Need a design for a durable outdoor target stand

[IanC]

I shoot at a gun club with an approved outdoor range which members can post paper targets on and shoot at 50 yrds with rifle and shotgun. It is quickly eaten away and un useable within a month. Its more or less 2 wood posts with board for stapling targets. Which again doesnt last.

Can i see some pictures on what other clubs or people are using as target stands for posting paper targets?

 

[geologist]

I made a base out of ABS pipe. 2" strapping as uprights to staple into. It works great,

 

[tigrr]

You bury 3 pieces 24 inches long - 5 inch pipe in the ground. In that pipe you stick a 4X4 inch post. This 4X4 can be removed and replaced easily. On the back of the 4X4 you nail a 2x4 and hang plywood or cardboard from it and staple targets to the plywood.
At some ranges but not all I've seen a 3X3 inch angle iron fastened to the front of the 4X4 to protect it.
I've also seen pieces of grader blade pounded into the ground and a 2X4 nailed through the holes in the blade to hange targets off of.

 

[Jefferson]

on that 6mmbr.com site they had an article on an abs pipe stand that worked, I will see if i can find the week of the article for youl I have it copied somewhere around the garage jeff

 

[chalkriver]

 

[ALLS London]

I've thought about this myself, as we have similar setups- a wood frame with a whatever-scrap-we-can-find board, that gets chewed to shyte pretty quickly.

My first thought is angle iron posts with wire rope going across- you'd use clothespegs or binder clips to anchor targets, run a few wires across at different heights. Has that been tried?

 

[Jefferson]

september 11 2010 daily bulliten on 6mmbr.com cannot cut and paste or would do so

inexpensive and works jeff

 

[MRFixIT]

At our range they use the 2X4 frame with old rubber mud flaps from a transport. Holds staples nice,screw,tacs, etc. And seem to hold up really good. Myself I put over 1000 round through them in 5 months and they look the same as when I started

 

[shoot44]

We use shipping pallets for target holders. They are everywhere in our town and businesses want you to take them.

Place one pallet flat on the ground, stand another pallet on its side (the side with the 2x4 edge) over one of the 2x4's in the bottom pallet, nail the vertical pallet to the flat pallet and voila! A cheap, sturdy, easily replacable target stand. We also staple cardboard to the pallet to make it easier to attach targets. Some of the asian pallets use hardwoods which are very hard and push pins don't go in very well.

When the vertical pallet gets shot up, tear it off, throw it in the burn pile and nail another onto the base pallet.

We've used them for several years and nobody complains. The club is happy because it doesn't cost anything to replace them.

 

[mpwolf]

Cattle mats cut into 2'x4' rectangles, screwed onto a wooden frame The wooden frams do get chewed up, but the mats absorve lot's of rounds.

 

[IanC]

Thanks so much for all the input I belive i can make something up pretty easily now.
IanC

 

[rustysdream]

IMO, a frame made of 2x4 would do well.

 

[Quiet]

Anything you put up downrange that is not bullet-proof will get shot to pieces by range users.
Anything made of unshrouded steel will get shot down by the CFO.

You can make up range rules and yell at people until you are blue in the face and have a heart condition, but it is easier to just build the environment in a way that will help shape behavior, and also understand that some range supplies such as targetry are consumables.

Make things out of the cheapest wood possible and expect to replace them regularly. The plastic used for election signs is a better backer than plywood or particle board, because when new it has a tendency to seal itself around bullet holes, rather than splinter apart.

ABS or PVC pipes buried vertically in the ground are excellent for sticking target frames into, as they can't get shot up, but many ranges have erosion problems on the berm and these can get filled up with backstop dirt and disappear on you. Railway tie bases are usually the best way to go on these ranges, but these too will need to be replaced eventually as they get shot up when people inevitably place reactive targets on them.

 

[maynard]

Use a 4-5 inch hole saw on your backer board and place your aiming mark (target) over the hole. Stops your backer board from getting all chewed up as most shots should be in the center anyway, and just pass through the target. Also makes bullet holes a lot easier to see with a spotting scope.

 

[j_06]

Ive used these ab exercisors in the past until it go stolen from one of shooting spots. Not as fancy but you get te idea. A log on the back and your good to go.http://www.flipkart.com/tunturi-ab-trainer-ab-exerciser/p/itmdt67whm69vh3y