Ordered one of @Sturkis new field targets last Thursday, & it arrived last night- exactly one week to fabricate, paint, assemble, & deliver to my door. That's getting it done!
The kill zone cutout is 2", and he includes two reducers in the base price. Added a third ($10) to cover 0.5" to 2" in half inch increments. Arrived with the 1" reducer installed.
Was able to get it out tonight for some backyard practice. Will probably get a cement block & use clamps to secure sometime soon, but just used tent stakes tonight & had no issues resetting. Set it out at 45 yards lasered, & got 60 shots in before daylight faded to black. Will post some "after" photos of the target below.
This thing just oozes quality. Steel used for the face plate, paddle, reducers & base is good stuff, but I think the "guts" (nuts, bolts, springs etc.) of the mechanism impress me even more. Fit & finish are great, cuts look really good with no sharp edges.
The action is tight yet extremely smooth. Don't own a sub-12 fpe gun to test myself, but Mike has tested extensively with no issues. Have access to all sorts of test equipment at work, and a small tool we use for indentation testing measured it right at 1 lb of force to actuate the paddle. All shooting tonight was at ~19fpe, and the target did exactly what it should. Hits knocked it down, misses (done only for scientific purposes, of course
) & splits did not. While lighting was good, was able to see one split plain as day (love that scope) at 3 o'clock on the reducer. The face plate stood.
It was not inexpensive, but high quality never is. My impression is that with reasonable care, it'll last the rest of my shooting days. Paint as needed, maybe a drop of oil here & there... that's about it. Mike advised me that it may need to be tightened up just a hair after the mechanism wears in, easily done by putting another ~1/8 turn on a few of the bolts. So easy a caveman could do it. And I should know.
The kill zone cutout is 2", and he includes two reducers in the base price. Added a third ($10) to cover 0.5" to 2" in half inch increments. Arrived with the 1" reducer installed.
Was able to get it out tonight for some backyard practice. Will probably get a cement block & use clamps to secure sometime soon, but just used tent stakes tonight & had no issues resetting. Set it out at 45 yards lasered, & got 60 shots in before daylight faded to black. Will post some "after" photos of the target below.
This thing just oozes quality. Steel used for the face plate, paddle, reducers & base is good stuff, but I think the "guts" (nuts, bolts, springs etc.) of the mechanism impress me even more. Fit & finish are great, cuts look really good with no sharp edges.
The action is tight yet extremely smooth. Don't own a sub-12 fpe gun to test myself, but Mike has tested extensively with no issues. Have access to all sorts of test equipment at work, and a small tool we use for indentation testing measured it right at 1 lb of force to actuate the paddle. All shooting tonight was at ~19fpe, and the target did exactly what it should. Hits knocked it down, misses (done only for scientific purposes, of course
) & splits did not. While lighting was good, was able to see one split plain as day (love that scope) at 3 o'clock on the reducer. The face plate stood.It was not inexpensive, but high quality never is. My impression is that with reasonable care, it'll last the rest of my shooting days. Paint as needed, maybe a drop of oil here & there... that's about it. Mike advised me that it may need to be tightened up just a hair after the mechanism wears in, easily done by putting another ~1/8 turn on a few of the bolts. So easy a caveman could do it. And I should know.
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