Building A Pistol Target Stand

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Building a pistol target stand.

You may be thinking that you don t need 4 stands. Diy targets the pvc stand. To build it you need eight pieces of black abs pipe that measure 1 5 by 24 inches. The type of targets that you choose to add is a personal preference.

We utilized this field expedient target stand system when we ran out of mgm metal target stands for our uspsa matches. Take youtuber hickok45 and his epic backyard range. With steel targets spread out up and down a ravine it s a place we all dream of trying out. But think about setting up multiple targets barricades and having a target for your shooting buddy.

Some backyard gun ranges have become legendary. The 1 2 target supports are easily replaced when necessary. There are a lot of diy hobbyists in the gun world. This diy 6 cardboard target stand was utilized by a gun club that i was a member of back when i lived in ny.

Range fees can get expensive especially memberships to outdoor ranges that have longer or more advanced firing lines. Rather than buy a commercial product i decided to build my own portable target stand. The first target system is a very simple pvc stand. What you will need.

If you were to look into the back of my toyota 4runner right now you d see this stand which breaks down into several pieces for easy transportation. The stand system is super easy to build and inexpensive. One for the 100 200 yard lines. 7 pvc 1 5 id pieces 2 4 wood furring strips 2 t joints 2 elbows and 2 end caps.

For scale i decided to illuminate a target at a known distance. I assembled five 16 long pieces to form the base of the target stand using the 2 t joints and 2 end caps the remaining two pieces of 16 length were added as vertical sections using the elbows at the ends opposite the end caps where the wooden furring strips will be inserted. Plus it would probably cost you nearly as much to build one stand as it would be to buy the material in bulk and build 4. For my range we constructed mobile target stands out of pressure treated 4 4 s and 2 4 s.

Targets my dad and i built two target stands. Everything i bought allowed me to make 4 target stands.