Building A Pistol Target Stand

Before you build any backyard shooting range on residential property though be sure to check for new laws that might lead to future legal issues.

Building a pistol target stand.

Some backyard gun ranges have become legendary. The stand system is super easy to build and inexpensive. Targets my dad and i built two target stands. Building a home gun range is a great way to become a better shooter and get more out of your firearms investment.

One of the things i wanted to include were photos of the flashlights beam at night. Plus it would probably cost you nearly as much to build one stand as it would be to buy the material in bulk and build 4. To build it you need eight pieces of black abs pipe that measure 1 5 by 24 inches. For that i needed a target stand.

You may be thinking that you don t need 4 stands. Rather than buy a commercial product i decided to build my own portable target stand. We utilized this field expedient target stand system when we ran out of mgm metal target stands for our uspsa matches. For my range we constructed mobile target stands out of pressure treated 4 4 s and 2 4 s.

If you were to look into the back of my toyota 4runner right now you d see this stand which breaks down into several pieces for easy transportation. What you will need. Take youtuber hickok45 and his epic backyard range. But think about setting up multiple targets barricades and having a target for your shooting buddy.

I assembled five 16 long pieces to form the base of the target stand using the 2 t joints and 2 end caps the remaining two pieces of 16 length were added as vertical sections using the elbows at the ends opposite the end caps where the wooden furring strips will be inserted. The type of targets that you choose to add is a personal preference. Diy targets the pvc stand. For scale i decided to illuminate a target at a known distance.

One for the 100 200 yard lines. 7 pvc 1 5 id pieces 2 4 wood furring strips 2 t joints 2 elbows and 2 end caps. There are a lot of diy hobbyists in the gun world. This diy 6 cardboard target stand was utilized by a gun club that i was a member of back when i lived in ny.

With steel targets spread out up and down a ravine it s a place we all dream of trying out. The first target system is a very simple pvc stand.