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[wisconsinteacher]

What do you use for shooing glasses?

I would like ideas on a target for the 300 yard range. I would like to make/buy one that reacts to hits and does not need to be reset every time it is hit. I was thinking gong, if so what size would you get for 300 yards shooting 223 through 338? I was also thinking of a holder that would hold clay targets? Any thoughts? One last thing, I need to set up and take down every time I take it to the range.

 

[OU812]

We blew up balloons about the size of your hand and stapled them to the board at 400 yards. Can't ask for a better reaction when hit then a popped balloon.

 

[FOTIS]

What do you use for shooing glasses?

I am lost :?

 

[Elkman]

The ones that I wear every day. They have impact resistent lenses, and automatic tinting. Nothing special. I will admit to sometimes shooting without them because the trifocal lens will distrort the center of the crosshairs.

 

[pre6422hornet]

I think that was "games" autocorrected... but that is just a guess.

 

[Guy Miner]

My buddies here in Wenatchee at Precision Tactical make the coolest heavy-duty AR-500 targets I've ever seen. They ring like a bell when hit and move - but don't have to be re-set. They on the expensive side, but it just might be the last long-range target you'll ever buy. They've got a facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Precisio ... ts&fref=ts

I've shot their targets with great satisfaction. You'll find some videos of them getting pounded by full auto fire, and holding up well.

Guy

 

[super-7]

What do you use for shooing glasses?

I would like ideas on a target for the 300 yard range. I would like to make/buy one that reacts to hits and does not need to be reset every time it is hit. I was thinking gong, if so what size would you get for 300 yards shooting 223 through 338? I was also thinking of a holder that would hold clay targets? Any thoughts? One last thing, I need to set up and take down every time I take it to the range.

My dad gets the corner bits of a D8 cat from the construction co. He works at. Hang em from a chain paint them orange and boom away . I got a couple hanging at 100, 400, and coming this summer maybe 740 or so if the neighbor let's me stick one against the hill on his pasture behind my property. I've also had the welding shop just cut me a couple of 10" circles out of mild steal with the plasma cutter the ring pretty good when hit. I weld 2 1/2" circles together .

 

[shoots_5]

http://www.jcsteeltargets.com/

Good prices, awesome targets and you get to support a great program for at risk kids. I have one of his hostage flappers and it is absolutely top notch!

For 300 yards I would go with several targets... Maybe a 3" diamond for MOA fun and something larger to play with that could also be ran out farther if the opportunity was there. For mounting I'd go with a rebar stand with chain for swingers that is easy and fast to set up.

 

[Oldtrader3]

I still have a pair of Ray-Ban (Yellow) Bausch and Lomb (USA) shooting glasses that I paid $100 for 40 years ago when I was shooting 1911 pistol competition. They should be in a museum!

I wear CR-39 polymer cast lenses in my bifocal everyday glasses. In fact, I have a pair of aviator looking CR-39 glasses that are set up for 3 feet distance for iron pistol sights. CR-39 is stronger than glass and will not shatter. Plus, it is very clear optical-grade, material. I worked as a Senior Project Engineer in an optical cast lens (CR-39) plant for a couple of years (Armorlite). The process of making the cast, finished curvature lenses is quite complex.

 

[wisconsinteacher]

Sorry I had 2 questions one on targets and one on glasses. My cheap shooting glasses got scratched and I need new ones. I didn't type it because I hate typing on the iPad. Keep the info coming please.

 

[onesonek]

Once sighted in on paper, I switch over to home made hung steel gongs of size that I desire for the use. With those, I 3", 6" and 10" gongs. Glasses?,,, nearly all will scratch. I have found that using a lense brush to remove the dust, then the polish/cleaning cloth, provides the best care with a storage case.

 

[Oldtrader3]

Or you can paint them with Rustoleum spray paint and not worry about the rust.

 

[Guy Miner]

WT - one of my favorite 300 yard targets. Just a hunk of AR-500 (I think that's the right designation, it's some kind of armor plate) about 12" x 12" hanging via a piece of conveyor belt.

I'll often take a box of 50 rounds of .308 or .30-06 and work my way from prone to sitting, to kneeling and finish with twenty shots from standing at that thing. Do that every week for a while before hunting season and my shooting sharpens right up.

I even like to slam it with the .375 H&H! No harm to the target & great practice for me. Hits are very easy to see, and there's no target re-set. I also have a smaller plate that I use time to time. We leave that beat-up old frame out there at 300 yards at our gun club, so members can hang their own targets. Works well.

Guy

 

[Guy Miner]

I got another chunk of armor plate and put together this easily portable wooden stand for it. Just haul it around in the back of the Jeep and set it up where I want. Problem is that the bullet fragments tear up the wood pretty fast. I've had to rebuild it a few times. Think I'm just going to have my buddy weld up a small steel stand for that plate, instead of my wood contraption.

The wood holds up well to 50 yard .44 & .45 handgun shooting, but any range with the rifles tears up the wood pretty fast.

Guy

 

[wildgene]

...shooting glasses, I use something like this, if you "like" STP on FB you'll get a lot of 25-45% off coupons/ free shipping, makes 'em pretty affordable, the interchangeable lenses make them a lot more useful...

http://www.sierratradingpost.com/swiss- ... rFamily=01

 

[wisconsinteacher]

I was thinking of some how making a hanger that looked like an upside down l_l to hang the gong off. I could use a 3# hammer to pound it in the ground before I shoot and then pull it when I go home. I can not leave a thing at this place, I will never see it again.

 

[wisconsinteacher]

Would a guy need 3/8 or 1/2" AR500 plate? I found a set of 4-6-8" circles for $60. I think I could make a stand of some kind.

 

[DaveA37]

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I use a pair of Ray-Ban (Yellow) Bausch and Lomb (USA) aviator glasses,
They auto darken in very bright sun and work excellent.

A bit pricy today but you get what you pay for in these type glasses.

 

[Guy Miner]

WT, 3/8" plate shrugs off hits from centerfire rifles. Holds up better if it's got some "give" to the target design, like a hanging plate.

Guy

 

[Wincheringen]

I have Rudy Project glasses. Since I wear prescription glasses and normally sunglasses and safety glasses have too much bend in them for a thin lens they work really well. They have an insert that sits behind the safety lens.

www.rudyprojectusa.com

For targets I had the local steel place order in some HardOx steel. Its tougher than AR500 so I can use a thinner plate that is easier to carry. The local steel place has a CNC Plasma cutter so they made all kinds of neat shapes for me.