What targets were hard to break?

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  1. dr.longshot

    dr.longshot Grudge Match Champion Founding Member Forum Leader Grudge Match Champion

    Here is my list of hard targets to break. Listed by hardness.

    Mechlin Targets

    Lowery Targets

    Champion Targets

    Remington Blue Rocks

    White Flyers Bio

    White Flyers Pitch

    Gary Bryant Dr.longshot
     
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  2. Laserwizard

    Laserwizard Active Member Founding Member

    A Lowry target in 5 degree whether might as well be made from Aluminum. Those suckers are hard, and it's virtually impossible to smoke one of them.
     
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  3. Bat

    Bat Mega Poster

    I've shot thousands of Lawry's and FWIW never noticed any difference in breakability. I do acknowledge that many others feel differently.
     
  4. Lew D. Boyko

    Lew D. Boyko Active Member

    Gary,
    Somewhere in the top 5, you have to put the Champion target made in Minnesota.
    I believe they are made out of concrete.

    Birddog
     
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  5. Lew D. Boyko

    Lew D. Boyko Active Member

    Dr. Longshot, In the early 1970's when I started ATA shooting, we had the Minnesota State Shoot in St. Cloud at the Del Tone Gun Club. They threw Champion Targets. Every year the State Shoot had those Dam Champion targets, with Hot and Windy weather. Trying to hit something made out of concrete inter woven with steel on a hot windy day was not an easy task. But, I kept going back...

    birddog
     
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  6. fredoniarob

    fredoniarob Guest

    Champion
    Remington
    lowery
    white flyer bio
    old white flyer white target
    -do not know what they are made of but have few cases at club.... steel and Kevlar composite in my mind.
     
  7. Flyersarebest

    Flyersarebest Moderator Founding Member Forum Leader

    Wasn't Elwood Brown involved in a target manufacturing company in the late 70's early 80's? PA State shoot?

    Flyersarebest
     
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  8. Michael McGee

    Michael McGee Mega Poster Founding Member

    Black Diamond, I believe was the name of targets I shot at one time in the late 70's. You could drive them side ways and they still would not break. A club member later claimed they picked them up and threw the same targets all summer, I almost believed him!
     
  9. Rosey

    Rosey Mega Poster Founding Member

    Perhaps we should always throw Champions. We wouldn't need to add 3 yards or go 3 hole! Think about it.
     
  10. 320090T

    320090T Mega Poster Founding Member

    Champion targets come with a hammer in each box. Champion makes a truly re-useable target.
     
  11. fredoniarob

    fredoniarob Guest

    Do they need one in EACH case cause hammer shatters on the birds or to adjust older ww throwers?
     
  12. Big Jack

    Big Jack Well-Known Member Founding Member

    They tried to throw Champions once at the Grand. Pulled them out about the second day & replaced with White flyers. Walked out into the fall area one evening after the shooting and found one unbroken with seven holes in it and a couple of scrapes. Don't tell me those Champions weren't hard. We throw Lowreys in NW Penna all year around. Maybe don't smoke 'em but they break!
     
  13. 320090T

    320090T Mega Poster Founding Member

    Big Jack, what year was that?
     
  14. Big Jack

    Big Jack Well-Known Member Founding Member

    Sorry, 90T, can't remember the year but when you get to 75 you won't remember dates either. But I do remember the pallets being loaded in the evening shipping them back to Champion. Shot the Grand about twenty years, it was one of them.
     
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  15. Sockeye

    Sockeye Active Member Founding Member

    In My opinion, You can also add Trueflight targets to that list. I will not shoot anything other than 7 1/2's for those. On a sunny day, it is amazing, how much dust is seen coming off those targets, when shot at. Seems to be a pretty hearty target, especially in the cold of winter.
     
  16. Two Dogs

    Two Dogs Active Member

    I've shot thousands of Lawry's and they break just fine, A target found with several holes is not hard....It's soft....
     
  17. oleolliedawg

    oleolliedawg Mega Poster Founding Member

    Federal Champion and Woody Brown's top the list. The only time I ever saw Frank Little leave a shoot early was in MD when shooting Federals!