I've got a couple of simple target stands that I've used for about 40 years. Just a couple of wooden frames made from 2x2, with cardboard attached to the front to staple targets to. To stand them up, I always carried a couple of short boards and C-clamps to the range with me, and would clamp a board to the base to make a T shape.
It worked and was simple, but kind of a pain to have to remember to take the boards and clamps, and to take the time to put them together at the range. So last week I was thinking about folding tables and looked on Amazon for folding legs. There are a variety of types but lo and behold, I found something that would work perfectly: Foldable hairpin legs.
I bolted a couple on each side of my stands. They snap and latch open in a second, and close easily. As-bought the legs are at a bit of an angle to the bracket and would raise the stand off the ground a couple of inches, but it was easy to bend them a touch so that they sat flat. Tried them out today and now I'm ready for the next 40 years!
It worked and was simple, but kind of a pain to have to remember to take the boards and clamps, and to take the time to put them together at the range. So last week I was thinking about folding tables and looked on Amazon for folding legs. There are a variety of types but lo and behold, I found something that would work perfectly: Foldable hairpin legs.
I bolted a couple on each side of my stands. They snap and latch open in a second, and close easily. As-bought the legs are at a bit of an angle to the bracket and would raise the stand off the ground a couple of inches, but it was easy to bend them a touch so that they sat flat. Tried them out today and now I'm ready for the next 40 years!
