I've been looking for an option to hang paper at short-to-medium range to allow multi-range engagement when I'm shooting at 850. I had this idea floating in my head for some time and decided to give it a shot.
This is nothing but 1 1/4 Schedule 40 PVC pipe. The legs aren't glued to the stand to allow disassembly for storage and transport. It's extremely light and easy to carry and total cost was around $60.
Carboard edges are reinforced with Gorrilla tape ob both sides and holes were drilled to facilitate tie-wrapping the target backer. As the cardboard gets cooked you can either replace it or just staple another piece over the top.
I made this pretty tall at 7' since too short of a target at the range I frequent will result in rounds skipping over the berm at 850. I typically set up a steel silouhette at 850, a swinger at 600, then this thing at 300-400.
Base is 3X5 but can be made any size you wish. I went with this size to prevent it from tipping over in the wind. I tested it in 3-7k winds and it didn't budge, and if wind is a problem you can either put rocks on the base or actually fill it with sand, dirt, concrete, etc.
Beauty of this thing is that its cheap, light, easy to store/carry, and doesn't require an engineering degree or special equipment to build. That and repair to PVC if it catches a round is a 2 minute endeavor in the field. Schedule 40 PVC likely will suffer a clean hole if struck since its relatively soft so field repair is an unlikely necessity.
For you guys that have private land or even those that own ranges looking for a lighweight target option that's easy to move around you may want to give this rig a try....its ridiculously simple and effective.
This is nothing but 1 1/4 Schedule 40 PVC pipe. The legs aren't glued to the stand to allow disassembly for storage and transport. It's extremely light and easy to carry and total cost was around $60.
Carboard edges are reinforced with Gorrilla tape ob both sides and holes were drilled to facilitate tie-wrapping the target backer. As the cardboard gets cooked you can either replace it or just staple another piece over the top.
I made this pretty tall at 7' since too short of a target at the range I frequent will result in rounds skipping over the berm at 850. I typically set up a steel silouhette at 850, a swinger at 600, then this thing at 300-400.
Base is 3X5 but can be made any size you wish. I went with this size to prevent it from tipping over in the wind. I tested it in 3-7k winds and it didn't budge, and if wind is a problem you can either put rocks on the base or actually fill it with sand, dirt, concrete, etc.
Beauty of this thing is that its cheap, light, easy to store/carry, and doesn't require an engineering degree or special equipment to build. That and repair to PVC if it catches a round is a 2 minute endeavor in the field. Schedule 40 PVC likely will suffer a clean hole if struck since its relatively soft so field repair is an unlikely necessity.
For you guys that have private land or even those that own ranges looking for a lighweight target option that's easy to move around you may want to give this rig a try....its ridiculously simple and effective.
