Gong stand

gondo · Oct 19, 2014

Anybody have a good idea for a portable gong stand, I have a 8" ar500 with chains...

Wild Bill1 · Oct 19, 2014

I'd stray away from chains, if you're shooting with a rifle you could cut them. I use fire hose on all my hanging gongs. As far as frame work I used 1" square tubing and sleeved it in places so the frame itself would come apart in the middle and the feet come off of the legs.

jtischauser · Oct 19, 2014

MGM targets sells a badass portable stand. It just takes about 25' of 1/2" rebar and you're set.

http://mgmtargets.com/rifle-targets/econo-long-range-target-set-8-in.-w-legs

Wild Bill1 · Oct 19, 2014

Jesse Tischauser said:
MGM targets sells a badass portable stand. It just takes about 25' of 1/2" rebar and you're set.

http://mgmtargets.com/rifle-targets/econo-long-range-target-set-8-in.-w-legs

At that price, who wants to spend a couple hours in the shop when you could be shooting?

jtischauser · Oct 19, 2014

Wild Bill said:
At that price, who wants to spend a couple hours in the shop when you could be shooting?

The plastic leg deals are actually from another company called last stand. They are cool. I'm gonna do a video in mine ASAP. I spent a week of nights after work building 8-10 similar swing set steal and they put these fur sake a few months later. I was like FML!

gondo · Oct 19, 2014

well hell, i wish i would have seen this before i bought my gong....

gondo · Oct 19, 2014

Jesse Tischauser said:
The plastic leg deals are actually from another company called last stand. They are cool. I'm gonna do a video in mine ASAP. I spent a week of nights after work building 8-10 similar swing set steal and they put these fur sake a few months later. I was like FML!

so does this thing come with a gong?

gondo · Oct 19, 2014

Cameron Gonder (gondo) said:
so does this thing come with a gong?

oh never mind i see what they are offering now.. this is a stupid good deal

Wild Bill1 · Oct 19, 2014

Yea defiantly beats wrestling around with elephant dung at the TIG machine. They're on my list now..

jtischauser · Oct 19, 2014

You can buy with out without the steel I think.

Bob Sanders · Oct 20, 2014

Jesse Tischauser said:
You can buy with out without the steel I think.

http://www.laststands.com/

gondo · Oct 20, 2014

Bob Sanders said:
http://www.laststands.com/

i bet i shoot them first shot, should have just gone ahead and bought a backup set!

jtischauser · Oct 20, 2014

Cameron Gonder (gondo) said:
i bet i shoot them first shot, should have just gone ahead and bought a backup set!

They are rubbery. They will last awhile

runawaygun762 · Oct 20, 2014

What a cool thread. I bought a metal porch swing frame at the Goodwill yesterday for 5 bucks. I'm on my way to Lowe's now to buy some chain. I don't have a good steel plate yet, but I have a cast-iron round griddle my wife wanted to grill out with, and then left outside. Her rusty trash is my future plate. It won't stop rounds, but I'm keeping it at the 100 yard line and will replace it with more challenging targets, like old mower blades and whatnot. I'll buy some AR 500 steel soon.

Burk Cornelius · Oct 20, 2014

David Marlow said:
........... will replace it with more challenging targets, like old mower blades and whatnot. I'll buy some AR 500 steel soon.

Accurate Ron shoots lawn mower blades at 300yds....turned sideways

scubor2 · Oct 20, 2014

Burk Cornelius said:
Accurate Ron shoots lawn mower blades at 300yds....turned sideways

At what RPM?

gondo · Oct 20, 2014

David Marlow said:
What a cool thread. I bought a metal porch swing frame at the Goodwill yesterday for 5 bucks. I'm on my way to Lowe's now to buy some chain. I don't have a good steel plate yet, but I have a cast-iron round griddle my wife wanted to grill out with, and then left outside. Her rusty trash is my future plate. It won't stop rounds, but I'm keeping it at the 100 yard line and will replace it with more challenging targets, like old mower blades and whatnot. I'll buy some AR 500 steel soon.

i should have just bought the mgm thing first... as of now i have bought an 8" gong out of 1/2" ar500 for about 45, 3 10ft sticks of rebar for 15 and the last stand hinge things for 45.... i still dont even have the chain or hose to hang it with lol... so for my other gong style targets ill be getting mgm stuff...

dennishoddy · Oct 20, 2014

I'm going to our range tomorrow. We had a person bring out a gong stand for our 300 yd range that is absolutely ingenious, and cheap to build. I'll take pics.

Might even shoot it,

runawaygun762 · Oct 21, 2014

My gong stand is done, complete with the wife's paint job. It'll stay at the 100 yard line and I'll replace the steel as it gets shot up until I can buy an AR-500 plate. I already have four poppers and two hanging steel head/torso targets, courtesy of a LE agency that didn't understand what "pistol rated" meant. They decided the pockmarks and holes from the .223 and .308 impacts made the targets too dangerous. I flipped them around, painted them up and woo hoo, free steel.

I am going to ask Santa Claus for an MGM spinner for Christmas. The spinner and plate rack are the two targets that I really want, and then maybe a couple rifle-rated self resetting poppers. Oh, and a Steel Challenge set. Oh yeah, and some 3GN steel knockovers and static clay pigeon stands.

Damn, I really need to be rich.

jtischauser · Oct 21, 2014

David Marlow said:
My gong stand is done, complete with the wife's paint job. It'll stay at the 100 yard line and I'll replace the steel as it gets shot up until I can buy an AR-500 plate. I already have four poppers and two hanging steel head/torso targets, courtesy of a LE agency that didn't understand what "pistol rated" meant. They decided the pockmarks and holes from the .223 and .308 impacts made the targets too dangerous. I flipped them around, painted them up and woo hoo, free steel.

I am going to ask Santa Claus for an MGM spinner for Christmas. The spinner and plate rack are the two targets that I really want, and then maybe a couple rifle-rated self resetting poppers. Oh, and a Steel Challenge set. Oh yeah, and some 3GN steel knockovers and static clay pigeon stands.

Damn, I really need to be rich.

Be careful with rifle on anything other than AR500 and that shot up LEO steel. If there are dimples and such the targets will throw bullets back at you.