Looking for a Bell Target made by SteelPlinkers. Any leads appreciated! Have a new group of 10M shooters and would like to get a bell target match going!
-Arnold
Arnold,
He quit making them years ago and I think he has sold the company..
There are good plans on youTube..
Here's a UK-built one on flea-bay: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Classic-Bell-target-Air-Pistol-Rifle-Airgun-Reflex-Not-Knockdown-/182313534814
Arnold,
I have one in Kit form that has never been welded up. Email me.
David Enoch
Thanks, Looks interesting!
David, I'd be interested in the parts you mention. Really like the design of the SteelPlinkers target. Sad for the airgun community to have SteelPlinkers stop making targets.
I wrote up an article on bell target for Hard Air Magazine a couple of years ago. I suggest that you read it before you buy. You can make your own pretty easily. Please pay attention to the lead splatter issue!!! It needs to be contained, and in any "public" facility, clean-up will need to be addressed.
https://hardairmagazine.com/uncategorized/bell-target-shooting/
There are two bell target build plans in the forum library for the intrepid DIY types.
Hinkley: https://airgunwarriors.com/resources/library/Bell_Target_Build_Plans_Hinckley.pdf
UK Neil: https://airgunwarriors.com/resources/library/Bell_Target_Build_Plans_UKNeil.pdf
Ronnie Easton in Sacramento made this target up a couple years ago. The operating system is basically a service bell with a door hinge and a steel plate. The pellet strikes the plate, the hinge hits the service bell. He had a 1/2” hole drilled in the large plate (red) and I put the electrical box cover on it and made some circles using a hole saw attachment on my drill...Works very well.
I made a youTube video:
Well, not as pretty or "precisionish" as the versions above, but here is my attempt at building a bell target using an old fire bell and a .25" plate of steel. As mentioned earlier, when you hit through the .25"/.25 caliber hole you get rewarded with a LOUD and resonating, "DING!"
