport chain to the back of your target can take almost unlimited abuse. Just food for thought.

 

[DARKSTANG]

Yes please, measurements will help me on my weekend project.

 

[greg11]

I'd ditch the chain.

Weld a couple links onto the rear of the plate, and hang the plate from wire coat hangers. It ain't as pretty as chain, but if you shoot a coat hanger, you can fix it in 2 seconds. Chain, not so much. Double up on the coat hangers and you'll never be a lucky enough shot to shoot two coat hangers in one sitting.

I have a 12" plate, with no stand. I hang my plate from trees or whatever target stands are around at my range. I have used coat hangers or hobby wire from Walmart for the last 2 years.

I started off with chain, but if you hit the chain by accident, you're left "fixing" the chain with paracord or coat hangers (who has a welder in the woods?)....

 

[DARKSTANG]

I'd ditch the chain.

Weld a couple links onto the rear of the plate, and hang the plate from wire coat hangers. It ain't as pretty as chain, but if you shoot a coat hanger, you can fix it in 2 seconds. Chain, not so much. Double up on the coat hangers and you'll never be a lucky enough shot to shoot two coat hangers in one sitting.

I have a 12" plate, with no stand. I hang my plate from trees or whatever target stands are around at my range. I have used coat hangers or hobby wire from Walmart for the last 2 years.

I started off with chain, but if you hit the chain by accident, you're left "fixing" the chain with paracord or coat hangers (who has a welder in the woods?)....

You make a good point.

 

[Matt_dal123]

You make a good point.

agreed

 

[DARKSTANG]

Let's face it, chain aint cheap. I've got a crap load of coat hangers here. My wife decided that she likes the expensive wooden ones better. Lol! So on that note, I've got hundreds!

 

[greg11]

I find you can bend and re-bend coat hangers quite a bit. They'll give out eventually, but they're cheap as dirt.

Me and my buddy made a SHAAAWEEET target once, with chain and everything. My friend shot the chain within 10 rounds sighting in his SKS. We weren't happy. HAHA. Coat Hangers FTW.

Also, for a stand, I use 3 pieces of 4 foot (ish) long rebar. I tie them at the top and make a Tee-pee and hang the steel from that. My 12" plate is 1/2" thick and has gotta weigh 35lbs, and the tee-pee setup holds that plate just fine, even after we get the thing swingin after multiple hits.

Folds up to one 4 foot long 3" round package.

 

[DARKSTANG]

Congratulations on the design of your target stand!
I quite like the design. Could you give us a few measurements so the folks at home can try to duplicate it??

As others have mentioned, the attachment system may be prone to breakage.
I have found that a 1/2' Grade 8 bolt holding a Grade 70 transport chain to the back of your target can take almost unlimited abuse. Just food for thought.

I wonder if my kids would notice their swingset missing??? LOL!

 

[gushulak]

Good job, I wish I had something like this to shoot at!

 

[DARKSTANG]

I'm thinking all the gongs need to be blueprinted and sold! Lol!
I've gotten some sweet ideas from you guys.

 

[Lobster_pot]

Coat hangers would definitely work. I use similar on mine. I was at the welding shop that does all the work to my boat and asked if he had any hardened steel scrap. He said yes some round pieces. Worked out great they were a 12 inch perfect circle. Got him to cut holes with torch. I added the replaceable rings or coat hangers. Then I just use rope(i have hundreds of miles of rope no joke) to tie it up in the trees where ever we want to shoot. The 7.62x39 full metal jacket surplus just splatters when it hits it. But makes a good loud gong. Your guys gongs look much nicer

 

[DARKSTANG]

Free is a word we like to hear, as everything else is so damn expensive.

 

[mark k]

Do you guys think that $22 for 12x12" 1\2" AR400 is reasonable? Would AR400 hold up well as a target for a .300WM at 300m and further. I'm not planning to shoot any AP at it, just 7.62x39, 6.5x55 and heavy .300WM.