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OnTheFly:

--- Quote from: DenmanShooter on August 03, 2015, 10:10:42 PM ---How about pvc and 1x2 s instead of 2 x 4 s ?  Easily disassembled and reassembled. 

Need some weight or stakes if the wind picks up though. 

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I looked at several plans for PVC stands. The weight issue you mention was one of my concerns.  The other being that, though the PVC can be broken down, they still take up a lot of space.

Fly

OnTheFly:

--- Quote from: shooter on August 03, 2015, 10:50:42 PM --- I can also help with the welding, and I would also be interested in barrels if you have any extra,
  I have some stands made you can look at, I been making them for many years


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Do you have any photos?

Fly

shooter:
Ill get some pics tomorrow,

tstuart34:

--- Quote from: shooter on August 03, 2015, 10:50:42 PM --- I can also help with the welding, and I would also be interested in barrels if you have any extra,
  I have some stands made you can look at, I been making them for many years


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Yep I can get some more. Just want to note these are NOT NOT NOT food grade barrels. These are chemical barrels and many have had a bioside in them for treating our process water. The stuff will make you very sick or kill you.

JTH:
The stands you can make from 2x4s (just the bases, you fit 1x2 or lath into them to staple the targets to) don't actually take up that much space.

If you want a stable target stand, they have to have either 1) some mass to them, 2) a fairly decent-sized footprint, or 3) a way to spike them into the ground.

Probably one of the smallest-but-durable target stands I've seen is the folding one by Nevco:

http://www.brownells.com/shooting-accessories/targets-accessories/target-stands/folding-target-stand-sku100003723-26669-52162.aspx

(Needs spikes to be stable in any wind, though.)

That being said, I've seen several people simply use two short PVC pipes with with spikes wire-tied to them---simply spike them into the ground at the appropriate distance, drop lath into each, and staple the target to the lath.  Works pretty well, if you get the right-sized PVC pipe.

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