Steel Targets Idea: Kill Zone plates aka Range Rabbit Froggies

[Aniest]

Edit: I KNOW! the spelling mistakes in the poll... dang it. Maybe it will gather more attention: any publicity is good publicity, right?

Also, I do NOT work for Range Rabbit.

I thought I would see if this was an idea Range Rabbit might make: steel targets designed to replicate a "rough" idea of a kill zone on an animal.

I know Range Rabbit could probably do a custom set, but I was also thinking that this idea could do two things:
1. Get those who only shoot to practice for hunting and harvesting game into using renewable AR500 steel targets;
and
2. Add to the product line of an awesome company.

I know that there will be some debate on the sizing, but I thought from Internet searching that the following four sizes would be possible:

• Small: Fox, Coyote, small Wolf: 4" tall x 5.5" wide (cut from 1/4" for rimfire and 3/8" for centerfire)
• Medium: Whitetail, Mulie, black bear: 6" tall x 8" wide (cut from 3/8" plate and 1/2" plate for close range big bore)
• Large: Elk, small moose, cariboo, brown bear: 12" tall by 16" wide (cut from 3/8" plate and 1/2" plate for magnum)
• X-Large: Moose and/or long range: 20" tall x 26" wide (cut from 3/8" plate and 1/2" plate for magnum)

They would look like this, and I have dubbed them the "Range Rabbit Froggie" target (excursive and express permission and free ownership of the design and term given to Range Rabbit only):

Poll is to gauge interest. It expires on July 10, 2020.

 

[Bare]

I like this idea. If I was in need of plates I would buy this.

 

[Aniest]

My thoughts on this was to do a bit of the "leg work" and give a solid idea to gauge interest on, not some abstract idea that Range Rabbit would have to develop and design. It's easier to gauge that interest if people see what it looks like.

Also, I could not find any pictures on a Google Search (no, I did not try all the way to page 16, image 512, LOL) of this design.

Paint could be black or cardboard brown maybe?

I would buy these to put in front of cardboard cut outs so I would waste less paper targets and hear and/or see a target hit without a spotting scope.

 

[Jefferson]

how about target rings on a gong like field & cave do in the USA

 

[MartyK2500]

Range rabit froggies, here I was expecting blue and white targets!

 

[Chumlee Bumsnag]

Get some spray paint any make it your own.

 

[phillyblt]

Looks good.

 

[dirty-thirty]

Looks good

 

[robocop]

Honestly i can tell you im pretty much strictly a hunter now, been hunting 18 years every legal animal. I hunt bald ass prairie. Shots between 100-600 yards on game big and small. Practice on a 6x6 plate and you will be good for anything at any distance. No special plate needed! Just my few pennies worth! A plate of any shape and kind doesnt help you figure out where to place a shot on an animal.

 

[Aniest]

Honestly i can tell you im pretty much strictly a hunter now, been hunting 18 years every legal animal. I hunt bald ass prairie. Shots between 100-600 yards on game big and small. Practice on a 6x6 plate and you will be good for anything at any distance.

Yup. I've got three plates from Range Rabbit now. I've made my own special spring hinge system for their IPSC Classic Mini to use it sideways. I painted it brown and placed it in front of a plywood cutout of a deer shape and size target by a couple of feet. When I hear the bullet hit the plate I know I hit it: works best with iron sights and low magnification optics. I don't need to see the hit on paper or a hole in the target, just know I hit the right size for the vitals. It's not about where to hit, but hitting the relatively same size as a kill zone in the distance, angle and wind speed of the shot; knowing I hit it without high magnification optics or a spotting scope.

Or just an excuse to help other get shooting more.

 

[Range Rabbit]

Edit: I KNOW! the spelling mistakes in the poll... dang it. Maybe it will gather more attention: any publicity is good publicity, right?

Also, I do NOT work for Range Rabbit.

I thought I would see if this was an idea Range Rabbit might make: steel targets designed to replicate a "rough" idea of a kill zone on an animal.

I know Range Rabbit could probably do a custom set, but I was also thinking that this idea could do two things:
1. Get those who only shoot to practice for hunting and harvesting game into using renewable AR500 steel targets;
and
2. Add to the product line of an awesome company.

I know that there will be some debate on the sizing, but I thought from Internet searching that the following four sizes would be possible:

• Small: Fox, Coyote, small Wolf: 4" tall x 5.5" wide (cut from 1/4" for rimfire and 3/8" for centerfire)
• Medium: Whitetail, Mulie, black bear: 6" tall x 8" wide (cut from 3/8" plate and 1/2" plate for close range big bore)
• Large: Elk, small moose, cariboo, brown bear: 12" tall by 16" wide (cut from 3/8" plate and 1/2" plate for magnum)
• X-Large: Moose and/or long range: 20" tall x 26" wide (cut from 3/8" plate and 1/2" plate for magnum)

They would look like this, and I have dubbed them the "Range Rabbit Froggie" target (excursive and express permission and free ownership of the design and term given to Range Rabbit only):

Poll is to gauge interest. It expires on July 10, 2020.

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Option 1 has the bolt holes,
Option 2 can have 'hidden' bolts on the back.
In our experience 'froggie' tends to be a point of failure (as cute as that fella might be!).
That being said, how would you feel about some animal stencils to go along with your vital shots? we can do a (mini?)moose, coyote... Then you can hang the vitals behind the stencil painted over cardboard or a piece of plywood. Possibilities are endless here guys!

 

[DT741]

How much does paint adds to the final cost ?

I always questionned the usefulness of painting target with more than spray paint.


Not an attack, just asking out of curiosity and boredom from confinement

 

[freezer filler]

Why not cut some Ballistic armor plates for carriers? They seem to be in short supply.

 

[Aniest]

Option 1 has the bolt holes,
Option 2 can have 'hidden' bolts on the back.

I would suggest that the small (4"tall x 5.5" wide) might want to be the hidden bolt? How to the bolts stand up to .223, .22-250 and other coyote calibres at 100-200 yards?

What sizes are those in the stack? The small, medium and large? Or Small medium and X-L? I'd buy that stack it it's the S, M & L sizes along with three Schnieder brackets to match.

I want to be able to hang them in front of the kill zone on targets like this because shipping on these things is brutal, so I want to make them last:

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How much does paint adds to the final cost ?

I have three of their targets now: they all came with basic bright red primer, maybe two coats? I don't think its expensive powder coat. I get some Bright Red or Flat Brown from the cheapest place possible, maybe a fastener shop or Princess Auto on sale to repaint them.

Why not cut some Ballistic armor plates for carriers? They seem to be in short supply.

I think there is a little more than just cutting a plate that needs to be done: they have to be rolled slightly to fit a torso & are often Anti-spawl coated. The lack of being able to do these two might be the issue for them.

 

[All in fun]

I like the idea, but as mentioned the eyelets are likely to fail over time.

 

[Range Rabbit]

How much does paint adds to the final cost ?

I have three of their targets now: they all came with basic bright red primer, maybe two coats? I don't think its expensive powder coat. I get some Bright Red or Flat Brown from the cheapest place possible, maybe a fastener shop or Princess Auto on sale to repaint them.

You're right, it's not powder coat, but not consumer spray paint either. That approach turned a bit unpopular so we turned to higher quality primer and paint, which makes a world of difference while keeping cost under control.

 

[LordEvilPepper]

I made some "un droppable" 3/8 AR500 IPCC style targets with 3" heart flapper... they worked very well until a individual deliberately stacked .338 snipetac rounds to punch holes through the welds to knock the hanger bars off.

would be cool to see these made especially if in animal shapes with kill box flappers

 

[conor_90]

Would be great if they came with stencils of deers and black bears.