Portable Moving Targets?

[DuneShoot]

I'm looking for idea's for a portable moving target.
Must be:
Portable
$200-300 to make
Don't have to reset it for each shot.
Rotates or side to side.

I'm picturing something that rotates, wagon wheel shape, connected to a small motor and small battery.

Idea's or pic's?

[Jcastaneda1105]

I like cats as they are portable, moving and fairly cheap if you know where to find strays.

Kidding kidding. I have seen a few moving targets lately on woot.com. take a look there.

[foesgth]

Don't think he eats much...

[gemoose23]

Texas Star Or Action Pistol Swingers are easy solutions for moving targets.

[HighLander51]

you can get a paper swinger for about $200, but a Texas Star is about $700. Stars have falling plates and have to be reset.

https://www.gttargets.com/

[Toolbag]

[Javierv73]

Awesome looking target! I have been thinking about building something like that too. What kind of fittings did you use to make the targets swing and move around?
So far my idea was the same as far as the material goes only I was planning on using metal chains to hold the targets up.

And what size is that pipe 3/4"?

[x-007]

Get an inexpensive R/C vehicle ($50), some string and one of the party helium tanks and balloons ($25?). Tie the string to the rear of the R/C vehicle....about a 6'-8' length of string....inflate a balloon and tie it onto the end of the string. Back off to the firing line and operate the R/C vehicle to make the balloon target move (It's best to have someone else use the R/C control, but it's possible to do yourself IF you're going to shoot one-handed). When you pop the balloon, just drive it back to where you are and attach another one.....OR tie an empty aluminum can to the string and drag it as a moving target.

You can also make a pulley set-up, using gravity, to have a moving target. A couple of pulley wheels, approximately a 50' length of rope that will fit into the pulley wheels, and a couple of 8' 2"x4"'s (or you can use trees that are on a slope to attach the pulley wheels to). The slope is necessary, for you'll attach your target to the rope at the bottom pulley, then pull the rope to bring it up to the top pulley. When the target is at the top of the slope, let go of the rope and gravity will cause it to move from the top to the bottom. The target backing can be thin plywood or cardboard attached to a "leg" piece of wood that will hang down below the rope by at least 1' (you don't want to shoot the rope!), and you can staple or tape on paper targets to the target backing. Total "package" will probably cost you about $20, but you may have some scrap wood, some 2"x4"'s and some old clothes line rope sitting around somewhere.

The pulley wheel target set-up ain't that easy to shoot, especially if the target is moving fast down the slope! I've used a set-up like this several times, and even experienced shooters have had a tough time hitting the target. Only ONCE has anyone hit the target all 6 times (6-round max is allowed, since it doesn't take that long for the target to slide down the slope). I was the one that hit it all 6 times, but there were other shooters who hit it 5 times.

[madsend81]

Awesome looking target! I have been thinking about building something like that too. What kind of fittings did you use to make the targets swing and move around?
So far my idea was the same as far as the material goes only I was planning on using metal chains to hold the targets up.

And what size is that pipe 3/4"?

It looks like you could do 1" pipe for the frame and 1 1/4" for the spinners

[Toolbag]

It looks like you could do 1" pipe for the frame and 1 1/4" for the spinners

I did 1/2" pipe with 1" spinners

[madsend81]

I did 1/2" pipe with 1" spinners

That would be cheaper. My inner engineer liked the closer tolerance between the 1" and 1 1/4" pipes. How much did you spend on your setup?

[Toolbag]

I think I got 50 bucks into pipe fittings everything else was scraps.