For when you need to set targets up on a hill or uneven terrain.
DIY All-Terrain Steel Target Stand
- Thread starter Rocketmandb
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Very nice. We don't have any hills here but I do need to move my targets every time I go shoot.
Thank you.
Thank you.
Cool solution. Leave the main tube all assembled with the hooks inside the collars so all you have to do for setup is screw in the three legs.
I actually have a slightly better solution for connecting the legs rather than screwing them in. You can get cam lock fittings (NPT) that will screw onto the pipes. Then you can just about snap them together.
I can't remember if this is the place where I got them, but they are all essentially the same - except for price. I got two of each for the 3/4" legs and one set of 1" for the rear leg. It came out to about $10 per stand.
Camlock Fittings – Camlock Couplings – Cam and Groove Fittings
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Very good solution!
REAL cool of you to share the idea gratis because you could probably put this all in a package and sell it.
REAL cool of you to share the idea gratis because you could probably put this all in a package and sell it.
That would take far more brain bandwidth than I currently have available
In the mean time, I'm working on improvements, but it does work pretty well - and I made a bigger one using 48" pipes for both legs and cross bar (for my ELR 33" target) that works just as well as the original. What I want to figure out is a good for spikes on the front legs. The main issue for this is that if you simply cap the legs, getting them to cut into the ground is a problem. If you leave them uncapped (as I am now), they dig in great, but fill with dirt. My basic idea is to simply get a closed cap (galvanized), drill a hole through it, and run a 1/4" bolt as the "spike" - but that's just one more thing to screw on (two actually), and I'm trying to cut it all down.
