I built this a couple weeks ago out of mostly scrap laying around the garage. I already had a couple cheap store bought reactive targets but the duraseal reaction is a bit lame and the steel "rimfire" target deformed after a few hundred hits. I also wanted a target inspired by the airgun field targets with a body plus a seperate kill zone but without the need to be reset.
The round disks are 2.5" and just under 2" diameter while the IDPA target is 1/4 scale. Most of the target is 1/4" thick cold rolled steel or 3/16" ??? while the axle is 3/4" dia and all the impact surfaces hang slightly in front of the axle centerline so they angle down by a few degrees. There is no damage to the 1/4" and very little to the 3/16" after a couple boxes of CCI SV and SK Std+ at 50 yards. The targets react strongly and ring quite well. From a previous test Velocitors at 25 yards will leave a mark on 1/4" cold rolled steel so I'll stick to match / std vel / sub-sonic ammo. The 3/4" plywood stops all of the splatter but it is a wear item.
The only build issue was one of the IDPA bodys wraped slightly when welded causing the dual arm / bushings to bind lightly on the shaft (only 0.020" clearance). I new this was likely to happen (bad design practice but has some advantages) and I was able to re-align the bushings after several very careful applications of excessive force.
This was also a good excuse to use up 4 or 5 partial cans of spray paint. Once the rest is consumed I'll stick with a couple colours of fast dry paint for at the range touch ups.
The round disks are 2.5" and just under 2" diameter while the IDPA target is 1/4 scale. Most of the target is 1/4" thick cold rolled steel or 3/16" ??? while the axle is 3/4" dia and all the impact surfaces hang slightly in front of the axle centerline so they angle down by a few degrees. There is no damage to the 1/4" and very little to the 3/16" after a couple boxes of CCI SV and SK Std+ at 50 yards. The targets react strongly and ring quite well. From a previous test Velocitors at 25 yards will leave a mark on 1/4" cold rolled steel so I'll stick to match / std vel / sub-sonic ammo. The 3/4" plywood stops all of the splatter but it is a wear item.
The only build issue was one of the IDPA bodys wraped slightly when welded causing the dual arm / bushings to bind lightly on the shaft (only 0.020" clearance). I new this was likely to happen (bad design practice but has some advantages) and I was able to re-align the bushings after several very careful applications of excessive force.
This was also a good excuse to use up 4 or 5 partial cans of spray paint. Once the rest is consumed I'll stick with a couple colours of fast dry paint for at the range touch ups.
