Right Now Range

[mikein]

Just bought one of these portable target set-ups. http://www.rightnowrange.com/ Pretty neat idea. Will be trying it out, but right now, for the first time in 7 weeks, IT'S RAINING! They're kinda pricey, at 30 bucks each, but I figure I can use it over and over again for a pretty long time. They break down easy for hauling around, and set up fast. Very heavy cardboard is used, and I don't know how much abuse they can stand. I'll see how it holds up after I put a few dozen holes in it, and let you know.

[BlueDog]

Tom over at the Firearm Blog did a review on these. He used his for several months and upwards of a couple thousand rounds. He was happy with the durability and had overall positive things to say about it. I think it would be a hit with my nephews, as they like reactive targets (clays). I'm just to much of a cheap baztard to pony up the money (good old scrap paper from work and a sharpie dot). Let us know how it works out.

[mikein]

Thanks, BlueDog. I wandered over to the Firearm Blog and read the review that Tom wrote, and it gives me a bit more confidence in the durability of the set-up. With kids and grand kids pumping lots of rounds downrange at every opportunity, it will be nice to have a platform that I can set up in front of the berm and let them litter the little cardboard range with anything they can dream up!

[big honkin jeep]

I like the corrugated plastic signs with wire legs people put out all over the place around here. If they are in the right of way they are deemed illegal anyway so I'm killing two birds with one stone by removing them. A couple of strips of duct tape and a few folds would easily make shelves for charcoal briquettes or other reactive targets or just attach them with the tape. Here's a pic of one of my favorites that I pulled up. I guess if you're a low life you need insurance too, Or would you be buying from a low life? Either way pretty funny. LOL

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[mikein]

Yep! I've used a bunch of these as well! Every year when the politicians run for office I let 'em know that I'll pick up a few of their signs for them!

[tufrthnails]

I like the corrugated plastic signs with wire legs people put out all over the place around here. If they are in the right of way they are deemed illegal anyway so I'm killing two birds with one stone by removing them. A couple of strips of duct tape and a few folds would easily make shelves for charcoal briquettes or other reactive targets or just attach them with the tape. Here's a pic of one of my favorites that I pulled up. I guess if you're a low life you need insurance too, Or would you be buying from a low life? Either way pretty funny. LOL

http://i176.photobucket.com/albums/w188/bighonkinjeep/IMG093_zps1478575a.jpg (http://s176.photobucket.com/user/bighonkinjeep/media/IMG093_zps1478575a.jpg.html).

This reminds me of being 16 me and a buddy borrowed moms mini van and literally stuffed it to the gills with those political candidate signs. Anyways I rolled through a stop sign in our neighborhood not seeing a cop chilling across the street. The cop lit me up and I pulled over. We were pretty nervious because we really had no idea how much trouble we could be in for taking all the signs. Cop comes to the window I hand him my license and ask what he pulled me over for I really didn't even realize I had rolled through the stop sign. He ran my license came back and asked what all the signs were for in the back of the minivan. I told him my dad has always said he would like to shoot every politician. So I figured we'd take a bunch of the signs and set them up in the backyard and let him have a go at shooting them all. The cop laughed so hard he asked if he could stop by and see the back yard when we got done. He gave me his card and he came over and laughed with my dad and they both shot signs with the .22's for a couple of hours!!!!!

[mikein]

I got to take the Right Now Range out for a field test. It worked just fine. My concern is that, with our constant, Central Texas winds of 10-15 mph, the little tabs that you have to use to staple the device into the ground may not be up to the task! The company supplies 5 of these 8 inch long staples, and in our sandy loam soil, I'm just not sure they'll do the trick. What may be required is to build a couple of 2 X 4 "feet" and drive a screw through the tabs and into the "foot" to hold it in place. I think it's a good concept, and it looks like some folks spent a lot of time working out the design, fit and finish. Just need to figure out whether or not it is "wind worthy!"

[big honkin jeep]

There aren't any really good pics I could find of the bottom at the link you posted. Could you just set some weight on the bottom?

[mikein]

big honkin jeep, there are 5 tabs, about 3 inches wide and 2 inches deep used for stapling the Range to the ground. 3 of them are in the front, 2 are on the back side. I think that a small bag of shot or a dive weight placed on each would definitely make it a bit more sturdy and wind resistant. I'm going to try both some dive weights and the 2X4 trick I mentioned to see which works best. Try this site; it's got some better pictures:

http://www.evike.com/products/52944/

Just added a couple of 2 X 4's, and that seemed to help quite a bit with any side-to-side wind issues. I may have to add some outriggers to keep it from blowing over when the wind hits it directly in front or from behind the Range.

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[mikein]

I did another test of the Range, this time in our "normal" 10-15mph winds here in Central Texas. The Right Now Range does not do well under these wind conditions. It tends to shake, rattle and roll a bit, and some of the ground stakes work loose very quickly. I'm still convinced that it is a product with a great deal of merit. It's highly transportable, light weight, and handy as all get-out if you can place it in a low/no wind environment. Definitely worth a look.