New target from range trash

[Wolfdog91]

Find these little spinners busted up at the range pretty frequently. usually a busted stand or someone pops a hole in one with something bigger then advised. People will just chuck them over the side of the berms for the forest service to pick up. Well I have a small pile and they can be a fun little welding project. Just finished this one up. Had to fill a few holes and flush grind them but really proud of the stand cool folds up and and can support it's self on flat surfaces [emoji16]
Really happy with this because was able to play round with cutting and fitting some angles wich I've never been the best at [emoji28] honestly should have paid more attention in geometry [emoji23]
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[Silvercreek Farmer]

Looks good! A welder is the best hot glue gun!

[owejia]

Simple but effective design, foldable, portable. Good work.

[lancem]

Thanks for showing that. I've been thinking (not real hard) about making some metal targets and I like that design!

[Froogal]

I've made a few steel targets, and I've bought some, but all of them required something to hang them from. That's when I realized that pile of undesignated inventory scrap steel that I've been accumulating was not just scrap. Designing and building steel targets is a big part of the fun.

[Winger Ed.]

Cool.

I've got one of those target things with that design of 'flipper'.
If it's got holes in it, I wonder what they're being hit with.
Mine is made with 1/2" plate and they say it can take hits from a full house .30-06 at 100 yards.

[Three44s]

Good save Wolfdog91 ...!

Thanks for the good pictures .... I might just have to build one of those gizzies. I have much steel laying around and the tools!

Happy New Year

Three44s

[MrWolf]

That works and the price was right too!

[sigep1764]

You need to make more of those and sell them! Might be slow to start, but those are neat. Good side hustle.

[Daver7]

Great project and thanks for picking up the mess other folks leave. You should be proud.

[Rapier]

It is a light weight impact swinger, but now the former junk is a serviceable target, good deal.
That twisted metal design, needs light weight impact at lower velocities.

[pworley1]

Good job.

[Froogal]

Cool.

I've got one of those target things with that design of 'flipper'.
If it's got holes in it, I wonder what they're being hit with.
Mine is made with 1/2" plate and they say it can take hits from a full house .30-06 at 100 yards.

Some of my homemade steel targets are made of salvaged 1/2" thick steel that is rusty on one side. Some of those rust pits are deep. The targets stand up easily to 9mm, .38 special, .357, and .45 Colt, but a .223 puts nice, little, round holes in them. All the way through.

[TScottW99]

Good deal. Hate when people grow trash away at the ranges. Helped remove three dump trucks of trash several years ago at our local National Forest range.

[Wolfdog91]

Good deal. Hate when people grow trash away at the ranges. Helped remove three dump trucks of trash several years ago at our local National Forest range.

Yeah world full of slobs. Video from last month at my local range

https://youtu.be/nxI9mL7fR_Y

[Winger Ed.]

Our range is spotless.
If it doesn't grow, and it ain't a rock--- it isn't on the ground there either.
The people that run are range are clean freaks.

There aren't any trash cans on the range. Whatever you bring to the range--- you take it home too.
If you drive in the mud and leave ruts- they even have a shovel so you can fill them back in.
There's been folks that lost their memberships for leaving trash at the range a 2nd time.

[elmacgyver0]

Enjoyed your video.
I agree, a lot of people are slobs.
It is kind of nice when they are slobs about leaving their brass.
Nothing like free brass!

[jaysouth]

Find these little spinners busted up at the range pretty frequently. usually a busted stand or someone pops a hole in one with something bigger then advised. People will just chuck them over the side of the berms for the forest service to pick up. Well I have a small pile and they can be a fun little welding project. Just finished this one up. Had to fill a few holes and flush grind them but really proud of the stand cool folds up and and can support it's self on flat surfaces [emoji16]
Really happy with this because was able to play round with cutting and fitting some angles wich I've never been the best at [emoji28] honestly should have paid more attention in geometry [emoji23]
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How much would that target be if you were making/selling them? Before fright of course.

[dale2242]

I have found a few of those metal targets made for 22 RF.
It seems that shooters just forget about them and drive away without them.
There are a number of shooting spots in our area.
The closest shooting range is 50 miles away.
People go into the woods and find rock pits and log landings to shoot.
I pick up a lot of brass at these spots.

[gwpercle]

AWESOME !
Thanks for posting your range projects and range adventures ...
I really enjoy watching them ...

Keep On Keeping On :drinks:
Happy New Year !
Gary

[Driver man]

I enjoyed that video. Your beard needs more work

[Bob in St. Louis]

Neat video, thank you. That's more brass than I've ever seen just laying around, that's crazy.

[Mike H]

I don’t think I would go to a range like that without some good company. There must be some dangerous idiots using it,bullet holes shot into the rubbish bins and fired from the front of the firing line back towards the benches.Obviously no one cares about keeping bullets on the range,no decent stop butts and metal lying around to facilitate ricochets.Little wonder that ranges get closed.

[414gates]

Nice work. Seeing as you can weld and grind, you are in a good position to try make yourself a lead melter.

[Shurshot2]

Way to make a neat target!