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Some of these " factory targets " from MidWay etc are fairly expensive. I'm a poor man , so I figured I'd come up with a system that would give me the following :
Cheap cost
A good aiming picture with iron sights at 50 - 75 yards.
A good aiming picture with a scope out to 200 yards.
I made different styles and have settled on this one. Anyone who wants to modify the dimensions a little bit for their own purposes, go at it !
I took an aerosol can of brake cleaner ( always on the work bench for cleaning molds ) and took some sheet metal and used the bottom of the can as a template and scribed around it with a sharp scribe. I cut out the center disk. Then, I attached with pop rivets the " wings " . I figured that would be 10X quicker than cutting out all the metal around the circle and the wings.
I often times will use low power scopes ( 1.5 X - 5 X variables ) on my hunting rifles. I wanted lines running into the target to assist me in centering my cross hairs.
Here are photos of the " Finished Product ". The beauty of all this is that you can make them to suit your own needs , be it - - short range, long range, rifle, pistol, etc.