Air Venturi Biathlon Airgun Target

Works great except that in the original configuration, the paddles often bounce back, even with a 7J air rifle shooting at 20 yards.

Here's another simple and effective solution to the paddle bounce back. I attached a piece of wood across the back of the target (mounting brackets already there) and screwed down a plastic cable tie behind each target paddle. Each cable tie rubs against the rear target paddle as it goes back. The cable ties are flexible enough and deflect to allow the paddle to go back when hit by a pellet, but when the paddle bounces back forward again it doesn't have enough energy to move the cable tie out of the way and stays back (target stays covered). You can adjust the paddle retention strength by changing the length of the cable tie (how much it overlaps the paddle) or changing the gauge of the cable tie (its stiffness). It works a bit like a leaf spring ratchet. For more info and a photo, please see: https://airgunwarriors.com/community/postid/68078/

This is not a real good subsitute for a real Biathlon practice target. It is a nice inexpensive plinking target. The best biathlon targets made entirely in the USA , are made by Devin Manufacturing in Arcade ,New York 14009. They make airgun and rim fire versions , which are the real thing. Their air gun version also comes with removable reducers , which are inserts which reduce the hole the pellet passes through . They are also made of heavier steel and do not have the rebound issues that this one does.

If anyone at PA wants more information on them they can contact me at my email and I would be happy to help get a better USA made product to offer.

If you want a challenging target this is one. The targets are quite small especially when one is out 90-100 feet, but this is what makes it a nice target. Once hit, the black circle target changes to white so you know it was hit..

The one issue I have is having to pull a string to reset the targets. It would have been nice to have a secondary target which resets once it is hit.

It is nicely made of strong steel and mounts horizontally or vertically.

It's well built and a nice challenge. The design makes it easy to figure out if you're hitting high, low, or to either side. Reasonably priced.

Nothing I can think of.

It's got different options for mounting, but you will need to anchor it one way or another

This is a very heavy well made target and has worked flawlessly for me. It is probably my favorite reactive target now.

Absolutely nothing.

An airgun with too much power will not work properly since the flaps will rebound.

Price was great

I did talk with sales prior to buying and was told that it would work with my Walther CP99 and CP88's. But I found that these guns didn't have the velocity to knock down the flags. I ended up modifying each of the targets where I measured each of their weights and ended up with 102 grams each. I removed weight from both the front and back. Once this was done, I tilted the target at a 5 degree ( up in the front ) and at 10 ft, I could knock down ( repeatedly ) each one. I also had to adjust the reset bar so both sides had no space under them when in the down position ( this took cake of any bounce back issues ). I've modified two of these units as they are being used for a competition and needed both units to react in the same way to be fair to all the shooters.

Really nice quality, especially for the price. This is really nice for indoor plinking where other reactive targets may bounce all over the place. My winter is looking brighter.

The bounce back issue is a definite pain (-1 star). My solution after some trial and error was to wrap a rubber band around all the target paddles. e.g. reset the target and then bring a rubber band around all 5 covers that are now sticking out. Push the rubber band down towards the axle rod as far as possible. This introduces some friction as the paddles are pulled together and rub at the joints. This is a pain, so some kind of fix should be included and explained with the product.

Double check the sizing and then pull the trigger :-)

Good unit! Compact and easy to reset and transport.

Targets are very small! Individual target bounce back. They need to be weighted differently so it shows a hit.

works great, gives wonderful practice sessions!

at 10 yards with my FWB 150 the pop up flags were a bit lite and would not stay yup after every shot. Fixed this by taping quarters to the pop up flags for extra weight.

Wonderful value for the price.

Very well made, works flawlessly and fun to shoot. Better made for air rifles as the target is very small. That said it is very challenging for a pistol.

If shooting indoors a box to collect the pellet splat is in order otherwise they can go all over.