Jeeper Posted March 1, 2004 Share Posted March 1, 2004 I have been making some new targets for my club and finished one today. I have a few more in the works but this is the first one that is done. I tested it a few weeks ago at a match and it worked fine. It might make it into the line up for space city in april. I am going to make apage on my website dedicated to targets that I see or that I can get picture of so that people can copy the designs for their own clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tightloop Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Looks cool, tell us how it works.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper Posted March 2, 2004 Author Share Posted March 2, 2004 Lets see. Shoot steel Two targets rise. :D Simply a weighted hinge. Nothing fancy. The plate is heavy enough and offset enough to bring up the paper even with long sticks attached. Simple to reset. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flexmoney Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Hurry and put it outside in the rain...see how it works when those target get a bit water-logged. (Local club has a big popper that brings up a single paper target when the popper falls. Pretty cool, but we have to be careful of water-weight.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted March 2, 2004 Share Posted March 2, 2004 Clever use of angle to avoid splatter-ifying the front targets. Is there enough weight for reliable operation on a windy day? We don't bother shooting if it's raining, but wind we have plenty of on the range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jeeper Posted March 2, 2004 Author Share Posted March 2, 2004 It has an adjustment screw to allow for setting it like a popper. It actually comes up pretty easily. That plate is heavy and so is the pole it is on. It is set back about 6 inches from the center of the hinge. Without the target sticks in the plate wont stay up. I am going to test it in a bigger match outside here in a couple weeks. I also have another activator type target I am fabbing up right now. I copied this idea from one I saw that only had one target appear. The two target definately took more work with making it activate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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