Firearm BS thread

Much to my delight, a heavy package arrived this morning. Is it common/ok to paint these a fluorescent orange color? I have a can that I use for my snowplow stakes. 6" & 8".

With the included hardware, the targets are at a nice downward tilt.

 

I see nothing wrong with it

 

Oh - is there a proper/optimal angle the chains should hang at? My initial mock up on the 2x4's seemed too vertical.

I'm probably over thinking this.

 

Nice! Are some of those stickers?

 

Yes, they were just ones that came on the bull's-eye targets (manufacture) , now they're orange like the rest

 

20" spread (on center) on the eye hooks did the trick. Placed the eye hooks on the rear of the 2x4 to keep the front clean. Just had them resting on saw horses, so I had to hold it vertical as it wanted to tip from the weight of the target.

 

Probably overkill & not needed. But the wood-worker in me took over. Had some extra clear Danish oil from some recent furniture projects, so I decided to treat the 2x4's. 2-3 coats should do it.

Once the weather warms some, I'll be painting the conduit flat black too.

I'll pick up some of those Velcro straps to bundle the conduit & 2x4's. The targets & brackets fit nicely in my gettho milk crate range box!

Apologies for the repeated posts, just excited to finally get these up & running.

 

There's this condition that a lot of us suffer from,
It's called type A..... lol

 

Something interesting to note. The paperwork that came with the targets recommend 200yds for .223/5.56. Seems a bit far. I figured 100yds would be fine.

 

If that is AR 500 steel, then you'll be fine at 100 yards

 

I've hit mine at 100 yards with armor piercing 223 rounds and barely made a mark.

 

Thanks. It is AR500.

 

For rim fire I'll clean them every 300 rounds or so unless they start to malfunction before that.
My AR's I'll clean whenever I fee like it, I'll occasionally squirt some lube on them when they feel a little gritty/slow.

Center fire handguns will get cleaned after 700+ rounds or if they look to dirty from carry (lots of dust in my environment from bush hogging)

I tried fluorescent orange on my steel targets and it didn't work great so I switched to Cat yellow for some and New Holland Blue for others, both the blue and yellow are easy to see in most environments.

 

Here's the full list:

 

The XM855 green tips are the ones I'm talking about. Just go shoot and have fun!

 

You'll find that you will have a bigger problem with your stands handling the energy of a big round more than the big round hurting the target

 

This 70 series is my prefered carry:




I shoot it regularly with these two 80 series:




I really can't tell any difference in trigger or function between all of them. They are all good.

 

Nice. Headed to the Tulsa show in about a month and I'm sure I'll find several to pick from. Need to unload a couple M&Ps to pay for it!

 

Please share pics.