10$ and Half an Hour well spent....

[Terphunter]

Well my son got his first gun for Christmas... a Daisy BB gun...but you have to start somehwere!

I had a simular gun as a kid and spent countless hours hunting and shooting in an apple orchard across the street where I grew up in upstate NY as a kid....life long memories.

Well my son loves his new gun and has already burned through more paper targets....needed to make him a good target...one that can last and be cheap to make.

Got 8 pressure treated rail posts and some small eye screws...thats it...10$. Had screws already and cut up three metal clothes hangers....easy and it works great. If a can get too shot up thread on another by the pop top and you are good to go.


Holds the cans.....

My little helper....

Drive it into the ground with hammer...ready to shoot

Brings back childhood memories....

 

[Doctor_M]

Very Cool! You are a good dad.

 

[spclopr8tr]

Is it safe to assume that is not a populated area behind the target stand?

Cool idea. I may use that for my granddaughter. Going to start with BB gun and work her up as she matures and grows.

 

[Terphunter]

Is it safe to assume that is not a populated area behind the target stand?

Cool idea. I may use that for my granddaughter. Going to start with BB gun and work her up as she matures and grows.

Thanks all....its good and safe!

 

[budman93]

nice!

 

[Mike3888]

Awesome father right there. We gotta keep younger ones interested.

 

[Kman]

Very Cool! You are a good dad.

Thanks for the photos. That's sweet. Yeah, I know I'm a softy.

 

[Kiev88cm]

Beautiful !

 

[Mooseman]

That is a great idea.

 

[bmorewineguy]

Good Idea. Looks pretty sturdy too. Looks like it could withstand quite a few shots from a 22LR too.

Hopefully your son didn't finish off the two cans on the bottom right.

 

[Seagrave1963]

Stealin' it! Great idea - Thanks for passing it on.

 

[md_rick_o]

Good job pop.

 

[Terphunter]

Thanks all! Just go to Lowes and start looking....endless target possibilities...

 

[tsmith1499]

Just make sure he has eye protection. get him used to it now and it will be second nature when he goes to the real thing. The other aspect of this is that I have actually had a ricochet from wood target frames and hit me in the forehead. Left a heck of a knot!!

 

[shaddydan]

Good fun!

 

[Slowhand]

Just make sure he has eye protection. get him used to it now and it will be second nature when he goes to the real thing. The other aspect of this is that I have actually had a ricochet from wood target frames and hit me in the forehead. Left a heck of a knot!!

THIS! I've had numerous BBs ricochet straight back at me. I'd recommend ripping some 2x2s across the angle so you have a 90deg corner you can place on the 2x4 framing. Hopefully the BBs will reflect to the sides then. You could also make side panels for that and a pan beneath. Capture and reuse those BBs.

 

[Terphunter]

Yup...thought about that. Eye protection is a must...plus i drove it into the ground at a slight angle. We have both put probably 200 bbs in this target...not one issue so far.

Thanks for the heads up though...

 

[rauler]

Ingenious! Thanks for sharing.

 

[Alea Jacta Est]

That's what I call RECYCLING.

Brilliant!

 

[CrabbyMcNab]

My son just got the same bb gun for his birthday last week. For how cheap it was, surprisingly decent plinker.
Nice job on the frame, my idea is to hang cans throughout our woods and go on "safari" walks.