Posted: 8/22/2015 8:19:14 AM EDT
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I'd like to build a permanent target stand for a hanging round target ~36" in diameter.
Does anyone have any plans or ideas I could use to get started? I'm thinking about anchoring two eight foot 4x4s with a six foot cross beam and hanging the target with heavy rope. Then a stack of hay for the backstop? TIA |
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I'd like to build a permanent target stand for a hanging round target ~36" in diameter. Does anyone have any plans or ideas I could use to get started? I'm thinking about anchoring two eight foot 4x4s with a six foot cross beam and hanging the target with heavy rope. Then a stack of hay for the backstop? TIA I have had poor results with wood frames for steel, the wood got torn up from splatter, but it did take a couple of years of heavy use. I ended up using 1" threaded gas/black pipe to hang a 2/3 size torso steel. I used a post hole digger to get 18" below grade, put a 22" piece of pipe in the hole with the threaded end up. Poured concrete and let cure, built my 1" frame up from there. Same as your plan, only using a pipe frame. Top of frame was about 6' above ground. 10 years in, still working well. You have a clear impact area behind the target? That hay really won't do anything. |