gnatshooter Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 Friends, This seems like a simple issue, but it has me stumped. I print my own targets on 8" x 11" computer printer paper and a Field & Stream Target Stand For Paper Targets to hold the targets in place. I shoot 7.62mm x 51mm from a fixed position on the deck of my house, and change the distance by moving the target stand to different locations in a field out back. Printing my own targets saves wads of money and besides, I like my design better than what's out there for sale. Well, it happened again. I messed up on setting my elevation and totally blew off the two upper "arms" of the target stand that hold the top of the paper target. I could fix this if I had a MIG welder. This is the second target stand I've destroyed this way, and I'm tired of wasting money on target stands that are only really meant to be used for up to .22lr. Does anyone here have a system that works better and is more durable than this? 7.62mm x 51mm is an awfully destructive round. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unforgiven Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 If you know how to weld rent a Mig machine.What they do at the DNR range I go to is have chicken wire span to 4X4 posts and use clothes pins to attach targets.I put my paper tagets on a cardboard for backing.Cardboard from boxes I had. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubbasks Posted May 26, 2014 Report Share Posted May 26, 2014 I use 1" pvc. Drive some short rebar into the ground and slide em inside the pvc. If on ur property u could leave em there and just haul ur target. I use bailing wire and corrugated plastic sheet for backing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 or just nail some 2x4s together. they can take alot of hits before they fall apart. easy to fix. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sketch Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I use this with a 2x4 and screw up a frame that holds 2 full targets for pistol I've reused this and the same frame design for 10 or more shoots! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I vote wood frames before pvc. We made a few pvc frames once....VERA absolutely destroyed them. One bad shot shatters pvc and can create lots if small plastic pieces to pick up. Cheap and easy stand? Grab some of those wire frames with the corrugated plastic signs...like politicians and realtors like to use. Hits to the wire can cause a little damage, but if you have a whole case of em...who cares? Here's the stands, get the plastic and you're good to go. http://www.signwarehouse.com/shop/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=SC&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SS-END-STAKE Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
texas30cal Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I use a couple of 2x2's pointed on one end to make a stake then screw them to corrugated plastic election signs, the signs are weather proof, are easy to staple to, and don't come apart or splinter no matter how many times you shoot them, I try to get leftover signs from the local democratic candidates! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 the city closed the alley behind my house while the did some work. they left the orange/white barriers there for a week after they finished. I liberated the feet off of them :) holds a 2x2 post nicely. thanks lazy construction guys!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
392heminut Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 (edited) I use the wire and corplast campaign signs like Dirk suggested. Cheap, and if you have a bunch of friends running for sheriff like I do you will be all set after the elections. We've got something like 12 different people running for county sheriff and so far I've got signs from three of them posted in my yard.(I live on a high traffic street). <lmao> Edited May 27, 2014 by 392heminut Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 (edited) I use the wire and corplast campaign signs like Dirk suggested. Cheap, and if you have a bunch of friends running for sheriff like I do you will be all set after the elections. We've got something like 12 different people running for county sheriff and so far I've got signs from three of them posted in my yard.(I live on a high traffic street). <lmao> +1 on this. I got lots of coroplast and wire step stakes left over from when my wife rallied the neighborhood to fight the city council over zoning issues and won. :D Edited May 27, 2014 by shibiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
98Z5V Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Make wood frames with a chickenwire backing in them. Secure your targets to the chickwire with wooden clothes pins. Seriously. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 the city closed the alley behind my house while the did some work. they left the orange/white barriers there for a week after they finished. I liberated the feet off of them :) holds a 2x2 post nicely. thanks lazy construction guys!! I guess it's ok to steal anything that isn't bolted down...eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toolndie7 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Make wood frames with a chickenwire backing in them. Secure your targets to the chickwire with wooden clothes pins. Seriously. Thats not a bad idea. Can dry your socks at the same time too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 I guess it's ok to steal anything that isn't bolted down...eh? well call it a bonus for raising my property taxes every year. bought and paid for! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 well call it a bonus for raising my property taxes every year. bought and paid for! You guys in Tucson Unified School District got hosed. By "hosed" I mean 4" pumper truck enema. Glad our house isn't in TUSD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue109 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 and they say my home went up in value another 5 grand....wishful thinking at best. id challenge it, but nothing ha sold in my hood to use as a comparison. hosed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DNP Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Well, so long as it was Government property, I guess that's ok... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Here's an idea from the Chinese Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted May 27, 2014 Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 image.jpg I use this with a 2x4 and screw up a frame that holds 2 full targets for pistol I've reused this and the same frame design for 10 or more shoots! Oh! Target stands! Forgot where I was for a minute...thought someone was trying to fashion a bipod for an MRAD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gnatshooter Posted May 27, 2014 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2014 Here's an idea from the Chinese And that poor b@st@rd knows they're shooting Chinese ammo. I guess in the Chinese Army, there are worse things than getting assigned to cleaning the outhouses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
planeflyer21 Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 What's that say about their marksmanship and trust in team work? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Oh! Target stands! Forgot where I was for a minute...thought someone was trying to fashion a bipod for an MRAD. ^^^^^ <lmao> <laughs> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shibiwan Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 (edited) And that poor b@st@rd knows they're shooting Chinese ammo. I guess in the Chinese Army, there are worse things than getting assigned to cleaning the outhouses. They must really trust them! Look at the background!! NO BACKSTOPS!! LOL!! Edited May 28, 2014 by shibiwan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Microgunner Posted May 28, 2014 Report Share Posted May 28, 2014 Here's an idea from the Chinese New Chinese birth control policy, retroactive abortion. Either that or forced retirement. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jtallen83 Posted June 26, 2014 Report Share Posted June 26, 2014 I vote wood frames before pvc. We made a few pvc frames once....VERA absolutely destroyed them. One bad shot shatters pvc and can create lots if small plastic pieces to pick up. Cheap and easy stand? Grab some of those wire frames with the corrugated plastic signs...like politicians and realtors like to use. Hits to the wire can cause a little damage, but if you have a whole case of em...who cares? Here's the stands, get the plastic and you're good to go.http://www.signwarehouse.com/shop/merchant.mvc?Store_Code=SC&Screen=PROD&Product_Code=SS-END-STAKE I always volunteer to go pick up the political signs after elections. provides a nice supply of free target holders, some just flat make fun targets! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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