Patent ID: 6398215
Filing Date: 2002-06-04
Classification: F41J

Abstract:
A shooting target system comprising a substantially vertical post supported on a substantially horizontal base, said vertical post having a target assembly rotatably mounted thereupon, said vertical post further having means to releasably capture said target assembly at each one of a plurality of target shooting positions spaced vertically upon said post wherein said target assembly pivots from one side of said vertical post to another side of said vertical post when said target is struck with a slug discharged from a firearm, said shooting target system comprising only one movable part, said one movable part comprising said target assembly wherein said one movable part is captured at said each one of said plurality of target shooting positions by said means to releasably capture as said one movable part traverses vertically downward by force of gravity each time said target assembly is properly struck by a slug from a high powered firearm and thus moved from said one side of said vertical post to said another side of said vertical post.