Elevated targets on Field Target course
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Yea those 2 on your course are crazy high and it was fun shooting them. 18ft was high enough for me, just trying to catch some different wind on some longer shots in our field.
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It’s possible to set a high angle AAFTA legal target, where it’s impossible to get a clean hit.
Unless you have a specially designed target, the faceplate needs to be set vertically. So, the close, high angle targets present another particular type of difficulty. Presented with a 45 degree shot, with a 3/8” KZ and a 1/8” thick faceplate, it’s technically impossible to avoid a split with anything over a .177 caliber.
Put that same target at 50 or 60 degrees, and it’s impossible to avoid a split even with a .177 caliber.
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Up is a lot of fun as long as there is some sort of backstop.
Remember the weakest 12fpe rifle will still shoot a pellet 450 yards.
When you start shooting slugs the distance will increase a bit.
Remember the weakest 12fpe rifle will still shoot a pellet 450 yards.
When you start shooting slugs the distance will increase a bit.
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High angle targets have three factors that increase difficulty.
1) reduced vertical MOA allowance
2) more awkward shooting position
3) correction for reduced projectile drop when compared to typical horizontal target.
The Troyer multiplier for an elevated target is a straight 25% increase. Assuming that the shooter correctly accounts for the trajectory at the new angle, and can get in a comfortable shooting position, 45 degrees still increases the apparent vertical MOA based multiplier by closer to 50%.
If the goal is to use high angle shots to increase the reported Troyer, while not making the course too difficult, there is an advantage to using elevated targets, 15 or 20 degrees OK, but not if they are at 30+ degrees.
1) reduced vertical MOA allowance
2) more awkward shooting position
3) correction for reduced projectile drop when compared to typical horizontal target.
The Troyer multiplier for an elevated target is a straight 25% increase. Assuming that the shooter correctly accounts for the trajectory at the new angle, and can get in a comfortable shooting position, 45 degrees still increases the apparent vertical MOA based multiplier by closer to 50%.
If the goal is to use high angle shots to increase the reported Troyer, while not making the course too difficult, there is an advantage to using elevated targets, 15 or 20 degrees OK, but not if they are at 30+ degrees.
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you could put a FT target and a pellet trap on one of these . https://www.eokin.shop/products/20-ft-the-skybox-deluxe-1-person-deer-hunting-ladder-tree-stand
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Lol no. From what I could tell, they had used a really long piece of maybe 1/2" wide webbing and thrown it over a limb as high as they could and then hoisted it up and tied off the webbing. Kinda seems like they had another piece of webbing tied to one corner of the bell target and they tied that off going the other direction, to minimize rotation and swinging around.
This was a bell target built on a wooden frame.
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At the Arizona State GP, they had some awesome tree targets. Instead of falling, they swung back. They weren't really elevated, but they were still cool.
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Thats from the first year Chris and I took over from Lonnie!!
And that's probably not even 50 yards, hell not even 40... LOL
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Side swing After Hours Targets, Nevada has three, the issue is the paddle is a bit further back from the faceplate and at angles over 20 degrees you see a big moon of nothing above the paddle and under the top of the kz. The 1 1/2" paddle loses over 1/4" off the top.
This create a situation that evolves from chatter into complaints.
So we removed them and put the new target at 32 degrees and 30 yards away (offhand) to give everyone something else to complain about (the slight moon shape of nothing was still there but not as bad as the side swing target)..... LOL
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