Cortland
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About six months ago I had a chance to shoot some home-made plate racks in a gentleman's back yard and I was immediately hooked. A few weeks later I began looking into getting a plate rack to call my very own. After some research, I decided to buy from Metal Spinning Targets, Inc.. My dilemma was that I live here in Virginia Beach and belong to an outdoor range here (while it lasts), but frequently go shooting on my parents' property about 3 hours northward. I e-mailed Dave at Metal Spinning Targets and asked if it would be possible to get the plate rack mounted on a trailer. Dave was more than willing to take on a custom job and was very helpful throughout the process. Two weeks ago I drove to just south of Rochester, NY and picked up my trailer. (It was a one day 1000 mile drive in just over 21 hours -- right now I'm a PhD student, but if that doesn't work out it's nice to know that I might have a fall-back career as a long-haul trucker once I learn to snort crank off a hunting knife.)
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Here you can see the plate trailer. It's a six plate rack with 8" plates and rope activated reset linkage. I know the spare tire looks like a tempting target, but it's probably in the safest spot on the trailer (behind the plates is where all of the lead splatter shoots down).
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I'm still trying to find the person (or persons) who hit the splash guard. Because it definitely wasn't me. The plates and splash guard are 500+ Brinell hardness.
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An effective brass-retrieval system is perhaps the most important requirement for an enjoyable shooting experience. When it's not collecting brass, the tarp pulls double duty by keeping rain off the trailer.
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The entire plate rack trailer only weighs ~600 pounds, so it can be towed by just about anything -- even my Ford Focus (in background).
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There's a storage trunk on the back of the trailer for keeping spray paint, the tarp, furring strips, extra plates, bungees, etc. I had to bolt a piece of plywood to the top of the trunk to protect it from lead splatter coming down off the plates (see splatter at left).
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Zee pictures:
Here you can see the plate trailer. It's a six plate rack with 8" plates and rope activated reset linkage. I know the spare tire looks like a tempting target, but it's probably in the safest spot on the trailer (behind the plates is where all of the lead splatter shoots down).
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I'm still trying to find the person (or persons) who hit the splash guard. Because it definitely wasn't me. The plates and splash guard are 500+ Brinell hardness.
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An effective brass-retrieval system is perhaps the most important requirement for an enjoyable shooting experience. When it's not collecting brass, the tarp pulls double duty by keeping rain off the trailer.
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The entire plate rack trailer only weighs ~600 pounds, so it can be towed by just about anything -- even my Ford Focus (in background).
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There's a storage trunk on the back of the trailer for keeping spray paint, the tarp, furring strips, extra plates, bungees, etc. I had to bolt a piece of plywood to the top of the trunk to protect it from lead splatter coming down off the plates (see splatter at left).
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