Quick way to fix your gong chain in the field and keep on shooting.
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redshooter
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Central Ontario
Rebar wire (or is it tye-wire), a good sized roll is pretty cheap...also good for reattaching parts to your car like the exhaust. 
- Location
- West Quebec
I alway keep a couple for the snow machines as well the cheap ones that require a vice grip to close also work well
After shooting gongs and steel targets for several years, I no longer keep much chain repair parts at my side. I use rubber from old conveyer belts, tires, and old truck mud flaps to hold my steel. The targets swing well when hit and it takes hundreds of holes through the rubber hangers to knock them off. I know 3 months ahead of time when I need to replace one.
Chains are a quick fix, but in the long run they are a pain in the a$$.
Chains are a quick fix, but in the long run they are a pain in the a$$.
lejarretnoir
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- 162km from Connaught
Fence wire. Cut a length, twist it on. Back to shooting in 1 min.
Very cheap cause it will get shot again.
Very cheap cause it will get shot again.
I guess I am one of the few guys who just goes heavy on the chain I use. I use 3/8" Grade 70 chromate gold transport chain, the gold colored stuff that transport trucks use to tie down loads.
The stuff is insanely strong and wear resistant, very close to on par with AR-500 in terms of durability.
I have had my chains on my gongs hit hundreds of times and hit by shrapnel many thousands of times, by calibers ranging from .22lr all the way right up to the big .50BMG, and never had so much as a link get dented or damaged.
Costs a bit more in initial setup cost, usually about 30% more per foot of chain, and hardware is a touch more expensive as well, but I have never had to rehang targets hung from my chain in all the thousands of heavy caliber hits they have taken.
Just my .02.
The stuff is insanely strong and wear resistant, very close to on par with AR-500 in terms of durability.
I have had my chains on my gongs hit hundreds of times and hit by shrapnel many thousands of times, by calibers ranging from .22lr all the way right up to the big .50BMG, and never had so much as a link get dented or damaged.
Costs a bit more in initial setup cost, usually about 30% more per foot of chain, and hardware is a touch more expensive as well, but I have never had to rehang targets hung from my chain in all the thousands of heavy caliber hits they have taken.
Just my .02.
You beat me to it - lighter weight nylon reinforced belting is that way to go IMHO.
Or pay extra and use gr 70 or 80 chain as Kevin said, with hardware to match.
- Location
- Durham Region
Seatbelt material works great, it takes much more abuse than chain IMO. Available in abundance at any scrap yard.
ITB
ITB
Never hit it dead on with .50cal, I try not to waste my precision stuff by missing by a foot, hehe. It has taken many .308's and a few .338LM's here and there, but no .50 that I can recall in terms of chain only hits, only shrapnel from that cal.
Still, my experience is as such, if you get the heavy chain, I have not seen it break from hits yet.
Seatbelt and conveyor belt are good ideas too, never tried them though.
Same here, and it has been standing up to abuse much better than regular heavy chain.
Been hit with all kinds of firearms, gold colour has worn off at a few spots...
