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Has anyone ever tried making their own targets?
sailordad:
heres my home made target,usualy i use a block
but thought this would be appropriate for practice this time of year
i actually made this last summer.
i took and old turkey decoy,and filled it with expansion faom insulation.
this took several days to do properly
you dont want to put to much in it at once.other wise it may take forever if not longer to cure all the way thru
you have to leave enough room for it to fully expand and cure,then another layer and so on.
it is a little time consuming to make it,but it was well worth it.
the arrow that is in it came out of a bow i got from Pappy,cockeyed is its name.
it pulls 51# @ 25" it says on it.this shot was from ten yds and it never fully penetrated the target,not any fault of the weapon.
the foam is fully cured and works mcuh the same as my block 4x4 target.i get the same amount of penetration(roughly) into the lock as the turkey.
i have shot this target about 15 times and never had an arrow sticking out both sides,this stuff works well and is failry cheap.
not to mention you get a 3d target to shoot at ;)
El Destructo:
--- Quote from: jonathan creason on April 09, 2010, 03:35:38 pm --- Probably will need to go get some more for this size bag, though.
--- End quote ---
I would hope so...these Bags hold 2500 pounds of Fertilizer.....Lime....Catalyst....you name it...they are big!!
HoBow:
El D - my company sells those (full of stuff) and I never thought of using it. Good tip! The thought of filling it is a little daunting though ;D 50 lb rice sacks you could get at any asian restaurant stuffed with wall mart bags will work too.
El Destructo:
And a damned sight smaller....and easier to fill too......... :P
aero86:
soda cans, stuffed easter bunnies that were on sale, cardboard boxes stuff with more cardboard boxes
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