Target holder with lighting!

[Ian]

This morning, I finally managed to get a few jobs done with the excellent steel target holder / pellet trap sent to me by Bob last month.

Initially I tried it with the thick foam supplied that sits behind the swinging plate - however, the original foam was too thick to allow the plate to move enough to absorb the energy of the pellets so there were a few rebounds. After thinning the foam down to about a 1/4 inch I found that it reduced noise a little and no rebounds - even with H&N lead BB's.



Next I tidied up my initial wiring job for the LED lighting. The block connectors and battery are fixed with strong double sided tape. The battery in this position does not interfere with the swinging plate.



Having internal lighting make this great bit of kit even better in my opinion.

[pmh]

Excellent job.

I tried my with the full thickness of foam, and didn't get any rebounds.

An alternative is to get the A4 sticky backed foam sheets from the cat so, and stick one to the back of the plate.

The adjustable hood is also useful, as it can be moved to remove any shadows. I did this yesterday when shooting my MPL.

These are certainly the best and most flexible target holders I have come across.

Kind regards,



Phil

[Big Steve]

Hi Ian, nice job, have you used a single LED lamp or several lamps in parallel? I assume 9v in total as you have used a PP3 battery, or am I completely wrong.

[Ian]

Hi Ian, nice job, have you used a single LED lamp or several lamps in parallel? I assume 9v in total as you have used a PP3 battery, or am I completely wrong.

Its an LED strip that can be cut to length - Graham or Phil will be able to explain better better than me!

[Tank]

Hi Ian, nice job, have you used a single LED lamp or several lamps in parallel? I assume 9v in total as you have used a PP3 battery, or am I completely wrong.

Here you go Steve: http://www.classicapa.com/viewtopic.php?f=9&t=556" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;

[Tank]

And furthermore........

This is my setup at home, I can easily get four targets in my target box and the backstop is a sheet of heavy lead bolted to a sprung plate so very quiet, I really don't have neighbours to annoy but the misus has ultrasonic hearing so if she can hear my playing for too long she usually comes up with something really interesting that needs my immediate attention

The whole box is illuminated with LED lighting powered from a transformer inside the shed, it also swings completely back behind the shed so there is absolutely no evidence of me misbehaving