I'm wanting to build a moving target that uses a garage door opener as the power source. I like the idea of using the remote to start, stop and reverse the target. I have a few ideas on this but nothing really set in stone just yet. I was hoping you guys had some thoughts or reference material to share. I have welders and most of the equipment and tools I would need to build something pretty nice.
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Olympic Running Target went away around 2006.
It was shot at 50 and 10 Meters with both air and .22 rimfire at slow and fast speed. This is what 50 Meters looked like:
Emil Martinsson train 50m Running Target - YouTube
Not sure a garage door motor will go fast enough. Outdoor targets ran on a rail system.
It was shot at 50 and 10 Meters with both air and .22 rimfire at slow and fast speed. This is what 50 Meters looked like:
Emil Martinsson train 50m Running Target - YouTube
Not sure a garage door motor will go fast enough. Outdoor targets ran on a rail system.
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I am not sure where you would be using the rig.
If it is for "occasional use" then what is easier is to find a range with pits and targets that raise and lower. Having someone in the pit with a target on a 8' post is great fun
The shooters get to shoot at the target being held up by the person in the pit.
The person in the pit can run, walk, sprint, turn, duck etc.
2 way FMRS radios for calling the drills are key.
If it is for "occasional use" then what is easier is to find a range with pits and targets that raise and lower. Having someone in the pit with a target on a 8' post is great fun
The shooters get to shoot at the target being held up by the person in the pit.
The person in the pit can run, walk, sprint, turn, duck etc.
2 way FMRS radios for calling the drills are key.
Do you want it for paper or steel? If steel, a garage door motor will burn out.
I thought of putting a piece of steel in An old tire and have someone roll it down a hill
I wanted to use steel. I have kinda given up on the opener idea and now thinking about using the ATV wench.
What type of rail system will it be pulled along.
Things to think about with ATV wench.
-Will it run in a "continuous loop"? ie forward= right and reverse= left.
-you will be hard pressed to get any distance out of the controller.
-the weight will be no problem for the motor but the duty time will. I think you will find you will burn up the motor quickly.
In my opinion (and its worth what you paid for it) I would use a tube rail system anchored in concrete footings and build a carriage with roller blade wheels. I would also use a bigger electric motor 3hp or so. You will still have to overcome some of the above hurdles. I have talked at length with Shannon down at K&M and looked at their setup. They found banging on the steel really took a toll on the carriage system hence the spring reactive targets.
I use three of these at our matches at Spearpoint. They are "sleds" made out of pvc with uprights for firring strips to hold cardboard targets. I have a spool with about 3/4ths mile of electric fence wire (18 ga I think) on it on the three point on my tractor. The spool is run by the tractors pto. We run three lanes at a time, 40 yds between targets. We start with the targets behind a bale or barrel then they go behind another bale or barrel 40 yds away. We can run at any speed from a walk, 5-6 mph, up to running coyote speed.
The key is to fasten the sleds on to the wire itself and not to each other. In other words you don't want the first sled pulling the rest, you want the wire pulling all three.
We usually run the wire around a post and back to the firing line to get the tractor out of the line of fire and communicate with the tractor operator by radio.
You could rig this same thing up on a ATV or vehicle rear wheel by jacking one side up.
gohb--This is in Kansas, we don't have a 40 yd stretch of water much less 160! Just kidding, no it would sink like a rock.
I see, I suppose if you used light walled-large diameter pipe for the runners to get enough buoyancy it might work. It's just a simple drag line system.
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