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Finally got to take it out for a shoot. My pistol range crosses over a shallow mostly dry gulley so when placed on a slope I needed a way to have the stand's upright arms rotate and lock in a plumb vertical position as if placed on level ground. The arms are also height adjustable.
All pieces bolt and nest into two packages which have hand slots cut in the plywood side boards for balanced carry to the set up sight.
Wing nuts are used for fastening so hand tools need not be used.
To attach the target backing paper, no need for a staple gun, hammer tacker, etc. I designed a mechanical friction clamping system that holds the kraft paper very tight. The target backing slots open wide enough to substitute with 15 and 30# felt, 50# smooth roofing, cardboard and up to 3/4" plywood panels. I chose to start with the thinnest structural paper available just to test the friction theory and it works very well.
It's had about a thousand rounds shot at it with none hitting the replaceable wood components. The stand is four feet wide so there seems to be enough backing material to even keep track of where the flyers hit. Not saying that the frame won't get hit but it was built with the intention for use mostly by seasoned pistol shooters.
This target stand to some my be a bit too much for it's purpose and I understand that as I too started thinking the same thing while I slowly pulled it out of my head during construction but now that its completed and works as designed I would consider drafting up a detailed plan set with construction notes if I felt there was a viable niche. Not holding my breath...
All pieces bolt and nest into two packages which have hand slots cut in the plywood side boards for balanced carry to the set up sight.
Wing nuts are used for fastening so hand tools need not be used.
To attach the target backing paper, no need for a staple gun, hammer tacker, etc. I designed a mechanical friction clamping system that holds the kraft paper very tight. The target backing slots open wide enough to substitute with 15 and 30# felt, 50# smooth roofing, cardboard and up to 3/4" plywood panels. I chose to start with the thinnest structural paper available just to test the friction theory and it works very well.
It's had about a thousand rounds shot at it with none hitting the replaceable wood components. The stand is four feet wide so there seems to be enough backing material to even keep track of where the flyers hit. Not saying that the frame won't get hit but it was built with the intention for use mostly by seasoned pistol shooters.
This target stand to some my be a bit too much for it's purpose and I understand that as I too started thinking the same thing while I slowly pulled it out of my head during construction but now that its completed and works as designed I would consider drafting up a detailed plan set with construction notes if I felt there was a viable niche. Not holding my breath...
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