Homemade Target Stand

[LR_Savage]

Don’t know that it is much of a “stand,” but I got tired of just setting steel plates up with sticks or what not and having them flip around all over the place. Had a free evening and made this up with what I could find. The silhouette target is an 18x30 I cut out myself, and the round is a 10” Walmart special.

 

[DIGITAL X]

Nice build, My wife is tired of holding up my steel plates,its loud and lonely down there

 

[Geeb]

Nice! I need to do the same thing, but hard to find the time and motivation

 

[PAYDIRT]

My portable, sets good on uneven ground.

 

[Rifle_Rookie88]

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My portable, sets good on uneven ground.

Excellent! Looks good

 

[LR_Savage]

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My portable, sets good on uneven ground.

Nice! I actually had a similar design planned but because I didn’t have much rebar it just kind of evolved into this.

 

[Slo cat]

Here is mine. It slips together in steel where the 2x4's meet, so it is very portable.
In the background you see the small steel hung with conveyor belt, on rebar that slips together at the joints, very portable.
Not home made exactly. I bought the hinge kits online.

 

[Longrangeprecision762]

Built these for fun back in August of 2016 For my local range. The round is 304 SS and the square plate with flipper plate is AR500.
I can’t even begin to think about the number of rounds these targets have endured. They are located at the 400m target backer.

 

[TACC]

Great ideas

 

[Lilja Riflebarrels]

I like the stand, but I would think it would only take one or two rounds before it would splinter the wood?

 

[LR_Savage]

I like the stand, but I would think it would only take one or two rounds before it would splinter the wood?

Just don’t miss In all seriousness I was wondering how the spacing would effect the wood.

 

[Lilja Riflebarrels]

Just don’t miss In all seriousness I was wondering how the spacing would effect the wood.

Haha, you must be a better shot than me! I really think it's to close, especially for wood. If it was steel, you could probably get away with it. One miss and your frame goes down.

 

[Moonpossum6]

I made this stand out of torn down trampoline tubing. So far so good. Lightweight and portable.

 

[LR_Savage]

I made this stand out of torn down trampoline tubing. So far so good. Lightweight and portable.

Now that’s recycling at its finest! Good job man.

 

[Moonpossum6]

Now that’s recycling at its finest! Good job man.


Thank you. I used other pieces for trellises for my cucumber plants in my garden. I added a couple other views for perspective.

 

[2010Ruger]

made these the other night out of 1.5inch perforated square tubingand threaded hooks. Sets right over top of a t-post. hoping they work well, should be easy to transport and setup

 

[Moonpossum6]

Very cool. They look substantial.

 

[Forward543]

Hook lags in a 2x4 work for leaving out. It's fine for small group. Cut holes in your plate. Then take the plates. If it's for an actual range, needs to be much more substantial.

 

[hertz654]

here was my DIY effort from a couple years back using 3/4" black pipe and fittings from the local hardware store. A piece of mtn bike innertube serves as a rubber band to keep the legs from flapping when storing or transporting. I had some scrap sheet metal that I used to make the chain/S-hook brackets from. Fairly lightweight and adaptable on uneven terrain.

 

[Moonpossum6]

Mobile and agile that’s the ticket.

 

[LR_Savage]

*UPDATE*

The target stand is holding up very well. Was plinking around all day with a Savage MK2-FV and one of my ARs.I decided to confirm zero before heading to thunder valley this coming weekend. 300m Zero was good so decided to nail the small 10 inch plate. Good shot. Without thinking went to the silhouette target and placed one round on the thoracic triangle. Immediately after not seeing the target move, I remembered the sillohuette was only 1/4” steel.

Looking at the bright side of things, the rounds spawling after impact aren’t hurting the wood as bad as I imagined

 

[napt0wnc1ty99]

*UPDATE*

The target stand is holding up very well. Was plinking around all day with a Savage MK2-FV and one of my ARs.I decided to confirm zero before heading to thunder valley this coming weekend. 300m Zero was good so decided to nail the small 10 inch plate. Good shot. Without thinking went to the silhouette target and placed one round on the thoracic triangle. Immediately after not seeing the target move, I remembered the sillohuette was only 1/4” steel.

Looking at the bright side of things, the rounds spawling after impact aren’t hurting the wood as bad as I imagined

Whoops! Been there done that with punching a hole.
Stand looks great though- gives me ideas for how I want to set one up.

 

[MotoFlier]

Here is one I threw together, lasted about 2wks before I shot one of the chains out so now it hangs like a diamond.

 

[MotoFlier]

It don't ring worth a damn most times with small rounds you see the impact rather than hear it. I throw paint on it before I use it. Any ideas for making this damn thing ring out like every other steel target?

 

[Moonpossum6]

Mine does not ring very loud. I hear it occasionally mainly see it move. Or see impacts on the paint. My target that is pictured is AR 500, 16”x16”. The thickness is about 7/16. I think perhaps if it was thinner it would ring more. I’m shooting at it from 100 to 700 yds. This is my first steel target So I’m a noob.

 

[Lilja Riflebarrels]

I got a good tip from a friend of mine. He uses skidder tire chains to hang, they handle getting wacked by a round, and they ring a lot louder he says. He gave me a bunch to try at my range.

 

[MotoFlier]

Report back if that seems to help. My other idea is to get a large thin piece of steel the same size and mount it behind the heavy plate. My thinking is if I can get the spacing just right the plate could smack it just once on the initial impact and get her singing.

 

[Bantam1]

My old stand was all wood and it didn't transmit much sound. I changed to an all metal stand and now I can hear it ring at 1400 yards. I am using a 3/8" thick AR500 plate. I think the wood absorbs some of the vibration and soaks up the sound.

 

[Whiplash6.5]

Now all I need is land and put one of these together.