Has anyone here made dueling trees befor. I'm making some simple spinner/gongs for long range shooting with the bigger guns so I have visual and audible feedback. However I'm looking to make a dueling tree for like .22s and pistol rounds.

I was thinking just take some square stock and notch out ever 6" or so like a triangle so it forms a hump then make the target paddles with a bushing and then just drop some round stock threw the center pinning the paddles in. The ony thing I'm worried about is not enough resistance like the paddle will just flop all over. Idk if I can add a spring I haven't really thought of a way to do that. In my head I think this will work I just gotta get threw the torch and onto the metal and welder.

I looked at some pics of some trees and I'm thinking just some flat stock or angle with paddles with a T or L shape on the end set into some pipe would be simple and easy.

It looks to me like alot of these targets are just angled forward so that gravity keeps them to either side not springs

Yeah some are spring loaded the ones in my local shop are but I found a super simple easy design that will be easy to make I plan on starting this week cutting the pieces

Yeah some are spring loaded the ones in my local shop are but I found a super simple easy design that will be easy to make I plan on starting this week cutting the pieces