How we made a PVC Target Stand

**ungawa** · October 23rd, 2010, 07:34 PM

Originally Posted by Guns4Fun

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.

Got it, thanks. Slip PVC is cheap and that sounds like too much work.

**Guns4Fun** · October 23rd, 2010, 07:34 PM

I like that too. I'll bet it was pretty cheap also. I'll give my pvc a while and then maybe i'll try the wood. Thanks for the pics.

Originally Posted by 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

**gnbrotz** · October 23rd, 2010, 07:42 PM

I build two using the design on 'theboxotruth' site. Photo is from there. I glued mine too. I can't imagine the PVC parts getting shot.

**ungawa** · October 23rd, 2010, 08:17 PM

Originally Posted by gnbrotz

I build two using the design on 'theboxotruth' site. Photo is from there. I glued mine too. I can't imagine the PVC parts getting shot.

One of our buddies used to bring out some resettable poppers. We would tell everybody that they were .22 only, but sooner or later somebody we didn't know would slip through and blast them with a .30 cal.

Obviously it depends on the range. But, give them enough range time, they will get hit either way.

BTW, I'm looking at that pic, and you've really gone downhill

**shooker8** · October 23rd, 2010, 08:54 PM

Those are nice stands. I may have to make some of the pvc stands for different targets!

I did mine like this for another cheap alternative.

Its easy to drive in with your feet and just add a paper silhouette and its good to go.

**Kramer** · October 23rd, 2010, 10:21 PM

Those are some good but reasonable designs for target frames.

**Steve in PA** · October 24th, 2010, 12:06 AM

I made a bunch of the PVC stands for my use and to be used when I qualified my department. They are cheap to build as I had lots of PVC laying around, however like I said, they do break easy. And they are very light. The slightest breeze wants to tip them over. I solve the weight issue by stuffing the legs with the old window weights.

They work, but I prefer the wooden ones now. Stll cheap to build from scrap 2x4's and firring strips. The added weight from the wood helps keep them from falling over in the wind, although a good breeze will still flip them. A sandbag or two on the feet will prevent this. Plus they can take more abuse.

These are some of the PVC stands in use a few years ago.

**ROCK-IT3** · October 24th, 2010, 03:58 PM

Here is a stand my BIL made (he made 2, one for him, one for me). The vertical legs screw into the "tees" of the base, so that they can be removed for compact storage and transport. He used some rubber tube about 2" I.D. to hold the vertical pieces. They work very nicely.

**ungawa** · October 24th, 2010, 04:03 PM

I got to check out Guns4fun's target stands and it is certain that the slightest breeze would not blow them over. The guys did a good job.

I shot at them a few times. What I really wanted to do was shoot all of them at once but I was afraid of hitting the wood risers. Now that the risers have been hit a few times, maybe they won't mind next time

**dregan** · October 24th, 2010, 04:33 PM

Interesting. I never thought about making one. Now it's a must do! I'm half tempted to build one out of Legos! (I have a strange obsession with making things out of Lego's)