Triggermortis
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Welded 10mm link chain bolted with M10 bolts, weld and bolt and Hardox held but the galvanised chain gave way to the .270 at 100m, what’s the answer.
What chain on the gong?
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The answer is that the .270 is an awesome calibre!
Experience dictates that you’re wasting your time with chains. Have a look at The Steel Target Company of Wybunbury. Outstanding products and the answer to your problem but be prepared for poor communication and slow service.
My brother and I have a few of their gongs and also a couple of the target setters.
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My brother and I have a few of their gongs and also a couple of the target setters.
T
Check the rifle's bedding, along with all the other carp suggestions that proliferate this site when a member is encountering pants accuracy.
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Don’t weld the links, you have destroyed the integrity of the steel link.
jon2
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Yes waste of time using chains. Get some targets from the steel target co as suggested above. It’s an ingenious design. 400 yard group with my .270 win.
You will never look back.
www.thesteeltargetcompany.co.uk
You will never look back.
Rifle Targets | The Steel Target Company | England
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Use non galv chain, pre heat (std practice) for hardox. Or use a 2 short pieces of non galv chain and bolt it to your galv chain after welding the short piece,
Or just bolt it.
I’ve used chain, bailer twine, para cord and old seatbelt webbing
They all fail at some point
Usually, with chain , it is the shackles that take a beating
I stick to chain as it dampens the movement of the gong
They all fail at some point
Usually, with chain , it is the shackles that take a beating
I stick to chain as it dampens the movement of the gong
Bolt the gong to a tyre, or cut strips of tyre, or conveyor belt rubber
jthyttin
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Don't weld, and have the target cut with something that doesn't (overly) compromise the cutting area.
Bolts through, add washer on shooting face if desired, to act as sacrificial material. Chain, or maybe you'd prefer rubber (conveyor belt etc like said) will attach in the back of the target. This will place the gong so that splatter is away from the attachment (including beams and such). You might want to add extra nut on the back of the target, to gain more angle.
Bolts through, add washer on shooting face if desired, to act as sacrificial material. Chain, or maybe you'd prefer rubber (conveyor belt etc like said) will attach in the back of the target. This will place the gong so that splatter is away from the attachment (including beams and such). You might want to add extra nut on the back of the target, to gain more angle.
You do talk Rubbish.....
I weld chain to my Gong still going strong after 7 years AR450 @25mm thick.
Old fire hose and cheap low tensile bolts or whatever they are called, the soft ones absorb impact. I’ve had the same hose on the same targets for 10 years now. Had 20 folk out on one day and the only failure was when I forgot to put a washer between the hose and bolt. The hose goes on the back of the gong.
Attachments
The location of your chain links is really important. Yours allow the gong to pivot and aren’t actually on the face of the gong so are protected.
The thread is about a broken welded chain link that is a welded chain link
Like speeding on a A or B road
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