Anyone ever build a Bianchi Plate Rack style target

champ198 · April 18, 2011, 08:57 AM

Thinking of building one of these for pratice out at my parents house.

cant seem to find any kind of plans or anything on them so thought i would ask some of you guys if you had built one.

was thinking of using 3/8 plate steel with 6-8 8" round plates having them sit on top of a wood rack...have the plates on hinges and angled forward some to shoot the bullet down to the ground

ws jsut couious if anyone has done something similar to this jsut for some training. and shooting drills

Slopemeno · April 18, 2011, 08:03 PM

A couple of guys in my shooting league had access to plasma cutters and made some very nice plate racks, poppers and stop plates. They're a ton of fun.

If you look at the USPSA website I think they have the plate rack plans or diagrams.

Sleuth · April 19, 2011, 04:04 PM

Watch the fit between the plate and the support - the pivot. If the channel is much larger than the axis, an edge hit can cause the plate to twist and not fall. That has been the biggest problem I have seen with homemade plate racks.

Rifleman1776 · April 19, 2011, 04:59 PM

You will do better with 1/2" hardened plate or a high impact resistant steel like T1A.

April 18, 2011, 08:57 AM	#1
champ198 Senior Member Join Date: June 30, 2008 Posts: 217	Anyone ever build a Bianchi Plate Rack style target Thinking of building one of these for pratice out at my parents house. cant seem to find any kind of plans or anything on them so thought i would ask some of you guys if you had built one. was thinking of using 3/8 plate steel with 6-8 8" round plates having them sit on top of a wood rack...have the plates on hinges and angled forward some to shoot the bullet down to the ground ws jsut couious if anyone has done something similar to this jsut for some training. and shooting drills

April 19, 2011, 04:04 PM	#3
Sleuth Senior Member Join Date: September 27, 2002 Location: Arizona Posts: 445	Watch the fit between the plate and the support - the pivot. If the channel is much larger than the axis, an edge hit can cause the plate to twist and not fall. That has been the biggest problem I have seen with homemade plate racks. __________________ Sleuth

April 18, 2011, 08:03 PM	#2
Slopemeno Senior Member Join Date: January 19, 2007 Posts: 2,663	A couple of guys in my shooting league had access to plasma cutters and made some very nice plate racks, poppers and stop plates. They're a ton of fun. If you look at the USPSA website I think they have the plate rack plans or diagrams.

April 19, 2011, 04:59 PM	#4
Rifleman1776 Senior Member Join Date: April 25, 2010 Location: Arkansas Posts: 3,309	You will do better with 1/2" hardened plate or a high impact resistant steel like T1A.