Patent ID: 7306229

Claim:
A firearm target assembly comprising: an elongated frame adapted to be secured to a target support; at least one vertical ear fixed to the elongated frame member and extending rearwardly from the elongated frame, an upper pin bore through the vertical ear, and a lower pin bore through the vertical ear that is below and parallel to the upper pin bore, an upper target pivot pin mounted in the upper pin bore and having an upper pivot pin axis, and a lower target pivot pin mounted in the lower pin bore and having a lower pivot pin axis; an upper target including an upper flat metal disk with an upper disk target face and an upper disk back, an upper shank secured to the upper disk back and extending outward from the upper flat metal disk and having an upper shank free end spaced from the upper flat metal disk and wherein the upper shank free end is secured to the upper target pivot pin for pivotal movement about the upper pivot pin axis; a lower target including a lower flat metal disk with a lower disk target face and a lower disk back, a lower shank secured to the lower disk back and extending outward from the lower flat metal disk and having a lower shank free end and wherein the lower shank free end is secured to the lower target pivot pin for pivotal movement about the lower pivot pin axis; a front upper stop surface on the upper shank that engages a mount stop surface on the elongated frame to hold the upper target in an upper target ready position with the upper disk target face in a substantially vertical position; a rear stop surface on the upper shank that contacts a lower shank stop on the lower shank free end as the upper target pivots rearward, from the substantially vertical upper target ready position, and pivots the lower target to a lower target ready position in which the lower disk target face is in a substantially vertical lower target ready position; and wherein rearward pivotal movement of the lower target from the lower target ready position transmits force through the lower shank stop to the rear stop surface on the upper shank and pivots the upper target to the upper target ready position.