I'm not the handiest of guys but I decided to try and make myself a backstop. Big thanks to Kerry (COLongbow) and his wife for the design. My brother helped me with the initial frame. It's not perfect by any means but, as the theme for the project became, it'll work. My biggest mistake was assuming my horse stall mat was the same size and Kerry's, it was not. Mine was 4x6 which doesn't work to well with a 5x5 frame. It was impossible to find a 5x7 horse stall mat local so I had to improvise a bit. You can see the gap in the 3rd pic. I cut it down and then added 2 2x6x5's to the bottom and attached the remaining 1x4 mat piece. All in all I'm pretty happy with the end product.
(http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv2/zanespurs/photo-3.jpg)
(http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv2/zanespurs/photo1.jpg)
(http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv2/zanespurs/backstop1.jpg)
(http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv2/zanespurs/backstop2.jpg)
That's very nice!
Hey Zane, looking good man!
Now just hang an aspirin off that caribiner and you're good to go!
:thumbsup:
Looks good to me. :thumbsup:
Nice....and I see you took advantage of the sale on horse mats at TSC too. Just built a new backstop over the weekend as well.
im sure the neighbors will apreciate your effort, do your arrows stick in the mat or bounce off ? :thumbsup:
Very Nice! I think I'll copy that this weekend, thank you very much!
Looks good.
Just remember the old adage - measure twice, cut once. And make no assumptions!
Arrows must just bounce off that or do they stick?
Looks good.
Just remember the old adage - measure twice, cut once. And make no assumptions!
Arrows must just bounce off that or do they stick?
Sorry about that...
That should work! Nice project!
Hey Tom I just figured it was post twice cut once:). They will often just stick slightly into the rubber but occasionally they will bounce off. Thanks for the feedback guys
Nice looking target mat! Thanks for sharing. :clapper:
Bernie Bjorklund
NC Iowa/SW Wisconsin
Very nice!
I hang a big ole block target in front of mine so I don't miss all that much. But when I do my field points stick every time, and a pain to pull out without losing the insert.
Maybe mine stick only cause I shoot a Widow! :biglaugh:
Looks good. Hope you enjoy it.
Looks great!
Nice job.It looks great.
excellent
very nice!! might have to borrow that idea
I like it! :clapper: :clapper:
Thats awesome, I need to visit tractor supply
Very nice project you finsihed..
Not to interject another thought, but last fall, I hung a piece of scrap carpet up at the cabin, behind my bag target. And out of my 40lb bows, the arrow went in about 10-15"s but was easy to pull out. If I hung another one behind the first, I'd have a winner.
Just a thought vs. the Horse Stall mat.. :)
Do arrows stick or bounce off? If you attach the rubber to the frame, the arrows probably stick. I off set the top of mine by 4inches and the rubber absorbs some of the energy, and the arrows do not stick often. The target stop makes les noise for misses, yep i miss a bun.ch. your carpentry is superior to any of my efforts. Great job
Good Job. I need to get on a building one for myself.
The arrows almost always stick but it's amazing how quickly a 3/4 rubber will slow one of them down!
Nice. I had an old stall mat and when my target in the basement started to let my arrows hit the poured concrete I remembered seeing the stall mat backstop thread. A bit of scrap lumber and I had a whole new and better set up.
Well the backstop weighed about a thousand pounds and proved to be unmovable so I added a larger base and put it on wheels. It's now mobile! It is nice because I can wheel it where I need it and then move it out of the way of sprinklers and such. Thought I'd share the finished project.
(http://i664.photobucket.com/albums/vv2/zanespurs/backstopfinal.jpg)