Balance type Squirrel target

[beerthief]

I am currently working on duplicating a normal string type Squirrel target Except it will work on balance to stand back up . the problem i have to solve is making the face plate resist falling back with the pellet hit . Fun project as another problem arises when you solve the physics of it all working .

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I guess if you google " rocking target". Then click on image's you may see that idea if thats what your thinking of ..

Fancy type

Resetting Rocking Metal Crow Target

Auto-Resetting Rocking Metal Crow Target.

www.shootingandscuba.co.uk

 

[beerthief]

I guess if you google " rocking target". Then click on image's you may see that idea if thats what your thinking of ..

Fancy type

Resetting Rocking Metal Crow Target

Auto-Resetting Rocking Metal Crow Target.

www.shootingandscuba.co.uk

Thanks i have seen this one , good idea but i am trying to make it work like the FT string targets , if the balance is right it will be a some what slow motion movement ( a count to 5 timing )

 

[Hateful McNasty]

You mean the flap / bullseye part only so it pops back without need for the string?

 

[oldsparky]

I am anxious to see the target. I get a kick out of making targets.

 

[Kgphotos]

Here is one that I made that uses a counter-weight to stand back up after getting hit.
Kenny

 

[DonC]

I'm a retired woodshop teacher. For my students lathes I bought a plexiglass safety cover made by Rockwell/Porter Cable. It was lowered during use. It easily raised with hand pressure BUT if it was struck by a disconnected woodturned object with velocity, it would lock and protect the operator. The locking device was so simple. It was based on inertia of rest and inertia of motion. When high velocity hit the Plexiglas a little flipper with a (90 degree notch would rotate slightly and engage a horizonal piece of steel and prevent the plexiglass lathe hood from raising. BUT when you wanted to open it by hand/slowly the flipper did not engage. I bought this lathe safety device in the 1980's. Perhaps google can find a pic for you. Very hard to articulate the flipper/notch/inertia system. But it was very functional and best of all DIRT simple.

 

[tjmac]

Doesn't Paul Porche make the exact target you are talking about?

Tim

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Here ya go..

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m.alibaba.com

. All but durable ..

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https://www.bestproductguider.com/best-shooting-target-for-nerf-guns/

If a guy could take the control box out and use real metal youd have somthing

I've tried to make this using tennis balls cut in 1/2 , worked ok as long ad it was placed on hard surfaces , soft dirt or grass not so good . (Mine were not self-healing )

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[beerthief]

Here is one that I made that uses a counter-weight to stand back up after getting hit.
Kenny

yes similar idea but the face of the target (squirrel) is just slightly bottom heavy and the target (kill zone) kicks it back upright

 

[beerthief]

Doesn't Paul Porche make the exact target you are talking about?

Tim

not that i can see just looked at his web site , maybe it was a special edition you saw ?

 

[isledweller]

beerthief.....see here: https://www.airgunnation.com/threads/deadeye-review-self-resetting-target.961253/ and here, about 4 up from the bottom on the right https://www.paulscustomtargets.com/gallery-prices

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Here is one that I made that uses a counter-weight to stand back up after getting hit.
Kenny

I kinda like that.. i was thinking a bell and a striker that gives a good arcade ding..lol... Not bad at all overall...