"Be sure of your target..." in competition

[rob_s]

Our agency uses the similar box style 3D targets and we have played with the balloon thing. As noted it's a hassle and pretty time intensive to reset. We've had pretty good luck using poppers of varying sizes inside the same type cardboard target box. It allows for a similar reactive target and can be juggled with different sized steel to prioritize the need for "better hits". Also, while it perhaps has limited application in a match style environment (because of various calibers and being "fair"), you can set the poppers so that a single hit by itself won't knock it over thus requiring a more rapid string of fire.

FWIW.

t

I was looking into a way to make these work but lost interest. I like that these could be shot at close range and with rifles without a safety problem.

http://www.midwayusa.com/product/124...polymer-orange

[taadski]

I almost bought one of those the other day at Cabellas with visions of OrigamiAK's swinging reactive targets in my head.

Re the carbine up close thing, I own a couple Ceiner .22 conversion kits (which incidentally run like proverbial apes) that are a good stand in for real carbines in close proximity. We've used them at the Office (an S.O.) a bit allowing folks to still use their own issued carbine (set up the way they run it) for training runs. We've also run a couple local IDPA 2 and 3 gun matches with steels where we staged a basic .22 converted AR that everyone shot. They've worked out pretty well, FWIW.

t

[_JD_]

It's against IDPA rules to intentionally position a no-shoot behind a threat target so that it would get hit with shoot through.

Could you reference the rule? I'm not seeing it in the new book. I recall there was a rule prohibiting forcing a shooter to engage a threat by shooting through a non threat. But not seeing what you're referencing.

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[jetfire]

It might not be in the new rule book.

[cclaxton]

4.12. Shoot Through
On a shoot through of a non-threat target that also strikes a threat target, the shooter will get the penalty for the non-threat target hit and will get credit for the scored hit on the threat target. The reverse also applies when a round on a threat target penetrates a non-threat or threat behind it. All target shoot throughs count.

There is no rule that I can find that would restrict a COF from putting a threat target in front of, or behind a non-threat as long as at least one hand of the non-threat can be seen.

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[John Hearne]

Just saw this new product. It's not as expensive as a lot of other options on the market. A club with some money could actually afford a half dozen of these.

http://www.motoshot.com/?utm_source=...t-dropper/cz2f

[_JD_]

Just saw this new product. It's not as expensive as a lot of other options on the market. A club with some money could actually afford a half dozen of these.

http://www.motoshot.com/?utm_source=...t-dropper/cz2f

Very cool thanks for sharing that.

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