Auto reset reactive steel targets

[jwmorris]

I have made a few similar to this that work better than walking back and forth when it's wet.

This is a video with a camera down range showing them working.

They generally run off of deer feeder batteries but they are in use feeding right now. The Larue style is running slower than normal in the video due to running off of 12v vs 24v.

 

[Handloader109]

Looks good. Got to make me some

 

[Billrog]

Your wife is a good shot :laughing:

 

[k0ua]

You could sell them all day every day for real money.:thumbsup:

 

[joefromga]

How about use a pressurized shock that holds up a trunk on a car? Put it on the back and that will allow the targets to tilt back then push them back up.

 

[joefromga]

I have made a few similar to this that work better than walking back and forth when it's wet.

This is a video with a camera down range showing them working.

They generally run off of deer feeder batteries but they are in use feeding right now. The Larue style is running slower than normal in the video due to running off of 12v vs 24v.

Pretty cool. That looks like a propane tank on the bottom right. You'd certainly know if you hit one.

 

[jwmorris]

Your wife is a good shot :laughing:

My wife can't shoot like that.

 

[DT86]

Very nice. What's the trick?

Pretty cool. That looks like a propane tank on the bottom right. You'd certainly know if you hit one.

Yeah you would, especially if there were a small fire involved.

 

[k0ua]

That is not a propane tank, that is just a steel target in the shape of an IPSC paper target.

https://www.google.com/search?q=ips...kIMKHdpJBo4Q_AUICCgC&biw=1482&bih=635&dpr=0.9

 

[4570Man]

What pushes it up?

 

[czechsonofagun]

What pushes it up?

Same question

But looks very clever.

 

[jwmorris]

The large AR500 plate target works like this.

Pressed over bar stock bored and illite bushing installed there is a spring between it at the shaft the target pivots on and a bolt shank that comes up from the bottom.

The cam forces the motor/drive towards the target up to the point it is reset then let's the spring push it back of the "dog""

This one is an old video but you can see what is going on.


Here you can see the bold shank that comes up from the bottom that the cam rides on (grade 8 bolt cut off).

Motor torque is transferred to the plate below and oillite rollers are on the motor bracket. One switch is closed all the time except it opens when the "reset" tab is just shy of contacting the "target" tab. The other switch is open except when the target is hit and falls.

It generally resets a lot faster because it is actually a 24v DC motor but as you can see from the video it will work off of 12v of your not in a hurry.

The deer feeder batteries are in feeders this time of year but I installed power ports in the rear when I built it so it could be powered remotely (you can see the battery to the right of my bullet trap).

 

[jwmorris]

The plate racks are much more simple, just not as compact. They use a power window motor from an old car and a gear. A seasoned junk collector with notice that the nearest gear is actually a Chevorlet flex plate.

At the bottom of the stroke the connecting rod to the reset arm above, opens a normally closed limit switch.

When the last target falls it hits a momentary switch powering the motor long enough to be off the limit switch so it can make another revolution, resetting all of the plates.