DIY stands for steel targets?

[timber_ghost]

Does anyone have any favorite ways to rig steel targets DIY? I've hung them from cord, fence posts and garden hooks but am wanting something a little more burly

 

[huntnful]

I made these. They work good.

 

[7mm-08]

I made these. They work good.

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Damned nice work on these targets. Wish you were in Boise - I'd buy a few from you.

 

[huntnful]

Damned nice work on these targets. Wis you were in Boise - I'd buy a few from you.

Thank you!

The only negative is welding the chain the to the AR500. It last a pretty good while, but eventually the welded link ends up cracking and breaking. But I just grind it off and weld it again haha. Lasts several hundred rounds though.

 

[gobblinglawyer]

I built this one on skids so you can drag it with a truck/golf cart/UTV. Same basic design as huntnful but with 2 sticks of rebar up top on each end around a half inch apart to fit a plywood board for shooting groups.

 

[Jdeck09]

This is what I use. I just drilled a hole through the board and ran a bolt to hold the chains.

 

[Dennis]

These have worked well over the years and are transportable. Holes in top of legs to slide steel rod through hooks to hold plate steel.

 

[Ucsdryder]

Thank you!

The only negative is welding the chain the to the AR500. It last a pretty good while, but eventually the welded link ends up cracking and breaking. But I just grind it off and weld it again haha. Lasts several hundred rounds though.

Maybe find a good welder.

 

[huntnful]

Maybe find a good welder.

I’ve been trying

 

[TaperPin]

I’ve been trying

I thought the flap disk hack from Fireball was really good

 

[Willie IV]

I used 3/4" black pipe and misc fittings for my set up. Easy to disassemble and stores nicely if you need to.

 

[Wetwork]

I just buy saw-horse kits...you can use as long of 2x4's you want to make them as big as you want. I've shot the up mine for 6 years now. Still haven't blew one apart yet and I miss sometimes, ok a lot of sometimes. They take a beating. I just use barb wire to hang the gongs. Cheap and easy.-WW

 

[Pacific_Fork]

Man, a Tpost and one of these is soooo much easier and cheaper than all the other crap haha

 

[blazingangel09]

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These have worked well over the years and are transportable. Holes in top of legs to slide steel rod through hooks to hold plate steel. View attachment 877449

I built some very similar ones using scrap rebar sections and PVC pipe fittings for the joints. It all comes apart easily to pack or carry. Metal pipe fittings for the joints would definitely be better / last longer but they have worked pretty well for what they are. I typically use a cut section of garden hose to hang the targets.

 

[Beendare]

I shoot the steel round plates and I just hang them with a special clip that fits the stake and S ring angling the T bar stake slightly leaning forward towards the shooter

 

[HuntHarder]

T-posts are in expensive and easy.

 

[hoooogan]

Thank you!

The only negative is welding the chain the to the AR500. It last a pretty good while, but eventually the welded link ends up cracking and breaking. But I just grind it off and weld it again haha. Lasts several hundred rounds though.

Is there a reason you mount the plate with the chain at the front? Impacts will pull at the weld where you're basically give the link a sharp point to tear. If you flip the plate, impacts will try to fold the link over the edge of the plate instead.

Not a career fabricator, but I notoriously overanalyze all my fab projects.

 

[strousek]

Man, a Tpost and one of these is soooo much easier and cheaper than all the other crap haha

I feel like my dumba$$ would miss the target low and center punch that t post first shot

 

[huntnful]

Is there a reason you mount the plate with the chain at the front? Impacts will pull at the weld where you're basically give the link a sharp point to tear. If you flip the plate, impacts will try to fold the link over the edge of the plate instead.

Not a career fabricator, but I notoriously overanalyze all my fab projects.

They used to be in the back when I first started doing them. It doesn’t make a difference. Both sides are painted actually. It’s actually not the plate “pulling” at the links at all. There’s plenty of give and slop in the chain links. It’s just the vibration and the hardened steel.

 

[TaperPin]

Carpenters think everything should have a board involved, and a saw horse is even better. These Trojan sawhorses are super quick to fold up, a piece of ply target backer is easy to screw to the 2x4, and as long as a plate is not real tall, can handle any weight. Any length or width of board can be used so one set of legs can hold up a number of plates or target backers.