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Loyalist Dave

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I've posted this in other spots in this forum...

Tomorrow begins FREE TARGET STAND DAY in most communities. ;)


Your community probably allows the wire-framed campaign signs to be displayed on roadway right-of-ways, which is public property. Now some communities actually use tax dollars and county employees to collect the signs to be returned to the candidates, so if this is what is done in your community, disregard, as Free Target Stand Day doesn’t apply where you live. :(


Some communities, however, require the signs to be removed in 24 hours, After the polls close, OR the signs are abandoned, and in some places they don’t even require the 24-hour wait, the signs are free game to anybody After the polls close.


Some of those signs have pretty robust wire frames…… ;)

AND those wire frames make excellent supports for cardboard upon which to place targets. They are great when folks are training to hit targets not at the conventional distances of 50 yards, 100 yards, 150 yards, Etc. OR for black powder folks looking to place different targets and odd distances, close in....


They work well for hanging steel too. Now not alone, but I can hang my 8” x 3/8” AR 500 plate off of chains, when I tape three of the robust wire frames together. They hang well, they swing so don’t splatter a lot back toward me or others, AND they ring really well.


So, as long as the local regs are obeyed, Help Yourself late Tuesday Night or Wednesday morning (or in my case Wednesday night as the candidates have 24 hours after 22:00 tonight to get their signs picked up) to some Free Target Stands….., and do the trash collectors a favor at the same time! :cool:


Might was well have something “good” come your way from the elections, eh? :thumbup:

LD
 
You guys too? Remember, to ask before you take them.
 
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I picked up a few today. Didn't ask, but they were right in front of the police station, so I think if there was a problem, one of the passing cops would have let me know! :)
 
Cardboard huh??? I always just focused on signs where there were a lot of good shapes to aim at. Like if the MAYOR race was for COOPER (that was a great sign) you have 3 v shapes in the M, the middle and the ends of the A, 4 points on the Y, the O is for sighting in, Then you have the center and legs of the R. That’s 14 targets on the word Mayor alone... not to mention the designs and other words...metal stands are GONE when I get done with the plastic piece.
 
One problem, and it would apply to my gun range is that they are to low to the ground, your aiming down and the bullet is going to hit the dirt and could ricochet over a back stop. At the 25, 50 and 100 yards ranges one can see long plow marks in the ground from folks shooting to low on a target. One see countless videos on you tube of people shooting into the ground or into a body of water. If the angle is right a bullet can and will clear the wall and leave the park. Safety first I like to think about where ones bullet will ultimately land. JMO
 
Picked up several nice signs this morning, all from an unsuccessful candidate for judge. They are taller than most with good frames.
 
One problem, and it would apply to my gun range is that they are to low to the ground, your aiming down and the bullet is going to hit the dirt and could ricochet over a back stop. At the 25, 50 and 100 yards ranges one can see long plow marks in the ground from folks shooting to low on a target. One see countless videos on you tube of people shooting into the ground or into a body of water. If the angle is right a bullet can and will clear the wall and leave the park. Safety first I like to think about where ones bullet will ultimately land. JMO
This has been a big problem at my range resulting in a whole lot of restrictions and modifications being put into place along with fee increases to pay for it all.
 
An NRA style “No Blue Sky” series of baffles are about the only solution it seems. Knights Trail Park in Sarasota County installed just such a system in 2017.
 
Good thing I just shoot uncontrolled in the desert! My new target stand performed perfectly today! Thanks for the idea! :)
 
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