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Portable Backstop ideas? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 1 year ago by [email protected] to c/archery

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I'm reaching out to get ideas for a tear down, portable backstop that will fit in a pickup bed and can be assembled reasonably quickly by one person.

Not a target or target stand, that's already taken care of. But not all the places I've set up have a large enough area to negate the need for a backstop.

Primary users will be beginners drawing recurve bows up to but not exceeding 30#, with occasional, more proficient users demonstrating with recurves ~45#.

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[–] Hokusai 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I think we have exactly what you need, but it’s expensive. We had a number of detachable / foldable supports made that are connected with aluminium pipes from which the net is hanging

Shown are four supports, but we have enough to rig a target area with nine targets. A somewhat trained crew of two or three people can set this up in 15 minutes. You can theoretically do it alone, but it might be challenging to thread the aluminium pipes on the supports, so two people are recommended.

If you wonder about the targets, this is for kyudo, so they are only 36cm in diameter and 9cm above the ground.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

🤔 You're right, this IS pretty much exactly what I need.

Thanks, you've given me the data I wanted, now I need to see how feasible it is to scale & adapt this.