Free Target Stands

[4v50 Gary]

From the March/April 2004 Edition of Muzzle Loader magazine:

Over the years I have purchased a dozen or so target frames, ranging from inadequate to absolute junk. After a recent primary election, however, I saw potential in the many electioneering campaign signs scattered down our roads. They were attached to a heavy wire frame and are made of weather-resistant cardboard. Very often the staff that puts them up does not return to retrieve them, so I did.

"Just staple or tack your paper target onto the sign and drive the legs into the ground. Stick-on targets work great. What do you do when you have shot the sign to pieces? I found that pizza boxes have two slits at the hinge that fit perfectly over the upwright wires. Tape the box shut and you now have a new, free target backing. Furthermore the roadside is cleaned up."

Submitted by "Banjo Bill" Higbie of Branchville, New Jersey

OK guys, you have your orders. Having worked in a pizzeria, I can attest that the holes were vent holes to allow moisture to escape.

BTW, we don't have signs like this in my concrete town but I'd thought you guys will enjoy helping to clean up the environment and promote our sport.

 

[another okie]

I've used these as target stands for years on my place. I tape targets onto the cardboard. When the cardboard gets wet or decays, I tape newspapers over the top of the target to create a new surface. (I make targets by tracing the circles from a CD onto printer paper and then running it through the copier.) Bullets will bend the metal and eventually break the, so they don't last forever, but they work really well.

They are a little short, but I shoot into the side of a hill anyway, so they're actually just right for me.

It's good a presidential election is coming up, because my supply is running low.

By the way, I do wait until the polls close to gather up my supply, so save the indignant remarks.

 

[Carlos]

Zip06!!!!!! Somebody else caught on.