Trey Veston
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I usually go out to my dad's place for shooting, but he is 12 miles away, and with his advanced age, he often forgets things and lately every time I go there to shoot, he gets angry over some random thing. Last time he yelled at me for his targets getting blown off by the 40 mph wind gusts last week. Not sure why that was my fault.
There is a small gravel pit about 2 miles from my house on the way back from my FFL that I've stopped at to throw a few rounds downrange at.
But, I am often needing to sight in a new optic or check out a new load, so I needed a portable bench, chair, and stands that fit in the back of my 4Runner.
Ordered a folding table off of Amazon for $50, then bought a $20 folding chair at WalMart. Found a nice set of shooting bags online for $24.
But, needed target stands. Not really interested in ringing steel or reactive stuff at the little gravel pit. All my shooting has to be with a purpose these days, such as verifying a new weapon is functioning, sighting in new optics, or verifying accuracy of a new load.
LGS had a set of 52" stands that you just clip pieces of cardboard into. Then you attach your targets to the cardboard. $22. Perfect! They were from ReVersa.
Got those, then cut up the box that the folding table arrived in. But, what about targets? My dad has cases of NRA targets, but didn't want to bother with him, so looked around and was amazed at how expensive paper targets were. Thought about printing out targets, but didn't want to drain my ink cartridge.
Ended up buying a 100 pack of cheap paper plates for $2.68, then another $1.94 for 350 neon 3/4" circle stickers, and a package of 50 thumb tacks.
Yes, they look cheap and white trash, but they are all I need for sighting in pistol optics and checking out load accuracy.
Will be trying them out tomorrow. I'm sure they will be better than my old method of just drawing circles on a cardboard box and putting some rocks in the bottom so it doesn't blow away.
When I had my own property out in the country, I would enjoy building some pretty cool target stands out of PVC pipe and rebar, but this should work.
Not sure about the table, though. Not stable at all. I may just relegate it to camping duties and buy an actual folding shooting bench.
Curious as to what kind of stands people have used that are portable and how they like them.
There is a small gravel pit about 2 miles from my house on the way back from my FFL that I've stopped at to throw a few rounds downrange at.
But, I am often needing to sight in a new optic or check out a new load, so I needed a portable bench, chair, and stands that fit in the back of my 4Runner.
Ordered a folding table off of Amazon for $50, then bought a $20 folding chair at WalMart. Found a nice set of shooting bags online for $24.
But, needed target stands. Not really interested in ringing steel or reactive stuff at the little gravel pit. All my shooting has to be with a purpose these days, such as verifying a new weapon is functioning, sighting in new optics, or verifying accuracy of a new load.
LGS had a set of 52" stands that you just clip pieces of cardboard into. Then you attach your targets to the cardboard. $22. Perfect! They were from ReVersa.
Got those, then cut up the box that the folding table arrived in. But, what about targets? My dad has cases of NRA targets, but didn't want to bother with him, so looked around and was amazed at how expensive paper targets were. Thought about printing out targets, but didn't want to drain my ink cartridge.
Ended up buying a 100 pack of cheap paper plates for $2.68, then another $1.94 for 350 neon 3/4" circle stickers, and a package of 50 thumb tacks.
Yes, they look cheap and white trash, but they are all I need for sighting in pistol optics and checking out load accuracy.
Will be trying them out tomorrow. I'm sure they will be better than my old method of just drawing circles on a cardboard box and putting some rocks in the bottom so it doesn't blow away.
When I had my own property out in the country, I would enjoy building some pretty cool target stands out of PVC pipe and rebar, but this should work.
Not sure about the table, though. Not stable at all. I may just relegate it to camping duties and buy an actual folding shooting bench.
Curious as to what kind of stands people have used that are portable and how they like them.
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