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The Random Ramblings Of An Airgun Addict

I have been working on a lot of different field target designs recently. I always seem to come back to the sear at the top of the paddle design. It is just such a simple design to build and it works really well. I have found that welding a piece of 3/16" or 1/4" rod to the top of the paddle and then using a similar size piece or rod shaped in a U for the sear really works best. It releases really easily but doesn't fall on face hits. One other advantage to using the rods for a sear is that paint build up on the paddle won't affect the sear operation as much. I am in the process of converting some of my old gravity fall targets over to this sear arrangement and will be using them at our club this year.