That is one supper nice target Rick!!!!!!! I have a few steel targets,,,not quite that nice.

But my pallet idea works pretty well for very little expense, it is transportable and the bullet impacts show up real nice and clean. It can be hauled to the range, or public land real easy in your truck and setup/taken down fast. It holds staples and tacs well, so targets can be added or changed fast. And it is a 4ft square so it can be seen and hit from far away....well, usually.

I thought there might be at lease one person that would say "thanks for the great idea".

(04-22-2013, 12:56 PM)Freedom Wrote: That is one supper nice target Rick!!!!!!! I have a few steel targets,,,not quite that nice.

But my pallet idea works pretty well for very little expense, it is transportable and the bullet impacts show up real nice and clean. It can be hauled to the range, or public land real easy in your truck and setup/taken down fast. It holds staples and tacs well, so targets can be added or changed fast. And it is a 4ft square so it can be seen and hit from far away....well, usually.

I thought there might be at lease one person that would say "thanks for the great idea".

Freedom

They....ain't bothering me!!

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little effort and an offer to a local farmer or rancher that an arrangement could be made whereby an offer of 'free labor' for a shooting spot could be worked out! I did it 50 years ago when my 'Uncle Sam' had a hold on me!!


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That didn't work with my Neighbor. He said I don't want anyone shooting over my land or on it.

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little effort and an offer to a local farmer or rancher that an arrangement could be made whereby an offer of 'free labor' for a shooting spot could be worked out! I did it 50 years ago when my 'Uncle Sam' had a hold on me!!

That didn't work with my Neighbor. He said I don't want anyone shooting over my land or on it.
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Yep! The world is full of AH! They're all worried about liability problems and with what I've observed over many years....rightfully so!!

(04-22-2013, 12:56 PM)Freedom Wrote: But my pallet idea works pretty well for very little expense, it is transportable and the bullet impacts show up real nice and clean.

I thought there might be at lease one person that would say "thanks for the great idea".

Freedom,
I have lots of pallets and use them to prop up my refrigerator doors. I'll give your idea a try when I run out of doors.

Rick, If I had a range on my land I would do what you did.
Do you have any issues with the plates 'curling' from bullet strikes?
How thick of plate? What alloy(if known)?
THX,
Gary

Gary you have to be able to hit those plates first to curl them

(04-22-2013, 02:49 PM)Kurt Wrote: Gary you have to be able to hit those plates first to curl them

Never said I would be that far away from it anyhoo.......
Gary

(04-22-2013, 02:44 PM)Lumpy Grits Wrote: Rick, If I had a range on my land I would do what you did.
Do you have any issues with the plates 'curling' from bullet strikes?
How thick of plate? What alloy(if known)?
THX,
Gary

my 1/4 inch plate curls at 200 yards, my 1/2 inch plate at 300 yards is the ticket, just splatter marks on it.

my .243 will shoot through the 1/4 at 200 but only makes a small indention[about 1/16 inch] on the 1/2 inch plate at 300 yards

mine are just plane ole cold roll steel, nothing special except they were free

(04-22-2013, 03:03 PM)chaneylake Wrote:

(04-22-2013, 02:44 PM)Lumpy Grits Wrote: Rick, If I had a range on my land I would do what you did.
Do you have any issues with the plates 'curling' from bullet strikes?
How thick of plate? What alloy(if known)?
THX,
Gary

my 1/4 inch plate curls at 200 yards, my 1/2 inch plate at 300 yards is the ticket, just splatter marks on it.

my .243 will shoot through the 1/4 at 200 but only makes a small indention[about 1/16 inch] on the 1/2 inch plate at 300 yards

mine are just plane ole cold roll steel, nothing special except they were free

IIWY, I would switch those targets......
Gary