plate rack

[Scarface26]

Gents,

I'm looking for a plate rack suitable for use with rifles up to .308.

Frank's shooting one in one of his videos and it has the ability to reset.

Backstory: my wife saw me watching the video and suggested that I might need one for my birthday. Unusual, but when there's a green light I step on the gas. Hard.

Thanks in advance and God bless America.

 

[Kline]

Quick search found this one that says its suitable for .308, I have no experience with it personally and i have never shot plates with anything other than pistol calibers or 5.56 frangible.

PR-1 Plate Rack

Six Target AR-550 Plate Rack

shop.steelops.com

 

[Forward543]

Mgm targets is worth checking out.

 

[spife7980]

Personally, I would build non resetting rack my own out of wood and scrap, you can buy lots more plates to shoot if you arent also having to pay for ar500 to protect the entire length of the rack plus all the labor etc.

So thats the cheap ass devils advocate comment , now back to recommendations for resetting racks.

 

[Scarface26]

Gents,

Many thanks for your replies. When I asked the question I figured $1000 ish. Was I ever wrong.

Spife is right. For the money i could spend on a resetting rack I could have steel at 100y increments out to 1000. For cheaper, really.

Thanks and God bless America

 

[Tyler Kemp]

Not sure what you're after exactly, but I can offer up my AR500 which is waterjet cut and much cheaper than comparable quality targets!

 

[Steel head]

Personally, I would build non resetting rack my own out of wood and scrap, you can buy lots more plates to shoot if you arent also having to pay for ar500 to protect the entire length of the rack plus all the labor etc.

So thats the cheap ass devils advocate comment , now back to recommendations for resetting racks.

I like how you think.

 

[TonyTheTiger]

I built one years ago with AR500 plates, mild steel for all the mechanical bits and angled guard plate, and wood for the legs. It was fun and it took a lot of abuse but eventually it just needed constant maintenance because everything was getting so eroded from frag. I got sick of fixing it and ended up hanging the six plates from a steel bar with some old tires cut into strips. Much less to go wrong and I don't have to pull a rope anymore.

 

[sam4886]

If you're going to buy steel, it is worth calling a metal supply house if you've got one close. My local pacific steel has ar500 circles they keep in stock for waaaay cheaper than anything I've seen online or at sporting good/LGS stores.

We hang ours with t posts and old conveyer belt cut into strips.

 

[sea2summit]

If you're going to buy steel, it is worth calling a metal supply house if you've got one close. My local pacific steel has ar500 circles they keep in stock for waaaay cheaper than anything I've seen online or at sporting good/LGS stores.

We hang ours with t posts and old conveyer belt cut into strips.

Amazon is also amazing. Got a full set of 8-3” and been banging on them for over a year now with 223, 6.5 G, .260, and 308. The smallest one has a ding where the bolts attach but other wise paint makes them new. Think I paid like $39 shipped with prime. About to pull the trigger on a few 1/3 silhouettes to set up around the pond for fun.

 

[SilentStalkr]

Geez. $1200 for one of those things? Build your own for sure.

 

[mmlook]

get a dueling tree, should be cheaper, and you don’t need a special auto resetting version

 

[Shawn1492]

Wow that Rem 700 bullpup chasis looks sick! I’ll defiantly get my next set of targets from you too. Good looking targets. Wish your stuff came up in the google search I did last week. Just bought a few small pieces.

Not sure what you're after exactly, but I can offer up my AR500 which is waterjet cut and much cheaper than comparable quality targets!

 

[Steel head]

If you're going to buy steel, it is worth calling a metal supply house if you've got one close. My local pacific steel has ar500 circles they keep in stock for waaaay cheaper than anything I've seen online or at sporting good/LGS stores.

We hang ours with t posts and old conveyer belt cut into strips.

Pacific steel and recycling?

 

[Fig]

I built a dueling tree a while back (https://www.snipershide.com/shooting/threads/diy-dueling-tree.6900945/ ), and the mild steel parts are all pieces of angle, which easily deflects match bullets so they don't mess up the tree. I'm sure green tips and other steel would destroy it quickly, but it honestly works fine with frangible rifle bullets or pistol rounds. The paddles are water cut AR 500 and look new after a ton of use.

I built it so it would break down for the car, and that's a problem because where the tree part fits into the stand is not as solid as it needs to be. If I don't jam pieces of cardboard in that socket the tree will jump, and all the paddles will flip on every shot. As it is they still jump with rifle rounds, and the design solution would be to make the base out of heavy steel so it's more solid, but then it would be a bigger pain in the ass to transport. So, I just stake the base down, stuff it with cardboard and call it good.

I use it way more for my son to shoot his .22, and for that you just throw it up and go.

My round target rack is on chains that hang under 2X4. The 2X4 and the chain is exceedingly cheap to replace, and IMO less hassle than something that will actually be bullet resistant.

But, if money is no object that Steel Ops rack looks really nice! I'll bet it's no joke to transport though. I will never stop being jealous of all of you who can shoot off your porch. I'd have all sorts of shit out there, like Hickok but far, if I could shoot at home.

 

[Tyler Kemp]

Amazon is also amazing. Got a full set of 8-3” and been banging on them for over a year now with 223, 6.5 G, .260, and 308. The smallest one has a ding where the bolts attach but other wise paint makes them new. Think I paid like $39 shipped with prime. About to pull the trigger on a few 1/3 silhouettes to set up around the pond for fun.

Some Amazon & Ebay deals are great. Some are definitely NOT AR500 either. Just gotta be careful there. Some are priced below material price, and I buy by the truckload. And then they're shipped free and Amazon is getting their 20%. I see reviews where 223 is bending the heck out of silhouettes yet it's still a 5-star review lol!

 

[Tyler Kemp]

Wow that Rem 700 bullpup chasis looks sick! I’ll defiantly get my next set of targets from you too. Good looking targets. Wish your stuff came up in the google search I did last week. Just bought a few small pieces.

It would be much appreciated

AR500 is a small part of my business and it's very competitive on Google, pretty difficult to show up on the first page. For adwords (where you see [ad] next to a google post people are bidding dollars just to show up when you search AR500. Unfortunately I'm not putting mad margins in my prices so I can't afford to advertise that way.

 

[sam4886]

Pacific steel and recycling?

That's the one. The sales house, not the scrap yard.

 

[sam4886]

Some Amazon & Ebay deals are great. Some are definitely NOT AR500 either. Just gotta be careful there. Some are priced below material price, and I buy by the truckload. And then they're shipped free and Amazon is getting their 20%. I see reviews where 223 is bending the heck out of silhouettes yet it's still a 5-star review lol!

That's a good point. I know there is one company named ar500 targets or something that sells mild steel targets.

 

[goatboy]

Forget the knock-down rack. Hang 6 or so 6-8” round plates on a 2x4. At 100m/yards, you are not going to want to reset it. If you really want a baller reactive target, a challenge targets “Texas star” is a lot of fun at a couple of a hundred yards...