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DIY Targets

CrispyKC

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Dec 25, 2019
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What kind DIY targets have yall made?
Anyone build a texas star from scratch? Anything of the like?
 
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We tried making a dueling tree, took some angle iron for the body, welded pipe for the plates to sit on, rebar bent at a 90 to sit in the pipe to swing on and we are still working on a reliable way to attach the plates to the rebar. Welding is tough on ar500 since it makes it not hard which kinda ruins the whole point of ar509
 
I’m a steelworker by trade so I have access to a steel shop plasma cutters etc...
This one is 3/8” ar500 I made this one to be taken apart and put in a trunk of a car . I like to look at what the manufacturers are making and duplicate it. I should cut the silhouettes out and sell them, although they are fairly heavy.
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I’m a steelworker by trade so I have access to a steel shop plasma cutters etc...
This one is 3/8” ar500 I made this one to be taken apart and put in a trunk of a car . I like to look at what the manufacturers are making and duplicate it. I should cut the silhouettes out and sell them, although they are fairly heavy.

I would love to have a hostage target like that, but my little welder doesn’t have the guts to deal with material like that.

that or a rifle rated dueling tree. The “ping” is always awesome to hear, but have if a reactive target just takes the fun to a whole different level.
 
cool ! do yo have plane with the measurements ?
No, I did it from scratch. If I did another one it would be similar to MK Machining's KYL rack they just made. It's shown on their Instagram page, not on their website yet.
 
Couple of diy stands I made, they work great and don’t take up a lot of room in the trunk.
 

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Good part is if one of the target posts get shot you can easily change them out.
 
I like these a lot. well i guess its time to upset the wife again.
 
I've wanted to build an RC truck to put paper on for either a moving target or closer self defense type stuff.
 
I've got a buddy that works for the railroad, gets me scrap steel plates all the time. Most of it is mild steel, but for free I can't complain.
 
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