After a few hits you might want to trade thoes 1/4 inch chickens for 1/2 inch thick ones.

I've been useing a set like that since 1982 and only one has broken.


[quote="Jerry G"]After a few hits you might want to trade thoes 1/4 inch chickens for 1/2 inch thick ones.[/quote]

Which set, Kevin. The 1/4"?

Jerry, who makes 1/2" sets in 1/5 scale?

Mine are the 1/4 set, the chickens fly farther but if you have chicken wire behind them it's not an issue.

You wouldn't have to look far for these chickens, better hit them solid to knock them down though.
http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRA-3-8-Scale-C ... 19bfdd8f43

Dang! Those are some stout chickens. I hate to think what the Rams would weigh......

Aren't those 3/8 scale chickens instead of the 1/5 scale that we normally use for smallbore?

More relevant to this topic, I did buy thicker chickens after my 1/4" thick ones got bent quickly when my daughter was using Federal Automatch ammo to shoot them. The only time I use the 1/4" thick ones now is when I'm playing with my PCP airgun and trying to shoot them out at 40 meters. I think these are the ones I bought, made out of the same material, and from the same place. Not only have they not gotten the slightest bit bent, they don't fly a long way.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NRA-1-5-Scale-C ... 19c8e8699b

Jason, you are correct those were the pistol targets, you have the correct link.

OK, those are made by Quality Targets, same place I got my 1/4" from. Are the chickens the only ones getting bent?

Paint the targets the color that best contrasts with your berm or backstop. In most cases thats white

I believe you are correct. I will go with white. It is a little shady at my 100m rams, white will help with that.

Also, which way do the animals face as you look at them from the line? To the right or left? I wanna make sure I practice the same as it will be at a match.

All the ranges around here use the cast targets which have writing and tit from the pour on the backside making it obvious whats front and back. Here's the weird part, the chickens face left, all the rest face right. Before ranges went to the cast targets around here we always shot them facing right, and if you go waaay back they were the traditional black. Honestly it doesn't matter to me, the only reason I still shoot at real targets instead of swingers in practice is that there's usually another person shooting with me and were engaged in a little friendly competittion.

speedyrob,
The rules state that it doesn't matter which way they face as long as all the animals in a bank are facing the same direction.

Mary

I was wrong, the rams face left as well.

The 1/4 inch chickens are the only ones I have ever seen problems with.

I'm not sure who makes them. I had a local shop cut mine out of 1/2 inch thick mild steel. They cut them with a plasma cutter and they came out looking great. They cut them out of scrap that was going to the recycle place so it was real cheep. I bought some 1/4" thick flat bar and put my own feet on them with my .035 wire welder.

Talk to them first and see what format they need the pattern in. If you can give it to them in the proper format you will even get out of most of the set-up cost.