MatthewVanitas
Member
Greetings,
Been checking out some options to add more pizzazz to our campus shooting range at UT Austin. One idea which came up is to have one lane set up with reactive targets, which might be fun, especially as a morale-booster for the noobs that aren't getting very encouraging groups yet.
Thing is, the range is only 10-15m or so, and we really can't afford any mishaps whatsoever with bounce-back or ricochet. Are there any good reactive targets that we can put up at minimal risk to the line?
I bought one of those self-healing polymer gongs for myself a few years back, but can't recall the company. I like the product, but not sure that it would serve at a smallbore range. The .45 makes it bounce all over the place, but with .22 it only quivers slightly. Any chance that said company is still around, and have they made any lighter-weight version that reacts well to .22 hits?
[seanconnery] Some things here don't react well to rimfire... [/seanconnery]
Thanks for any tips, will post updates on the UT Rifle and Pistol club when we start the new semester in August.
-MV
Been checking out some options to add more pizzazz to our campus shooting range at UT Austin. One idea which came up is to have one lane set up with reactive targets, which might be fun, especially as a morale-booster for the noobs that aren't getting very encouraging groups yet.
Thing is, the range is only 10-15m or so, and we really can't afford any mishaps whatsoever with bounce-back or ricochet. Are there any good reactive targets that we can put up at minimal risk to the line?
I bought one of those self-healing polymer gongs for myself a few years back, but can't recall the company. I like the product, but not sure that it would serve at a smallbore range. The .45 makes it bounce all over the place, but with .22 it only quivers slightly. Any chance that said company is still around, and have they made any lighter-weight version that reacts well to .22 hits?
[seanconnery] Some things here don't react well to rimfire... [/seanconnery]
Thanks for any tips, will post updates on the UT Rifle and Pistol club when we start the new semester in August.
-MV