I've been interested in making a responsive type target a while now. Since the new bolt gun has already proven to be an accurate rifle I've recently started giving it some more thought. The plan is to place the target on the other side of my brothers field. During the summer months it will be nice to be able to shoot with out messing up the hay field. Should it be corn, I believe we should be able to put longer legs on the target and shoot over the corn from the hay mow.
Here is a link to one of the targets I saw that I am getting some inspiration from. I would like to be invested about 10% of what that asking price is though.
https://xmetaltargets.com/product/plate-rack-gravity/Curious here if anybody has any experience with something like this.
Over the past couple of days I put some thought into it and developed something in 3D that I think might work. There are 6 main targets split off into a left and right side. Each side can be reset individually via the 4th target to the outside. The targets are 6" diameter. They hang down and when hit are designed to flip up and rest I an upward position. The reset target would rotate to push the targets back down.
The black piece in front is a deflector angled downward. I should be able to get some used pieces of cutting edge from a grader or snow plow to use here. From the reading I have done those are typically made from AR500 or a variant of an abrasive resistant steel. Hopefully I can find one 3/8" thick. I suspect they will be 1/2" though.
The targets will be 6" in diameter, 3/8" thick and cut from AR500. I found a place online to source these for about $80 total.
The tubing etc... will mostly be schedule 40 pipe. There is about $20 worth of various size and length pipe.
There are a few laser cut pieces that I will add into my next order of steel I get cut. I am estimating an additional $50 for the material and cutting for these parts.
I'm just planning on pinning some 2x4's cut to length to the side plates of the target for legs. Will make it easy to swap out new legs/ or taller legs to get over the corn should it be needed. I can pin some 8' 2x4's pretty quick and easy if needed.
Then some various pins/ bolts/ nuts etc.. to fasten everything together. And a little welding.
The only modification I am planning on making right now to the pics is adding a piece of angle iron to act as a splitter in front of the exposed pipe that the reset targets are mounted to.
Total cost should be about $160 I think assuming I can find a deflector piece laying around for no cost.
Also, not really sure of this was the right place to post this one. Feel free to move if needed.