Range Targets Finally Set

The range, for the most part, has been design & build - simultaneously.  We had ideas in mind about what we wanted and just created what made sense.

I finally got the pipes welded onto the smaller targets (thanks to neighbor Eric for his skills!) and hung them up today.  The idea is that when they are hit, they will swing.  With a small orange marking flag stuck on the back, we will be able to get easy visual confirmation of a hit.  Of course, we could use scopes or binoculars as well as listening for the sound.  Just all part of the fun.

From the left:  12" circle, 16" square, 4'x4' box, IPSC target, 8" circle & 6" circle
IPSC = International Practical Shooting Confederation
For Dave P:  30 cm circle, 40 cm square, 1.22 m box, IPSC target, 20 cm circle & 15 cm circle


The outside circles have a pipe welded onto the top of them.  The targets slide onto a piece of rebar that is wired between two fence posts.  Thus, they are free to swing around the rebar.  You can see that the best by looking at the circle on the left.  The pipe is very visible.  Sorry, I did not get a close-up of how I mounted these.

The center two targets, the square and the IPSC, are hung from a 4"x4" post across the top of the box stand.  These are connected by chains to allow for movement.  

This is a pic from 550 yards (503 m).
You'll have to zoom in to see the targets - all the way back at the woods.
And this is only HALF as far as we are going to shoot them from!


The final piece of the puzzle is to mark out the yardages - in increments of 100 - all the way back to 1,000 yards (915 m).  We can always shoot at any distance because the shooting benches are "portable."  Please see my blog post from 02 MAR 2019 about building those benches.  No, they aren't on wheels and one man cannot carry them alone.  However, if we mount them to the trailer then we can tow them behind the Gator to anywhere.  Viola!  Portable shooting benches.  That's our set-up for prairie dog hunting and it works awesome.


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