Target Frame Question?

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Hombre0321

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After much searching I have finally found a place to shoot at 1,000 yds, and its close by too. There are no facilities what so ever, no benches, no target frames no flags nothing.

I have a utility trailer that I have spent all day building a shooting bench on, works great. I have the flags, but I am need of information for the target frames. These need to be portable so I was thinking of building the frames out of PCV piping. I know this is a problem as when a bullets hits that plastic its not a good thing but it does need to be portable and PCV should sufice. What I really need is information on the Target Backer material. I have seen the black fiber board stuff at many ranges but don't have a clue as to what it is called. Or maybe there is some other backer I could use.

Any information would be greatly appreciated.

Roland
 
I would suggest that you use coroplast for your target backer. It will hold up to a LOT of shots and it has some structural strength of it's own. It can be obtained in black or white, although white is much more common. It will take staples, but masking tape is a much better way to hold the target. You could actually make the frame quite a bit oversized and hold the coroplast in the center w/ bungee cords. Might be a few less bullet holes in your frame that way.
 
"R" board works great, last long time, takes alot of shots, light weight. Paint it flat black and acts like one of them splatter target so you can easily see your bullet hole when off target.

Rod in Fargo
 
I use #4 rebar to make frames. Hammer and wire ties hold them together and down.

PVC is a good choice, cheap and easy to repair BUT, a 1000yd target is freakin' BIG. They tend to blow over in the wind.

It's almost hard to argue with a 4X8 sheet of osb plywood and some lathe/2X2/fenceboard or even 2X4's. Gener'ly under 20 bucks for the whole shebang and then all's you need is a hammer and some 8D duplex's, or a Dewalt screwgun.

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I'm again being incomplete......here's how I use the osb

I carry the sheet of plywood and parts to the range in pieces, stand the sheet up edgewise and drive some woodstakes into the ground. Blang some duplexes in to hold it down. Now using the 2X2 stock I brace the corners in a simple A-frame arrangement, adding support as dictated by the wind. This sounds much more complicated than it is. I can erect the entire thing from loose components in 5-10 minutes. In fact, here's where being a construction guy is handy. I normally have some 48" pine stakes lying around...... a sheet of plywood and maybe 10-12 woodstakes and I can make a backstop that'll stop a truck in ten minutes. When I'm done it's another 5-10min teardown and back into the truck. If anyone's more interested in this system I'll post pix of the little hanging rainproof boxes I slapped together one day 6yrs ago and still use....
 
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We use the light blue styrofoam that is used for house insulation. It comes in 4' x 8' x 1/2" sheets. You can push the staples in with your fingers. I think it works very well and is very light weight.

gt40
 
That frame is going to be big. You will need to make some provision for the wind.
 
Get a couple of T post and a old pallet.
Good Luck Max
 
About that evil wind:

For what I hope are obvious reasons, what sticks up -- above ground -- in a range with pits isn't metal. Where I shoot -- Camp Butner, a military range -- the target frames are a simple 2x4 frame using coroplast backers. The two 2x4 posts fit into some rather serious metal at the base (below ground level), but the ground itself is just as serious...

IIRC, the frames are a bit over 6 feet wide and tall. The benchrest target isn't as big as the 72" x 72" highpower target, the IBS target is 42"x42", a touch smaller than the highpower "center"
 
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