I got a new target built a while back and I'm a little proud of it. I'm still looking for ideas on interesting things to shoot at so I thought I'd start a thread to see what other folks built in their yard.
Someone down the road from me took all the carpet out of their house. It took me forever to haul it back but I got 1100 sq ft of carpet for free! The target is 5'x'5' and a foot thick. I left the 6x6 posts a little tall in case more carpet shows up.
I used 1/2" rod to compress the carpet between the blocks. It'll stop the compound but I still shoot in to a foam block so as not to wear down the carpet.
I also shoot air guns so I made a sheet metal target with some gongs on it. I'm planning to stack bags of dirt a few feet high for a berm behind that. Nothing I shoot would make it through a dog-eared fence panel anyways but I want to be as safe as possible.
I've got a 40 yard shot which is plenty for what I do. My property backs up to an old warehouse so there's a 30' tall windowless block wall as a second backstop. There's greater danger to my arrows than there is to people.
Is anyone using the nets as a backstop?
Someone down the road from me took all the carpet out of their house. It took me forever to haul it back but I got 1100 sq ft of carpet for free! The target is 5'x'5' and a foot thick. I left the 6x6 posts a little tall in case more carpet shows up.
I used 1/2" rod to compress the carpet between the blocks. It'll stop the compound but I still shoot in to a foam block so as not to wear down the carpet.
I also shoot air guns so I made a sheet metal target with some gongs on it. I'm planning to stack bags of dirt a few feet high for a berm behind that. Nothing I shoot would make it through a dog-eared fence panel anyways but I want to be as safe as possible.
I've got a 40 yard shot which is plenty for what I do. My property backs up to an old warehouse so there's a 30' tall windowless block wall as a second backstop. There's greater danger to my arrows than there is to people.
Is anyone using the nets as a backstop?