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I’ve been thinking about a resetting steel target. Jay has a look at one.
Remember, I do this to entertain me, not you.
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November 2nd, 2009 at 10:20 am
Is that like a resetting steel target? Nice to know they’re good though. You can get both the models he’s reviewed in a 2 for $25 pack from Sportsmans Guide.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:23 am
Ack, just looked at it again. Looks like the Sportsmansguide versions are considerably smaller.
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:29 am
“resetting steal target”???
Isn’t Receiving Stolen Property a felony in all states?
Are you working for Reason Magazine now?
November 2nd, 2009 at 10:52 am
My father-in-law built himself a steel target with six swinging targets that drop back into place after being hit. I’ve meant to post some pictures and post on it, but I’m generally lazy and haven’t got to it yet.
November 2nd, 2009 at 5:56 pm
I have (the remains of) one that looked exactly like that. It could (past tense) take .38 Special all day, but a few shots from a G20 and it started cracking. The manufacturer stated that it would tolerate .44 Magnum. It didn’t last one range session with moderate 10 mm loads.
Any and all steel targets I’ve bought commercially have broken in very short order. Better to have them made for you out of armor plate. AR 400 and AR 500, or T1 are going to work, but then the big issue becomes the welds, which are brittle and always break unless the builder has experience in this partucular field and REALLY goes out of the way to reinforce things. The supports always break too, so they need to able to take everything the actual target can take– actually they need to be able to take more, since, when they get hit, they have bending forces on them that the target itself doesn’t experience so much.
The most reliable retetting targets I’ve used were plates that hung below a solid horizontal bar. The targets had extensions that came up to cover the supports and the pivot hinge, so a direct hit that would disable an unprotected hinge would just splatter off without problems.
Oh, and those stupid orange stickers? Gone in two or three shots. The lead gets under them and just wipes them away. They’re just there for marketing. If you want to be able to spot your hits you have to keep spray painting the target. Take several colors, as the surrounding conditions determine contrast.