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Target manufactors going away?

July 9 2012 at 9:57 AM

  (Login avv604)
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Greetings All,

I was looking into some additional targets but found most everyone has either stopped making or is going to stop making targets.

Here are the links I know of.
Quality Targets...http://www.qualitytargets.com/servlet/StoreFront -------Does not make knock-over targets

Ron Juneaus Cajun targets...http://www.airguns.net/juneau/home.html ------- No longer making

Steel Plinkers...http://www.steelplinkers.com/ -------Does not make knock-over targets

Target Art LLC...http://www.targetartllc.com/

Airmo...http://www.arimofieldtargets.com/ ---------- Website no longer working.

Yeuga...http://www.yeguatargetcompany.com/ytc%20web_002.htm -------- No longer making it seems, will not return emails or phone calls.

Rhino...http://fieldtargets.com/id19.htm ---------- Not making right now due to health issues and is currently out of stock on just about everything.


So Target Art is the only one, besides Gamo, making knock-over targets?
Am I missing someone who is making targets?


In Christ,
Jeff A.

 
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(Login volsr1)
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Target Art

July 9 2012, 10:21 AM 

Jeff, I have a couple of Target Art targets. They are outstanding and still in business I believe.


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(Login avv604)
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Re: Target Art

July 9 2012, 11:38 AM 

Yes sir, I also have a few. I have some of his older design and a newer design.

However, Chris does not normally make targets in the 3/8" kill zone (minus one and custom orders), which is what I was looking for. So I started looking around and just noticed there is really only one place now making targets.


In Christ,
Jeff A.

 
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ray carter
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Re: Target manufactors going away?

July 9 2012, 3:44 PM 

If you're OK with the Game mechanism, qualitytargets still make faceplates. Arimo is indeed no longer making - he's in our club.

 
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A good quality aftermarket faceplate is all that is needed

July 9 2012, 5:08 PM 

to make the Gamo's work properly. Use 1/8th steel plate. At the Ashland Air Rifle range,
we retro fitted 45 Gamo's with new 1/8th thick faceplates and they work perfectly.

We were encouraged to use something other than Gamo's because of the possibility
of a faceplate hit causing them to fall over. The biggest culprit we found, was the
Gamo squirrel. The tail flexes enough to cause vibrations upsetting the mechanism.
Hitting it on the nose or ear would bring the same result.

A thicker faceplate, plus the addition if a brace between the body and tail eliminated
the problem. Tested at 10 yards with a 27ftlb .22 USFT. No faceplate knockdowns.
Multiple shots on the tip of the tail, and the ears and nose. Same results.

I suspect there are quite a few shops out there who could make faceplates. We even have some Black Widow spiders.





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Match Director Ashland Air Rifle Range
Ashland OR

Regards,


Mark Gravelle

 
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Carlos in ATx
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Yegua FT Company is still open!

July 9 2012, 7:34 PM 

Scotty asked me to post this for him.

Building Field Targets started out as a fun hobby for me but due to there quality and reliability I have not been able to meet all request for targets as fast as I would like to. I'm still making targets but have been out of the shop for personal reasons. With both time and life issues opening up, I spent all of this past weekend back working in the shop and will get orders out as time allows..

Tks..


 
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