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Foam target recommendations

8.8K views 46 replies 34 participants last post by  strummer  
I’ve owned a lot of them and without a doubt my favorite foam targets are 365 archery. I believe the 24 is $199 and they are fantastic. Replaceable 10” 6 sided core is $70 and I’ve gotten well over 8000 shots out of a core and thousands of those were broadheads.
I have 3 365s and agree they are good if you can keep your broadheads in the 10” square. The added extra ring provides a lot of extra protection if you do miss the core. I use the 24s as broadhead targets and bags and 3D foam for field points. I probably will replace my 80 yard target with the 14” version once the sun degrades the outer ring.

But no way I can get “1000’s” from the inserts with broadheads. I’ve completely smoke 3 inserts this year.

Here is my 70 yard, 365 target but I still have a back stop behind it that is actually 48x48 targets blocks.

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The 24” ring below has been used out to 100 yards and definitely saved many misses from me and my buddies on the 10” insert. This outer ring is probably 4 seasons out in the weather always. It is starting to show some degradation.

Another weakness is, as the out ring weathers an arrow that misses the very edge of the 10” inner can zip right through. If you look closely you can see we’re this has happened.
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Truth be told I occasionally toss a broadhead into my 3D targets that have big replaceable cores, like the Reinhardt deers and antelope, but the turkey and boar are kinda too small
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Here I have a couple broadheads in the target
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All the weakness’s disclosed, I believe they are one of the best targets if you want portability in a larger sized target and for the most part are fairly confident most shoots will land in the 10” center with the 24” acting as a backstop.

Reinhart block is nice just small for long range sight in and broadhead testing.

I’ve had a couple of these cheap ones on the left and they are amongst the worst for broadheads. They are big and cheap so that’s a plus. But they are so light they move around, get munched quickly and arrows are hard to pull.
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Broadheads do take a toll on just about any foam target I’ve shot.




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