Where to buy target backer board?
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I just go to Home Depot and get their 2’x4’ 1/4” Luna handy panels. Another option is their heavy duty moving boxes. They are twice as thick as normal cardboard so are a lot more rigid.
I just get mine from the local hardware store. I use it for all my targets (spray paint a ipsc silhouette on them and they work like reactive targets), just staple it to my wooden frame and I use it on all my barricades too.
My hardware shop calls it tunnelcore double wall plastic sheet.
My hardware shop calls it tunnelcore double wall plastic sheet.
A sign shop like Fast Signs here in Houston has the corrugated plastic cardboard. I imagine any sign shop would have it and sell you the raw material.
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I prefer the foam insulation solid sheet. Doesn't disintegrate as fast as other media I have tried. I forget the real name for this type of insulation board. Stuff lasts forever
Awesome advice, when I lived in Houston there was a hurricane window protector company that used the stuff I used to get some from. I will check into the sign places around here.
Not sure what kind of foam sheets your talking about????
I dunno how to describe it. Its kinda like a self healing target to a degree. It takes a lot of rounds in an small spot to finally start making chuncks disappear. The club I belong to used them for our match targets until we went electronics. Framed in the foam with 2x4s. Each target would last about a season and a half before they needed to be replaced. I imagine if you moved your target around on the foam it would last s good while. I use it when I'm not shooting steel.
It doesn't blow chunks everywhere. Both options are good just another idea that I know works well and holds up to alot of rounds.
Election posters are the plastic board stuff free and they need to be gone .
second on the election signs; most come with a metal stand to stick them in the ground . for hard or frozen ground, make a base out 2x4s to stick the sign holder in.
The sheets at HD are back in the area that has replacement glass and plastic sheets.
It's called Coroplast and you can buy 4x8 sheets and cut it to size.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Coropla...te-Corrugated-Plastic-Sheet-CP4896S/205351385
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If you need a waterproof target, Tyvek house wrap works perfect. I bought a 3' x 100' roll for $60. I use a permanent sharpie to draw any lines I need and use orange dots covered with clear tape to aim at. 100% water proof, and can still be folded up and shoved into a range bag when done.
They have it (the corrugated plastic cardboard ) at the craft stores, Michaels, Hobby Lobby, Jo Ann Fabric, etc. It's cheaper there also.
I just use cardboard boxes, when you’re in Home Depot or Lowe’s ask if they have any old fridge boxes that they haven’t broke down into the baker yet. Late afternoon when the the delivery trucks get back.
Or an ac company may have some as well.
I’m currrently using some boxes from a couple 80” televisions from work, they are huge, solid 8x4 panels of double thick cardboard.
I also use butcher paper for when they get shot up, just roll a new sheet across and it’s brand new.
Or an ac company may have some as well.
I’m currrently using some boxes from a couple 80” televisions from work, they are huge, solid 8x4 panels of double thick cardboard.
I also use butcher paper for when they get shot up, just roll a new sheet across and it’s brand new.
Primary brand name is "Coroplast." Find a local supplier for signs, etc. They will sell cases of 4x8 sheets for around 1/8th the cost per square foot of buying signs from Home Depot.
https://www.coroplast.com/distributor/
Ask them about cutting, as they might do that cheap and then you can get them delivered ready to go.
Otherwise, sharp box knife cuts it well enough.
Note they have a zillion colors. You probably don't care as it's structural so ask for the cheapest color (white likely) but there it is, if you have a good use for different colors.
If you really like HD or Lowe's, you can buy the 4x8 sheets from them also for not awful prices. May have to pick up, if that works. They generally handle it poorly, so if it was for architectural purposes you'd be mad at the dinged up corners, but for target backers, will work fine.
Agree it's the best target material ever. Need to shoot thousands of times, or quite a few with a shotgun even, to make it useless.
Target stores have them as well. Here's some backers:
https://shop.actiontarget.com/content/bac-plas1-24-x-35-plastic-target-backer.asp
https://www.amazon.com/36-Corrugated-Plastic-Target-Backer/dp/B074Z1W3M4
Here's actual targets:
https://shop.actiontarget.com/pc_co...ed plastic)&search_keyword=corrugated plastic
https://www.coroplast.com/distributor/
Ask them about cutting, as they might do that cheap and then you can get them delivered ready to go.
Otherwise, sharp box knife cuts it well enough.
Note they have a zillion colors. You probably don't care as it's structural so ask for the cheapest color (white likely) but there it is, if you have a good use for different colors.
If you really like HD or Lowe's, you can buy the 4x8 sheets from them also for not awful prices. May have to pick up, if that works. They generally handle it poorly, so if it was for architectural purposes you'd be mad at the dinged up corners, but for target backers, will work fine.
Agree it's the best target material ever. Need to shoot thousands of times, or quite a few with a shotgun even, to make it useless.
Target stores have them as well. Here's some backers:
https://shop.actiontarget.com/content/bac-plas1-24-x-35-plastic-target-backer.asp
https://www.amazon.com/36-Corrugated-Plastic-Target-Backer/dp/B074Z1W3M4
Here's actual targets:
https://shop.actiontarget.com/pc_co...ed plastic)&search_keyword=corrugated plastic
Don't know your locale but if you are in a corn growing area hit up the seed rep guys.
They toss the signs yearly and usually have a truck load a year.
I get them for free for removal.
They are made out of the plastic cardboard that is weather proof.
Usually several companies in one area.
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They toss the signs yearly and usually have a truck load a year.
I get them for free for removal.
They are made out of the plastic cardboard that is weather proof.
Usually several companies in one area.
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I'm a thrifty mofo so I used to cut up the kids diaper boxes for backers. Not waterproof but effective. Now I work for a corrugated container company and can get all I'd ever need. (One of our machines is rated for sheets as big as 86"×212", for your Minute of mountain) 
When I started last fall I snagged a couple of these, but they haven't run them since then. 
When I started last fall I snagged a couple of these, but they haven't run them since then.
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I called the local Democrat headquarters today. I just wanted to see if they had any campaign signs still laying around. I'll be picking up 50 or so on Wednesday.
The medium size moving boxes from Home Depot will get you enough cardboard to do 4 roughly IPSC size targets without much waste. I normally keep the best out of the four targets to use as a template the next time. The moving boxes take a decent amount of punishment before they have to be trashed.
Tip if you have nosey neighbors like I do - cut the target shape from each of the four sides of the box from the outside of the silhouette and you avoid ending up with target shaped leftover pieces
Tip if you have nosey neighbors like I do - cut the target shape from each of the four sides of the box from the outside of the silhouette and you avoid ending up with target shaped leftover pieces
An easy way is to collect election signs (after the election, of course) and cut as needed, provided you have a place to store the supply.
This is exactly what I do. Have a 'stock' in the rafters of the garage as my 'go-to' whenever I need them. Civil service.
Everyone saves me their pizza boxes. Only problem is that pasters don't stick because of the grease.
Just wait for the day after the election, unless of course they are in your front yard without permission.
