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<blockquote data-quote="Azrael" data-source="post: 1576257" data-attributes="member: 106296"><p>The bigger the better. You can always aim at a smaller paint mark, but a clean miss doesn't teach you much. I use AR500 and a few AR525 IPSC targets a lot because it was cheaper than cutting squares and the dealer offered free shipping. There's also round gongs from 4" to 12" that mostly came from ebay sources. Someday I'll hang small gongs in front of the big ones. A reactive hostage taker target is a lot of fun.</p><p></p><p> I've been lucky with industrial salvage that I've found or shooting friends have brought over. Among my favorites are a pile of 18 x 30 x 1" plates from something called a pulse hearth which is some sort of incinerator. Bucket liners from a 992 loader provided some big AR plates. In one instance I welded 4 18" square plates back into one 3 footer. Can't help feeling like one of us wasted their time there.</p><p></p><p> Target hangers have done sort of an evolutionary process. Where I'm at now for smaller gongs is 3/4" sucker rod that was cut up into fence posts. I got a whole pallet of those for $1.50 apiece and as near as I can tell they are bullet-proof. Black iron plumbing T's and 10m rebar complete the cross-bar. I've tried various straps and such but nothing has topped 3/8" Transport 70 chain and 1/2" and 5/8" Grade 8 bolts. Haven't broke one yet, or even marred one. Bigger targets are hung from 4 x 4 pressure treated posts. They stand up rather well.</p><p></p><p> An odd-ball target is set up at 650 yards for now, but is getting moved to 1/2 mile when I find 3 men and a gorilla to help me. Its an life sized buffalo target that we only use for black powder. Its hanging on a portable 4 x 4 stand that bears a resemblance to a swing set because it used to be one.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Azrael, post: 1576257, member: 106296"] The bigger the better. You can always aim at a smaller paint mark, but a clean miss doesn't teach you much. I use AR500 and a few AR525 IPSC targets a lot because it was cheaper than cutting squares and the dealer offered free shipping. There's also round gongs from 4" to 12" that mostly came from ebay sources. Someday I'll hang small gongs in front of the big ones. A reactive hostage taker target is a lot of fun. I've been lucky with industrial salvage that I've found or shooting friends have brought over. Among my favorites are a pile of 18 x 30 x 1" plates from something called a pulse hearth which is some sort of incinerator. Bucket liners from a 992 loader provided some big AR plates. In one instance I welded 4 18" square plates back into one 3 footer. Can't help feeling like one of us wasted their time there. Target hangers have done sort of an evolutionary process. Where I'm at now for smaller gongs is 3/4" sucker rod that was cut up into fence posts. I got a whole pallet of those for $1.50 apiece and as near as I can tell they are bullet-proof. Black iron plumbing T's and 10m rebar complete the cross-bar. I've tried various straps and such but nothing has topped 3/8" Transport 70 chain and 1/2" and 5/8" Grade 8 bolts. Haven't broke one yet, or even marred one. Bigger targets are hung from 4 x 4 pressure treated posts. They stand up rather well. An odd-ball target is set up at 650 yards for now, but is getting moved to 1/2 mile when I find 3 men and a gorilla to help me. Its an life sized buffalo target that we only use for black powder. Its hanging on a portable 4 x 4 stand that bears a resemblance to a swing set because it used to be one. [/QUOTE]
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