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Mr. 16 gauge

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I've been looking for a way to make a moving target to simulate game shots. I stumbled across this and thought it a bit "cool":cool:


I've been trying to concoct something similar; I don't have access to the rail system or an ATV. This set up is pretty neat, though......................(y)
 
BTW: I think whomever posted the video on youtube meant to say "simulated" cape buffalo charge, not "assimilated"......but hey, we're Americans!!! We don't need to know how to speak English....we speak 'Merican!!!!;)
 
That's a pretty cool rig. I messed with trying to figure out a way to rig something similar up that would be a one man deal but gave up due to time. That's a pretty slick apparatus there though.
 
JIMMY CRICKET ! LOL !
Glen
 
Looks like a easy system here:
http://www.panterror.co.za/

That's kind of the idea that I was toying with......I was thinking of using old bicycle tires on the target holder, but I kind of like the idea of skids instead. I was hoping to find a way to vary the speed of the 'reel' to make it more versatile, and powering it with a 12 volt car or boat battery.
Does anyone have some idea as to what type of appliances/equipment might have a motor that would be workable that I could salvage from a scrap yard?
 
I tried 3 rapid fire shots at a fixed target with my 375, Sure glad the target wasn't a Man-eater :) I'm going to work on the pinky finger tip
 
That's kind of the idea that I was toying with......I was thinking of using old bicycle tires on the target holder, but I kind of like the idea of skids instead. I was hoping to find a way to vary the speed of the 'reel' to make it more versatile, and powering it with a 12 volt car or boat battery.
Does anyone have some idea as to what type of appliances/equipment might have a motor that would be workable that I could salvage from a scrap yard?
What about a washing machine motor? Has a variable speed, belt drive, lots of them out there.
 
Still like the tire rolling down a hill (gravel pits are great) with the target in the middle of the tire, cardboard or plywood with target stapled to it
 
That's kind of the idea that I was toying with......I was thinking of using old bicycle tires on the target holder, but I kind of like the idea of skids instead. I was hoping to find a way to vary the speed of the 'reel' to make it more versatile, and powering it with a 12 volt car or boat battery.
Does anyone have some idea as to what type of appliances/equipment might have a motor that would be workable that I could salvage from a scrap yard?

A truck window wiper motor will work fine;)
 

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