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Making archery range/practice place?

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DC:
I'm guessing but something tells me that glass wool would have to be awfully compressed to stop an arrow. I could easily be wrong. I have a "Bulldog" target. Great target, lifetime guarantee, but it costs $100. I had it apart to reface it and to me it looks like it's full of disposable diapers or pantie liners. Not the new kind with the water absorbing crystals, just the ones that came before them. I have no idea what disposable diapers are worth but it may be worth looking at. They must be cheap the way people treat them ;) ;) ;) ;)

FilipT:
Hahaha, a superb material!

FilipT:
All these months I put aside this little project and concentrated my attention of other things. Until today, where I stumbled upon a perfect target, which is practically 90% done. My mother brought attention to some old open cupboard (don't know specific English term for it) that is just gathering dust there. I must admit I passed by it numerous times but never thought about idea of converting it to target. Only work I must do on it is to put boards on its sides to essentially convert it to a wooden box on legs. After it I can proceed with filling it with arrow stopping material. Finishing touches will be painting and adding handles for easier carrying.

Future target


I will put bottom two halves on the sides

jeffp51:
I have stuffed targets with cardboard, which wore out pretty quickly.  My new target is stuffed with old clothes and rags.  I think this is much better than plastic bags would be.  it is easy to pull out the arrows, and stops them better than the cardboard did.

FilipT:
What about combination of styrofoam, sponges, clothes, rags, etc.? Mix of everything, but packed together. Problem is that I have a bit of everything but not a lot of particular item.

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