I like Stoned Wheat Thins held on a line with paperclips. Just right for 25-50m offhand, or out to 150m off the bench.
The current project (soon as I'm on dry land, 4 weeks to go!) is a realitively simple dualling tree. I'm going to offset the plates though so they will only be half exposed on the "scored" side.
The idea is that you can flip someones plate back to slow them down but its going to be much harder then if you just shoot yours quickly.
I'm planning on 3" square plates which will then be 1.5x3" when flipped. About right for pistols at 10-25m, rifles offhand at 60-80m and off the bench out to 150-200m. I like to keep trees very challenging otherwise they just get to be all about the speed.
The next project (serious design phase) is a horizontal dualing target when the plates stay down until it's reset with another round. It lets you have an easier time keeping track of who won.
Otherwise I'm working on a mechanical, resetting target that pops-up a new target each time one is shot.
Thats a ways in the future and definately an ambitious project. Probably the most difficult part will be trying to keep some randomness in the order they are exposed.
Cheers,
Grant
The current project (soon as I'm on dry land, 4 weeks to go!) is a realitively simple dualling tree. I'm going to offset the plates though so they will only be half exposed on the "scored" side.
The idea is that you can flip someones plate back to slow them down but its going to be much harder then if you just shoot yours quickly.
I'm planning on 3" square plates which will then be 1.5x3" when flipped. About right for pistols at 10-25m, rifles offhand at 60-80m and off the bench out to 150-200m. I like to keep trees very challenging otherwise they just get to be all about the speed.
The next project (serious design phase) is a horizontal dualing target when the plates stay down until it's reset with another round. It lets you have an easier time keeping track of who won.
Otherwise I'm working on a mechanical, resetting target that pops-up a new target each time one is shot.
Thats a ways in the future and definately an ambitious project. Probably the most difficult part will be trying to keep some randomness in the order they are exposed.
Cheers,
Grant