I got a Redhead layered foam target two months ago . I have been shooting a lot in the pass couple of months. Wore it out! Arrows are passing through it. I am not using broadheads, just field points. I need to find the best foam target that with LAST! I don't mind paying more as long as it is worth it.
Also wore out a $160 hog target from bass pro in a few months. I don't want to be fixing the targets with expansion foam all the time. Suggestions on Foam targets please
if you shoot alot at just one target, they ALL will wear out.....if you don't mind spending the money , get a couple of R & W targets out of NC.....seem to hold up the best at our club.....also the HT series of Delta/McKenzie is tough......for just plan old shooting, a bail built and stuffed with sheet plastic is hard to beat.....jmho
Rhinehart's are pretty expensive, but you shouldn't have to buy many of them. They last.
QuoteOriginally posted by Medic85:
Rhinehart's are pretty expensive, but you shouldn't have to buy many of them. They last.
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Foam doesn't last if you pound it like I have in the past. The best ever foam target I have had was the big layered Block. Most shots go between the layers as long as you lay off with the broadheads. Once you start slicing up the layers, I find the pieces start to get packed up in wads and the target life starts to shorten. Most ranges I have been at in the last 10 years are using the range size block type target. The nice thing about then is that they can stay outside a lot and arrow removal is relatively easy.
Next best foam target was the Rhinehart 18 in 1. I can shot one of those up in about 4 months if that is all I shoot. That was at a rate of about 700+ arrows a week.
Burlap bags last a long time. Use up one, and stuff the contents and old bag in the next bag. I get the big coffee bags for about $1. I think I shot out about 9 last year. After a while you will have two bag targets and so on. I now have three. Last year was the cheapest target year in a long time for me.
I like foam because it is EZ to remove the arrows and I can leave it outside. Keep them coming thanks.
Spend the money and buy a Rhinehart. I have wasted a lot of money on other targets and they just don't hold up.
QuoteOriginally posted by Medic85:
Rhinehart's are pretty expensive, but you shouldn't have to buy many of them. They last.
yep, they are worth the extra $
I've been shooting the same layered foam Field Logic (made for NASP) for three years on my basement range and I shoot a LOT! This target is sort of expensive at about $150.
I occassionally shoot broadheads for tuning but 99.5% of the time only field points. By the way, I was using a similar block since 2002 outdoors but finally ultraviolet rays disintegrated it and the bands rusted away although I replaced them once.
I've attached a picture with a Wapiti I owned for a few months, it was last spring as I was getting ready for turkey season as you can see. Lot of good it did me to get ready, I missed the entire season.
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Another plug for Rhinehart.
And yet another satisfied Rinehart user here!
I agree with the Rinehart folks for outdoor 3-D critter simulation. I like the Block Glendale for my indoor range.
I love my BLOB!
I love my Rhinehart targets, they take one heck of a beating!
Rhinehart 18 sided target.
Was that red head a fused layered target? I don't know if they hold up as well as the old non-fused ones. My dad got some off brand one that was only about 8" thick and we shoot that out fairly quick.
My old block was an original block 24x24 with steel bands. I have been looking at the newer classic block, but they have mixed reviews so not sure if they are not using the same materials, not strapping them as tight or what. I got mine after seeing is in the back pages of a field and stream. No one anywhere around here even knew what they were back then. I finally completely scraped it three years ago after restacking it a couple time and replacing the wood after it rotted out. Don't know how many years that was, but it was a long time.
I just wish someone would start carrying the blob around here. Too much to ship just one from out of state.
Don't know if was fused or not. Just know it did not last. Looking at the rinehart, maybe the razorback
Just a tip.....make friends with a your local schools gym teacher...old gymnastic mats make great targets. and backstops. I put a piece inside a small feed bag for a target. I've had the same piece bolted to mybackyard fence. for 8 years and it hasn't. deteriorated!
Rhinehart makes these targets and they are outstanding.... about $100
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Kirk is correct to say they are outstanding cause I also have that exact 18-1 rinehart and I'm working on my 4th year I think?
Rinehart has a tag on it that states'wear it out in a year they will replace it" Free!
Best material I found yet in a target like that...
QuoteOriginally posted by Lefty:
Spend the money and buy a Rhinehart. I have wasted a lot of money on other targets and they just don't hold up.
This is what I would recommend. 18-1's come with a one year guarantee that you can't shoot through all 18 sides of it, if you do they send you a free one. They don't give many of them away so that should tell you something.
Can't say a foam target is the best choice for field points. A bag target will last you a lot longer, be ten times as portable and doesn't hurt your wallet nearly as bad.
QuoteOriginally posted by shedhunta:
I love my BLOB!
These are the best.
QuoteOriginally posted by sneakybow:
QuoteOriginally posted by Lefty:
Spend the money and buy a Rhinehart. I have wasted a lot of money on other targets and they just don't hold up.
This is what I would recommend. 18-1's come with a one year guarantee that you can't shoot through all 18 sides of it, if you do they send you a free one. They don't give many of them away so that should tell you something. [/b]
They have given me 4. Two in one year. I am probably on some kind of list there.
Rhinehart 18 sided target lasted me the longest going on 3 yrs.
Like my rhinehart rhino block. went a little over 2 years with the original insert and just replaced it with a new one for around $40. I shot a ton of broadheads into that insert as well from all angles so im pretty happy with how it held up to all that abuse.
Another vote for the rhinehart rhino block.
I use a large square U-stuff it target in my basement and I shoot almost daily. Generally wear out the nylon on both sides of the bag in a year or so. The plastic sheathing, bags, etc. stuffed inside last longer than that. At about $20 per bag, I consider it a very good deal.
QuoteOriginally posted by no nothing:
Looking at the rinehart, maybe the razorback
Yeah, Rinehart is as good as it gets, and don't forget, when you shoot the replaceable insert out, you can replace that for just a fraction of the cost of the entire target. I have visited their manufacturing plant in Janesville, Wisconsin several times and it is a cool place with good people working there.
Todd,
Your that fella on the Rineharts "hit list" :thumbsup: for Rinehart...
Second Rhinehart 18 sided target- have shot lots of broadheads into mine and frankly I think it will outlast me. Just over a 100.00$
Just recently purchased both the Rhinehart block and woodland buck 3-D target. Both targets are well made but the woodland buck vitals are Rhinehart foam and the rest is some other type of foam which isn't bad. The Rhinehart block target is made with thier quality foam and also has a replaceable mid section.
I believe Rhinehart may have the best target foam on the market right now however they are a bit pricey in comparison to others but you are getting a quality target.
Ron