I have decided to put on a big bore rifle shoot at my local range. I figured that not only would we have some fun but it is also a great way to work on our skills at moving targets, reloading while moving, etc. Anyway, I now have most of the targets complete, so here is a small preview. They are 3/4 to full size. These are all "first generation" so I had to adjust the aiming point on a few due to the need to protect my supports on the carts. Future versions will be more anatomically correct and more fully hide the cart. These are all put together with mostly scraps and wheels that I pillaged from lawnmowers at the dump this spring. They roll straight and are quite stout so I think they will work great. My final test will be to hook them all together like a train and then pull them down our dirt road with my 4 wheeler. Of course my croc "jughead" just sort of lays there.
These are also going to be great fun just shooting at them in my backyard! Any thoughts?

P.S. The lion was made from a piece of six year old plywood that I found off by itself, far away from the other plywood.







Shameless link to our shoot.......
http://forums.accuratereloadin...4711043/m/7401032851

I like it. However, there is a little pink showing on the lions plywood!



Dutch

Come on Dutch, I'd shoot that lion charging any day.
Wonder if I could convince my wife to go for a ride to Montana?

Mike

now all you need is a couple illegals to push the carts

Carts, what carts?? In South Texas they just carry the targets.



SSR

No wonder our wives think we are insane...


(I love the targets though)

Firstly I really like those targets - great idea.

I have never hunted these animals. But I notice that the side on buffalo shot looks high and further back. The lion looks a bit low. Would that be ok for practice or would one develop a bad habit if practicing on such targets?

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Originally posted by Nakihunter:
I have never hunted these animals. But I notice that the side on buffalo shot looks high and further back. The lion looks a bit low. Would that be ok for practice or would one develop a bad habit if practicing on such targets?

Like I said in the original post, after I got everything built I had to move the aiming points a little bit so as not to shoot up the structural supports on the back side. My "Generation 2" animals will be modified so that the X is right where it should be. Since I will be aiming at the paper spot I expect to get in some good practice and GREAT fun shooting the crap out of these first ones! It will only get better with the next ones, and the ones after that , and the ones..........

It's a fantastic idea and great work on the way those animals look.
If I may offer a thought:
Once you do a few shots with black round bullseye targets, it may be worthwhile to make some simple overlays to cover the bullseye and then shoot some more to see if you are hitting the proper kill zone area (when ther is not a bullsyey to focus on). (The overlays could hang and cover the bullseye by using a nail or two.)

How are you going to have it move? Pulled by a long rope or push it down a hill?

That is a great point Bob and is exactly what I plan on doing for my own use, right now they are set up with those paper targets so that we can determine a "score" for the shoot. When the shoot is over it will be plain animal shape and nothing more.

RAC they will be pulled by rope at a brisk walk for the shoot, by my quad for something a little more exciting here at the ranch.