Recipe for home made Target Stands....

[retired]

http://www.theboxotruth.com/docs/edu24.htm

I second these. I made some for the Lytle Creek shoot and the recenet BLM Zombie shoot in Barstow. They work great as long as people who either have lousy aim or intentionally shoot at them, don't hit them. I had one destroyed at each shoot. I haven't figured out how, when the target is about 4' above ground level, the pvc pipes on the ground are getting hit in addition to the pvc risers that hold the target.

They are easy to make, just messy when using a skill saw to cut the 10' section into the individual pieces. Just have a shop vac handy.

[stitchnicklas]

here is my stand,worked great...except the cable kept getting shot,i switched to weed whacker line..

http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/showthread.php?t=326826

[sharkforce]

I followed the instructions from the blog

http://accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2009/02/26/build-a-simple-portable-pvc-target-stand/

cost 15-16$ in supplies not including the pvc cement and the broken belt sander belt from sanding the wood down to shape to fit in the 1 1/2" pvc

the 10ft white pvc was cheaper than the black abs @ home depot however the 1 1/2" abs tees and 90 deg bends were cheaper than the pvc variety. to build it to his specs you need around 15ft of pvc.

[Lil Bawbee]

All steel and has holes drilled for tent stakes.



I had to make something that folds up nicely to fit in the car.

nice im gonna have to make me some!

[loudninja]

All steel and has holes drilled for tent stakes.



I had to make something that folds up nicely to fit in the car.

sweet setup! what is the distance between the two upright pieces that hold the wooden stakes up? will an IPSC target fit?
thanks.

[RTE]

sweet setup! what is the distance between the two upright pieces that hold the wooden stakes up? will an IPSC target fit?
thanks.

will an IPSC target fit?


Yes 22" center to center

[chrisw]

Not as nice and those metal frames....

just some scrap 2x4, 2x6 and plywood. The uprights slip into the 2x6 base so they break down for transport.

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or you can go the really cheap route around election time

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[Milsurps]

A previous thread... http://www.calguns.net/calgunforum/s...d.php?t=319425

[wrdavis]

Here's my cheap PVC target stand. Not counting the cost of the paper plate target, string, clothes pin, and 6 screws comes to $4.79 before sales tax. The PVC was all ready cut lengths of 3/4 schedule 40 at Orchard Supply Hardware. So didn't even need to cut them.

3ea 48" $2.88
2ea 24" $0.96
1 tee $.39
2 elbows $.56

Instead of PVC glue, I used 1" screws. 1" only go in one side and not out the other, so no sharp screw points the scratch things. With screws, its easy to replace a piece that gets shot up and not need to redo everything. After all, I'm not trying to make the PVC watertight.

The string just wraps around the screw heads at the top of the uprights. And I drilled a couple more holes in case the top gets shot off.

It doesn't get windy where I shoot, but if it does, a sand bag or junk laying around out there should hold it down.