What KYL target are you using?

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Just curious what KYL targets you are using and how well do you like them? Trying to find something that I can put in my truck and take out to the desert and setup easily to do some shooting. While I enjoy range days we have a lot of BLM land around here to use.
 
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I have the shootingtargets7 as well, it's a great rack and has taken lots of shots but I've had to re-weld 2 hangers that broke off. I will buy it again without hesitation when the time comes to replace.
 
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SourMash said:
I just bought the rimfire model. It's 1/4" thickness I believe. I just went to their website and searched rimfire kyl. They have made a lot improvements from my model. I don't think that these would break like my older one.
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The target thickness comes in 3/16 and 1/2 inch and I am wondering if the 30-40 bucks
Extra for the thicker targets is worth it?
 
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I got targets from all makers listed so far and not one of them ever went bad. Now we got a new atlas targets stands that giving us issues but we have corrected them since. Atlas makes a fine spinner target that is very challenging to spin especially further out so highly recommend!
 
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paraman1 said:
Just curious what KYL targets you are using and how well do you like them? Trying to find something that I can put in my truck and take out to the desert and setup easily to do some shooting. While I enjoy range days we have a lot of BLM land around here to use.
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BLM land?
Out south off Pleasant Valley?
Taking your life in your own hands out there.
Parma Rod and Gun might be a drive from Boise, but you don't deal with the complete morons that you do out on BLM land.

Oh and Jake has awesome stuff.
 
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Broncovan said:
BLM land?
Out south off Pleasant Valley?
Taking your life in your own hands out there.
Parma Rod and Gun might be a drive from Boise, but you don't deal with the complete morons that you do out on BLM land.

Oh and Jake has awesome stuff.
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I’ve done loads of shooting out at Parma, Nampa and Blacks Creek ranges over the years but being tied to a range and only being able to use it when they are open is a giant pain in the ass. I could be nearly to Glenn’s Ferry in about the same time it takes to get to the Parma range. And the amount of BLM in between those 2 spots is pretty staggering.
 
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paraman1 said:
I’ve done loads of shooting out at Parma, Nampa and Blacks Creek ranges over the years but being tied to a range and only being able to use it when they are open is a giant pain in the ass. I could be nearly to Glenn’s Ferry in about the same time it takes to get to the Parma range. And the amount of BLM in between those 2 spots is pretty staggering.
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Parma is open 24-7.
But yeah, there's tons of land out there
 
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Another +1 for shootingtargets7, just the rimfire version without the flags. Great fun! I have a rack of 3 larger gongs for centerfire, so far have only used it for pistol. They always seem to be offering something for free with a purchase over xxx dollars, I ended up with some small 1/2" thick targets. Might have to try the 2" at 200 yards, see how many hits I can make on that
 
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www.atlastargetworks.com

Know Your Limits (KYL) Target - HD Rimfire Edition (3/8" SR500+)

This target ships for FREE! CNC Laser cut 3/8" SR500+ steel for clean, precise cuts Target Sizes: 2" - 1.75" - 1.5" - 1.25" - 1" - .75" - .5" - .25" The kit comes with everything you need except (4) 2.5' lengths of 3/4" EMT Conduit and 2.5' of 3/4" Black Pipe Targets do NOT come painted You...
www.atlastargetworks.com www.atlastargetworks.com

Brad has a ton of good targets and he is in SD, so not to far from me. Quick shipping and easy to talk to.
 
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paraman1 said:
The target thickness comes in 3/16 and 1/2 inch and I am wondering if the 30-40 bucks
Extra for the thicker targets is worth it?
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I went with these as well and I think they are pretty nice.
If you’re just shooting 22lr and pistol I’d go thinner because the bigger gongs of the 1/2” version hardly moves with 22lr. Another thing to think about if you want to do spinners that heavy 1/2” doesn’t want to move
 
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Forgot to mention, with the Shootingtargets7 I had to take a small grinder to the inside of the support pieces to get them to slide over the horizontal bar a bit easier...makes it easier to juggle everything LOL. I also used extra pieces of EMT and some couplers to bring the height up a bit, the gongs were too close to the deck when shooting from a bench.

When it comes to the extra thickness, also keep in mind thicker means heavier, so depending on how far you have to carry everything, that can be a real PIA. I only use the heavy gongs on a range I can drive onto
 
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I would avoid the ones that use this coupling of a slot with spot weld. My personal one has two targets that failed and I had to JB Weld. Same design failed at one of our club matches. I won’t mention manufacturer as there are at least two but easy to check what connection method they use.
 

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ShootingTargets7 is hands down the best value in KYL. Get one, ask him about ordering longer legs (1+ foot longer). Alternatively you can just buy some conduit and do it yourself.

I'm also a huge fan of these from Atlas Target Works - https://www.atlastargetworks.com/co...rimfire-gravity-popper?variant=39668114587747

Really, really easy to set up, he also sells some attachable legs to make set up even simpler. I like to drop one or two of these out past the KYL. You get good feedback on hits, and the quality is outstanding.
 
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