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Ive looked at those. do they only work with their plates that have the keyhole or any plate? $13 hanger + $6 T-post. $40 for a Tpost Driver.I was turned on to these by an instructor and I've been very pleased so far. T-posts are cheap and easy to put in or take out. The pricing on the targets makes me think they're not really AR500 or somehow got some cheaper grade of it. Personally, I've switched over to all 1/2" plates and even those get a little beat up over time by rifle fire.
Get these hangers
Steel Target Holders: T-Post Twist Lock Static Target Hanger
Our T-Post Twist Lock Static Target Hanger are made from durable AR500 steel, CNC laser cut & designed to protect from multiple impacts. These hangers are made to accept our AR500 / AR550 steel targets which have a key hole style hole that works perfectly for mounting.
Then get whatever sized steel plate you want and all you have to do is pound in the t post wherever you want it, put on the twist lock, and then put the plate on it. Only issue I've had is that the t posts will loose a chunk when a miss hits them. Wasn't me, must have had some friends make a bad shot or two.
yea, did that one too. thats what originally got me thinking.Lazier than I am cheap, I just spend the $8 at Lowes.
IF(big if) someone made exactly what I wanted I probably couldn't afford it..so I build my own.As a former welder and custom metal fabricator, I’d say, the cheapest gong hanger would be some 1.5” x 1.5” .250” wall square tube, a welder, a bandsaw, a tape measure, some lengths of chain, some good Rustoleum spray paint, and a “can do” attitude.
where do you get the rubber straps?
little fuckers can haul ass when they got incentive
A decade and a half ago, I rebuilt a range. they had a great steel gong but no place to put it. So, I built a sold hanger out of 4x4’s. Mounted it at 125 yards. (Seemed like a decent distance, not too close, not too far) Excellent marksmen
they work great and are cheap as rod and plate in your area
or 2x4's plate and fasteners .
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that the folks that used that range were.…They damn near shot the 4x4;s to pieces. And the gong was a solid foot in each direction from wood. (It was obvious they were trying to hit the gong and not the wood because the shots were so random.).Who sells shepherd's hooks that are bent that way? Only ones I can find in my area are bent to lay flat for shipping.
they work great and are cheap as rod and plate in your area
or 2x4's plate and fasteners .
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Speaking of “marksmen.” Once while at the range a fellow was trying to sight in his rifle with a friend. The first target was at 50 yards and they apparently were not even close to the paper. So, the fellow with the rifle blurts out…”What should we do, move the target out to 100 yards?”
Go down to the local FD and ask. It all gets tested annually and what doesn’t pass gets thrown away.
I live in the rockies in Colorado. None of my Milwaukees could make it through the rocks lol.
I mean if one was really inclined a hammer drill and masonry bit would give a pretty secure way to affix a gong to a rock.
That would be pretty sweet. Some of those rocks are pretty crazy. But mostly what I run into is these 6"-8" rocks that you can never seem to dodge with a T post or rebar. I might have to try doing some climbing and putting a gong in some stupid place though.
