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I’ve got bad knees so I have to eliminate as much walking as possible. Targets are a limp away, so any knock downs especially these have to manually be set up. Not into that.
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I went through my drawers and found these springs, 14 in all.
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After a few adjustment, grinding and cleaning.
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Next I attached the springs to a plate.
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”WARNING” welding skills are brutal. I hope the welds hold. 🤞
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I have to get a plate cut to guard the springs.
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I am going to smack these around after lunch.
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On the 30 yd. line. Problem hopefully solved. Crow
 
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woogie_man said:
Necessity is the mother of all inventions!

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I really like these, and have been using mine for quite some time
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Thanks, I’d love to have those but I try to stay away from ground targets. I have no grass and the rain splashes mud on them. Probably have 30-40 ground targets in garage waiting for snow to melt. Crow
Windmill01 said:
G’day Crow I’ve got a couple of questions for you and there is no rush to answer them.
1. If you shot only one pellet at each target how many pellets would you use assuming you hit the target each time?
and 2. How long would this take.
Thanks
Gary
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Gary Good question. if I can keep my mind on it, I will try tomorrow. Didn’t send, again.
Well got an evening shoot. Shot this section. 30 - 37 yds. First few were off, once scoped 16 min. took my time, most good shots. Missed maybe 10, most at start. No cans. Few knock downs and reset.
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It’s a smaller section, I circled it.
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This area is 43 -47 yds. Messy from winter. Hope to clean up this year.
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Thanks for the challenge Gary. Used a HW50 .22
Crow
 
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Dave I don’t think you’ll miss much with that 22 cal Hw50. Have you tried the H&N Baracuda Greens 12.65 gr. These are the only pellets I shoot in my 22cal HW50s, 22 cal Hw77 Stainless and my 22 cal LGV Challenger Ultra.
They are a little bit more pricey but I’ve found them to be the most accurate at short and long range. No flyers and all time accuracy are worth the extra little cost. However I only have 4 air rifles and at the moment I don’t shoot for days sometimes weeks at a time.
When we lived on the Ponderosa 😁 I would shoot most days but I still shot the greens out of the rifles.
Gary
 
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woogie_man said:
Use some cinder blocks to lift targets up. But it looks like you have the reactive targets figured out! That's an AWESOME range set up.
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Thanks, I like that idea. I have 1/2 a skid of 10” blocks somewhere. It will work to a degree but being on a hill the back side may get hit with mud. Crow
Windmill01 said:
Dave I don’t think you’ll miss much with that 22 cal Hw50. Have you tried the H&N Baracuda Greens 12.65 gr. These are the only pellets I shoot in my 22cal HW50s, 22 cal Hw77 Stainless and my 22 cal LGV Challenger Ultra.
They are a little bit more pricey but I’ve found them to be the most accurate at short and long range. No flyers and all time accuracy are worth the extra little cost. However I only have 4 air rifles and at the moment I don’t shoot for days sometimes weeks at a time.
When we lived on the Ponderosa 😁 I would shoot most days but I still shot the greens out of the rifles.
Gary
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Thanks, I think I have some Greens. Never used them that I remember. Will try.
Looks like something I have to take time to see which pellet works best and write down in my book. I haven’t done this. Crow
 
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Avator said:
I get so many great ideas from these forums and you've just inspired me again. I'm a borderline hoarder according to my wife and I happen to have the spring frame from an old baby crib out back. It has a ton of these springs on it.
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Great idea. I went to a supply store to price springs. Way too much. Most my pegs on gun racks are rungs from a crib. Crow
 
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Yep... the tinker juices are flowing now.. :unsure:
I can use the frame rails to build legs and a base. I can also use a hunk of the frame rail to protect the springs of getting damaged from the occasional miss (ha ha, he said "occasional"). Maybe the metal on metal contact of the spring returning to the home position could produce an audible "ring".
 
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Windmill01 said:
G’day Crow I’ve got a couple of questions for you and there is no rush to answer them.
1. If you shot only one pellet at each target how many pellets would you use assuming you hit the target each time?
and 2. How long would this take.
Thanks
Gary
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I assume you mean ALL the targets , sounds like fun (you could add with all guns too ? ( miss and you start over ? nope !)
 
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Windmill01 said:
Dave I don’t think you’ll miss much with that 22 cal Hw50. Have you tried the H&N Baracuda Greens 12.65 gr. These are the only pellets I shoot in my 22cal HW50s, 22 cal Hw77 Stainless and my 22 cal LGV Challenger Ultra.
They are a little bit more pricey but I’ve found them to be the most accurate at short and long range. No flyers and all time accuracy are worth the extra little cost. However I only have 4 air rifles and at the moment I don’t shoot for days sometimes weeks at a time.
When we lived on the Ponderosa 😁 I would shoot most days but I still shot the greens out of the rifles.
Gary
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Just over an hour for all. Holes, bolts, spinners, all bells, probably missed a few. Still have the long shots.
That’s a first. Excellent challenge. Crow
 
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Windmill01 said:
Well done Dave, that’s a lot of pellets. Which rifle did you use?
Gary
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Used2 different 50’s .22 cal.
‘This is the last part 47 yds.
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Made a point to check all before taking on range. Used the King HW90 .20. Screws all loose and rear trigger screw gone. Replaced with new one. At least 10 shots clean through 1/2 in. hole. Head shots. All bells Now called the “Gary challenge”.
Still have snow and ground is frozen but did some sniffing. An opening 8 ft wide x 6 ft high 44 yds.
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I’m going to clean up where the crooked target is, right of tree. I have dozens of cedar logs to use somehow as a frame. I can rebuild a new frame for the other side as well. It’s 47 yds. That’s part of a trellis I didn’t burne. Lot of waisted space there. My summer project. Crow
I was just going to send this and a knock at the door.
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I was first using chain, ran out of chain. Switched to wire, cheaper. Don’t like wire, I have another roll of different gauge chain coming.
 
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