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<blockquote data-quote="Crow Terminator" data-source="post: 4453081" data-attributes="member: 220"><p>Here we go again.</p><p></p><p>Blob targets are not manufactured for an archery target. They are purge waste material from the carpet mills. They come in all different kind of materials. Some are soft. Some are dense. All are compacted purge material. Nothing more. That's why they are all in a square. The purge bins are that way. The material for the carpet comes out in molten form and just takes to the bin shape. One of the mill workers was a archer and said "I bet these would stop an arrow great" and thus is how they started being used as a target. The worker started getting them and selling them at local shoots some time back in the 1980s-1990s. We used to be able to get them for around $25 but now they are $50 for the big "irregular shaped" ones. </p><p></p><p>These days, there are two guys that have a contract with the carpet mills for them. They marketed the Blob target name. They get them for basically nothing and then sell them for some big profits. That's why you probably have trouble getting the irregular shaped big ones...they come to this area early in the season at the local shoots first, and offer them there and once they are gone, they are gone til they make another run for them at the carpet mills. When I bought mine, they had a whole big size trailer full of them, any size you wanted, for $50 each. I like the big size ones that weigh close to 200 lbs. Those don't have a warranty on them; you have to go by feel of them to find the dense ones. The softer they are, the more easily shot out they are. The smaller target is the one they offer the "guarantee" with. It is the most dense but not as big as the irregular shaped blob. Blobs are more of a foam/grit like material, depending on which one you get. Rineharts are more rubbery feeling than the Blobs. I knew Mr. Rinehart and met him a couple times back in early 2000; I took a bowhunter education class with him. I don't think they are the same material at all; they have a totally different texture to them. </p><p></p><p>On average I shoot year round, a minimum of 30 arrows a day, whether I feel like it or not. I try to at least do 30 for form. If I am prepping for a big shoot, it will be more. The target I bought back in Feb/March, I posted pics of it here when I first got it in another discussion about the Blob targets. I also had a picture of them in the back of the trailer I spoke of. They were on Photobucket and I don't have access to them but I should still have the pics on a flash drive some place. I can do you a before and now shot of my target to show what about 4 months of shooting looks like on one of them. For $50 I'm not going to complain about it but they by far, aren't the best thing since sliced bread.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Crow Terminator, post: 4453081, member: 220"] Here we go again. Blob targets are not manufactured for an archery target. They are purge waste material from the carpet mills. They come in all different kind of materials. Some are soft. Some are dense. All are compacted purge material. Nothing more. That's why they are all in a square. The purge bins are that way. The material for the carpet comes out in molten form and just takes to the bin shape. One of the mill workers was a archer and said "I bet these would stop an arrow great" and thus is how they started being used as a target. The worker started getting them and selling them at local shoots some time back in the 1980s-1990s. We used to be able to get them for around $25 but now they are $50 for the big "irregular shaped" ones. These days, there are two guys that have a contract with the carpet mills for them. They marketed the Blob target name. They get them for basically nothing and then sell them for some big profits. That's why you probably have trouble getting the irregular shaped big ones...they come to this area early in the season at the local shoots first, and offer them there and once they are gone, they are gone til they make another run for them at the carpet mills. When I bought mine, they had a whole big size trailer full of them, any size you wanted, for $50 each. I like the big size ones that weigh close to 200 lbs. Those don't have a warranty on them; you have to go by feel of them to find the dense ones. The softer they are, the more easily shot out they are. The smaller target is the one they offer the "guarantee" with. It is the most dense but not as big as the irregular shaped blob. Blobs are more of a foam/grit like material, depending on which one you get. Rineharts are more rubbery feeling than the Blobs. I knew Mr. Rinehart and met him a couple times back in early 2000; I took a bowhunter education class with him. I don't think they are the same material at all; they have a totally different texture to them. On average I shoot year round, a minimum of 30 arrows a day, whether I feel like it or not. I try to at least do 30 for form. If I am prepping for a big shoot, it will be more. The target I bought back in Feb/March, I posted pics of it here when I first got it in another discussion about the Blob targets. I also had a picture of them in the back of the trailer I spoke of. They were on Photobucket and I don't have access to them but I should still have the pics on a flash drive some place. I can do you a before and now shot of my target to show what about 4 months of shooting looks like on one of them. For $50 I'm not going to complain about it but they by far, aren't the best thing since sliced bread. [/QUOTE]
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