kgunz11 Posted July 3, 2009 Share Posted July 3, 2009 I made these recently for long range rifle, they would work well for pistol too. They are AR500 3/8 thick and the same size as the ABC zone of an IPSC target. Got 56 total cut out of the material I had. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gino_aki Posted July 4, 2009 Share Posted July 4, 2009 I work at a rock crushing mine so I get all the hard steel I can handle for steel targets. It's the late nights at the shop making the targets...(can you say 2 am after work?) that gets me now that I'm no longer so young and dumb. If any of you live near a concrete company that mines their own aggregates, they probably got tons of plates that came out of their crushers or chutes and hoppers that they'd let you have. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMcG Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 I have been building some steel targets of late and thought I would share our work. I have some video on our Facebook site of the plasma cam we are using to cut the plate (the link to the site is in my signature below). We are using mild steel for shotgun and handgun targets and AR500 for rifle and slug targets. The photos below are all mild steel. I have some flashers and 1/2 IPSC targets made with AR500, but no pics yet. I will post them as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMcG Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 (edited) Poppers Edited January 10, 2010 by DocMcG Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMcG Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Pesky Popper Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMcG Posted January 10, 2010 Share Posted January 10, 2010 Swinger with removable leg extensions Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMcG Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 Flasher with 8" gong (AR500) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PHolsted Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I've got over a ton of ½" AR500 plate that I've used to make my rifle targets. I have extra I'll let go cheap, but shipping will be a killer. Regards Scott Where are you located ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
High Lord Gomer Posted January 11, 2010 Share Posted January 11, 2010 I thought the same thing...until I realized his post was 5 years old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bearcave Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I made my own auto-reset poppers for rifle out of a grain truck leaf spring. Spring was 3.5" wide and I cut to a length of 14" to 16". Made bases out of mid steel and used old coil trap springs to auto-reset them. The bases can't take a hit but top springs are tough. Spring was free, check with friends at scrap yards or that deal with heavy equipment. Great practice targets for the money! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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