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[WTBJR]

 BACKOFTARGETSSF.jpg   411.33K   1 downloadsThe search for the perfect target is over. After tearing up everything that I have used as a target, losing ammo, cleaning up paper,shards of alum and steel, and card bard,off the ground and eating beans, I began my search for the perfect SS target.

It is a very simple but functional design.

Materials needed:

one large comforter ( if you have a Wife then you most likely have an extra comforter or two) a carpet floor runner also good.

One wheel barrow

two or more 3" round galv. elect box covers

String

(Positives) you can wheel your target anywhere, easy ammo collection, perfect size metal target for hunting training and card cutting practice. ( as you hit the target ,or the wind blows the covers spin,move,sway.This gives great target practice to cut cards as the cover will turn to give you an edge shot. "AIM SMALL, HIT SMALL"

I place the covers at different elevations rather than shooting at the same height target all the time.adding more covers gives you a good practice session, to prepare for different situations in the field.

i have only shot at 13 yds. I used 12mm,3/8 and 5/16 steel. The covers will take hit after hit. I do doubt that I will ever "have" to replace. Out of 100s of shots, there have been only 1 or 2 richocets where the ball did not end up on the comforter.

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Edited by WTBJR, 06 February 2012 - 08:02 AM.

[Jim Williams]

Very intuitive I like!

[Knoll]

Good ideas here. Thanks!

[JLS:Survival]

NICE IDEA, i like how its mobile too!

[newconvert]

those octagon covers are very hard, coule be some nasty ricochets, be careful

[WTBJR]

 newconvert, on 06 February 2012 - 09:19 PM, said:

those octagon covers are very hard, coule be some nasty ricochets, be careful

If the string holding the targets are lite enough, the cover moves easily. The slightest breeze will move it. It is a bit hard to see that the covers are set back into wheelbarrow a little. After 100s of hits, I have only had 2 ricochets that hit and landed off the mat further than 6 feet. Last week I shot at a can hanging in a tree 42yds away. I missed the can and hit the tree just above. A breath later,the 3/8 steel ball hit my steel sided house behind me. If the angle,speed,velocity,ammo and object hit is just right,you are going to have a ricochet

It is, a weapon, so yes, be careful!.