How we made a PVC Target Stand

[Guns4Fun]

Here is a little how to on making a pvc target stand for a standard IPSC sized target (22" x 35"). My son and I made 3 today. It took us about 2 hours and $50.

Here are all the pieces laid out.



To make 3 I bought 4 5' pieces of 2" pvc - 6 1" x 2" x 6' wood strips - 12 2" 3way pvc connectors - 2 large cardboard boxes and the pvc glue.

For each stand we cut 4 pieces of pvc into 12" lengths (for the feet) - 2 pieces 3" in length (to connect the 3 way connector to the other for the H bar) and 1 piece at 17 3/4" (H bar).

Here is my son cutting.



Here are the 12" feet cut.



Here are the 4 feet in the connectors.



Here is the base all together.



Here we are making the target. We took 2 1" x 2" x 6' pieces of wood strips. Cut the cardboard to the 22" width and stapled it to the wood strips.



Here is the target with cardboard backer and target in the base.



Here are all 3 built.



All in all it was a fun project for the 2 of us to do together and have some good father son time out in the garage.

[Guns4Fun]

Mods, i put this here because i thought building a target stand for training was a good spot. If it is not, move it wherever you think is best.

[ungawa]

You are my hero

Please bring lots of targets. I'm out of pistol targets. But I do have stickers.

[Pagoda240]

Very cool, I screwed mine rather than glue them. I was afraid they would get shot or break and need repair.

[Steve in PA]

I made several PVC stands a few years ago and while nice, they do not last. The PVC is too easy to break and while they are cheap and can be fixed, I prefer to make mine out of wood now.

PVC


Wood

[ungawa]

Very cool, I screwed mine rather than glue them. I was afraid they would get shot or break and need repair.

Umm... We're talking PVC here and threaded pipe and fittings are more expensive than slip. And they're going to get shot anyway.

[Guns4Fun]

Very cool, I screwed mine rather than glue them. I was afraid they would get shot or break and need repair.

I thought about this too. But to be honest if someone shot up the target base, i would NOT be shooting with them for very long .

Screwing it together would have been a lot faster too. Putting the primer and glue on all the connections took a long time.

[ungawa]

I thought about this too. But to be honest if someone shot up the target base, i would NOT be shooting with them for very long .

Screwing it together would have been a lot faster too. Putting the primer and glue on all the connections took a long time.

Half hour. I've put miles of that stuff together. And you don't even have to worry about leakage.

Next time just bring it to the range and I'll bring my PVC pipe cutter, primer and glue.

Just busting your balls

[Pagoda240]

I thought about this too. But to be honest if someone shot up the target base, i would NOT be shooting with them for very long .

Screwing it together would have been a lot faster too. Putting the primer and glue on all the connections took a long time.

actually, i killed one putting it in the trunk .

[Guns4Fun]

Umm... We're talking PVC here and threaded pipe and fittings are more expensive than slip. And they're going to get shot anyway.

No, he means putting the connections together and then using sheet metal screws into the connector and the pipe instead of gluing. It makes it easier to replace shot up parts because you can unscrew the sheet metal screws and put a new section in. When they are glued, you pretty much need to build them all over since you can't get the bad section apart.