Garrett Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Has anyone ever seen a steel target like this one before? Look at the vertical "post" with the two plates on the far left of the picture. Each time a plate is shot, it flips to the other side of the post and falls down one notch. With two plates like what is shown here, it would require 15 hits to get the plates to drop off the bottom of the post. I thought it was a pretty ingeneous target. I don't know who makes it, though. You can see a video here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GuildSF4 Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Looks like fun... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
supercomp9 Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Wow ... Looks like great fun... but in the world are they shooting 3 round burst at the tree... #2 shooter with a slicened mp5 spent a mag and half at it.. Oh well guess if you have to ammo to play.. Then have Fun... I like the target system as it would give a new shooter the ability to transfer a moving sight picture to a small degree. and teaching a younger shooter (my 6 year daughter) would love to know when they(she) hit the target.. Do you know who the maker of the Target System is ??? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Garrett Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 Wow ... Looks like great fun... but in the world are they shooting 3 round burst at the tree... #2 shooter with a slicened mp5 spent a mag and half at it.. Yeah, that was at the Indianna State Subgun Championship, held last weekend. It's a lot like IPSC with full-autos. This year, the stages were 100% falling steel targets, but they have used paper IPSC targets in the past. There are more pictures and vids at issmc.com. I was temped to bring my Para racegun and see if I could try shooting with that after everyone was done. As it turned out, there was a lot of time while waiting for scores to be finalized, and I'm sure they would let me. I'll have to try that next year. One part of the match that was a hit was the final array of targets on the "bridge" stage. There were 8 or 10 "popper-like" targets. The shooter was required to shoot them all in a single long burst (rather than single shots, or short bursts). The shooter was penalized for stopping the burst except for reloads or malfunctions. It was challenging, but possible, to get them all in one magazine. Check out this vid to see how it was done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl @ GT Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Yeah, A target company in the mid west makes that .......there was one in the shotgun match at Ontaulanee today. Send me an email or a pm and I will return the email address so you can make contact. Regards, Karl @ GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standles Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Karl: Why not just post the contact info here instead of in a PM? I am sure others are interested hence the thread. Later, Steven Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerT Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I, for one, would like to know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shred Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Hmm.. Karl makes steel targets, Karl's a sponsoring dealer here and could post an ad for it in that section if it was his product... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sturmruger Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 That targets looks like a lot fun. I have seen some of those online they cost around $125. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl @ GT Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Chris Martin from the Boston area was selling these targets for the company over the last 2 years. I do not know the name of the target maker only the sales contact. I will contact Chris and try to have him post here so any interested shooters can have easy access. Regards, Karl @ GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hammerspring Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Chris Martin from the Boston area was selling these targets for the company over the last 2 years. I do not know the name of the target maker only the sales contact. I will contact Chris and try to have him post here so any interested shooters can have easy access. Regards, Karl @ GT <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I would also like to nnknow , that looks like a lot of fun. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcoliver Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Hmmm...that target looks very much like a dueling tree 'cept that the plates fall down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MoNsTeR Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 GIMME! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Karl @ GT Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I just talked to Chris. The target is made by Mid West Target......... is called the Swing & Drop 9, the cost is in the 650.00 range. Try a google search for Mid West and you will find it. Regards, Karl @ GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cpmconst Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 I just talked to Chris. The target is made by Mid West Target......... is called the Swing & Drop 9, the cost is in the 450.00 range. Try a google search for Mid West and you will find it.Regards, Karl @ GT <{POST_SNAPBACK}> steel targets midwest www.steeltargets.net $679 w/ two plates Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tman33_99 Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 This looks like a very fun target, but is out of my budget for practice targets. I don't believe this would be a legal target for USPSA since all steel must fall to score (hummm, could falling 6" and becoming another target be considered falling?????) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hdgun Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 We have ( our club, Woburn Ma. ) 2 of them. they are alot of fun. I think we paid about $600 each. dont remember where we got them though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
standles Posted June 23, 2005 Share Posted June 23, 2005 Thanks for the pointer Karl..... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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