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Posted: 4/27/2015 2:49:53 PM EDT
I am looking for some shot gun training target ideas. My local gun club doesn't allow clay pigeons on the range unless I had an easy way to clean them up. Is there any alternative targets that are fun to shoot with shotgun loaded with bird shot?
Link Posted: 4/27/2015 4:32:14 PM EDT
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Helice
Link Posted: 4/27/2015 10:18:42 PM EDT
[Last Edit: toothandnail] [#2]
Here's what we use
I was testing them for use with pistol, had several guys asking how they would hold up
Sorry about the VV
Link Posted: 4/28/2015 1:13:49 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 4/28/2015 8:05:41 PM EDT
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Did you make the steel knock down targets?
Link Posted: 4/28/2015 9:11:48 PM EDT
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Link Posted: 5/5/2015 9:39:53 PM EDT
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Originally Posted By eric1231:
Did you make the steel knock down targets?
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Yes we have made every target on our range
Link Posted: 5/31/2015 8:02:48 PM EDT
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What size steel knock down targets
4" circle ? Similar size to a clay pigeon or should I get several different sizes and shapes?
Link Posted: 5/31/2015 8:38:24 PM EDT
[Last Edit: JesseTischauser] [#8]
Link Posted: 6/1/2015 8:01:12 PM EDT
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I practice with 4x4" with both pistol and SG. That way at a match the 6x6 look huge.

Use 5x5 and 6x6 for matches, sometimes throw in a few 4x4's in a SG array just to make it interesting.

Here is a 6x6 and a 6x7
Link Posted: 6/1/2015 9:12:57 PM EDT
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I use 2" angle iron cut into 8" lengths for shotgun targets.  No welding required, just stand them up on a flat spot.  Similar size to the 4" x 8" 3GN targets, get a little bit larger angle iron if you want to get closer to the 4" presentation.
Link Posted: 7/14/2015 8:41:49 AM EDT
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Originally Posted By eric1231:
What size steel knock down targets n
4" circle ? Similar size to a clay pigeon or should I get several different sizes and shapes?
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Your usual clay bird is 4 and 3/8ths inches across.

I was working on a project a few years ago where I had some A36 plasma CAM'ed.  The back piece was a half circle shape.  The front piece was a half doughnut shape.  There was a filler piece welded in the middle, so a clay bird fit perfectly between the front and back pieces.

Then I had some 1/4" thick AR500 CAM'ed into 4.375" diameter circles.  I figured I would paint them orange, and then slide them in between those two halves.  I reckoned if I ever got to practicing shotgun, I wouldn't have to replace the clay birds after every run.

That was about as far as I got.  Life got in the way.

I was also fiddling around with torsion springs that would allow a 6X6 plate 3/8ths thick to fall backward when hit, and then stand back up.  More time shooting, less time resetting.

Again, life got in the way.

I do like tooth and nail's target
Link Posted: 7/14/2015 9:07:03 PM EDT
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Tooth and Nail Armory has some nice steel targets on a hinge. A little easier to reset than the standard knock down steel plate.  Easier on the back that is.

Bill

http://www.toothandnailarmory.com/product/TN566.html
Link Posted: 8/20/2015 4:30:08 PM EDT
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Doesn't work for OP's original question, but this thread is old anyways.





If you need clay target stands on a budget, brazing rods from local welding supply store work great and are less than a $1 a piece.















 
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