The thread is about a broken welded chain link that is a welded chain link
Like speeding on a A or B road
Fire a few shots at your chain link next time out and let us know how it holds up…..
What chain on the gong?
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Fire a few shots at your chain link next time out and let us know how it holds up…..
I shoot in the middle of the target that is why you need a piece of fire hose.
Make one yourself and let me know
Triggermortis
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The chain did not take a direct hit, the link just parted so I’m thinking welded or forged links?
Trick I saw in SA a few years back is to fix gongs as follows.
Weld a bolt about half way from the centre to the circumference ( or 1/4 of the diameter of the gong from the edge).
Take a piece of cargo strap or thick webbing, cut to length & seal the cut ends with a hot iron or torch so it doesn’t fray.
Take a piece of suitable diameter steel bar, heat up & make a hole at each end of the strap. Bolt the gong through one end of the strap using a suitably large washer & nut. The fact the strap is spaced off the back of the gong by the depth of the bolt head, & the eccentric location of the bolt, will make the gong hang at an angle & thus deflect the shot downwards on impact.
The other end of the strap can then be bolted to your choice of frame - wood was commonly used as it’s easy to replace if damaged by too many impacts.
If a shot misses the gong & hits the strap it won’t break it in the way it will if you shoot a chain out or a weld let’s go. When the strap has become too shot up you fit another & carry on
Edit: just tried to find a link to somewhere selling the type described above & turned up this photo - no reason you couldn’t adapt the principle by putting bolts through the holes as shown & using a couple of pieces of cargo strap around a pole.
Weld a bolt about half way from the centre to the circumference ( or 1/4 of the diameter of the gong from the edge).
Take a piece of cargo strap or thick webbing, cut to length & seal the cut ends with a hot iron or torch so it doesn’t fray.
Take a piece of suitable diameter steel bar, heat up & make a hole at each end of the strap. Bolt the gong through one end of the strap using a suitably large washer & nut. The fact the strap is spaced off the back of the gong by the depth of the bolt head, & the eccentric location of the bolt, will make the gong hang at an angle & thus deflect the shot downwards on impact.
The other end of the strap can then be bolted to your choice of frame - wood was commonly used as it’s easy to replace if damaged by too many impacts.
If a shot misses the gong & hits the strap it won’t break it in the way it will if you shoot a chain out or a weld let’s go. When the strap has become too shot up you fit another & carry on
Edit: just tried to find a link to somewhere selling the type described above & turned up this photo - no reason you couldn’t adapt the principle by putting bolts through the holes as shown & using a couple of pieces of cargo strap around a pole.
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It cracked as the chain is galv making it 3rd party in the weld. Most people don't pre-heat hardox
We weld hardox making cultivator legs (farming kit) so pre-heat it.
Just bolt it and save the drama.
long_range_rob
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If you can get it conveyor belt rubber strips work really well
Lovely to see some of you can actually hit the gong, I missed mine at 200m and hit the half inch re-bar leg i hang the chain off. The .204 punched a hole straight thru it
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