My big boy (centerfire) target came in from cerberus today!
1. My UPS driver is probably not happy dragging that h e a v y box up to the house.
2. Matt packed the hell out of it. I can't imagine parts that I'm going to shoot getting damaged by the box being accidentally dropped by the shipper, but I appreciate the effort of protecting the merchandise.
3. It's possible that there was an instruction sheet in there somewhere, but I didn't look. I took it as a compliment that Matt thought I could put this together without a three language instruction book and a toll-free call to some help center in Bangalore.
It literally can only assemble one way, and it's obvious where all round stock, plates, nuts, bolts, washers, and pins are placed.
4. Something simple, but everything lined up and balanced perfectly. (Of course it should, but we all know how annoying it is when you have to start "fixing" a new toy you just bought.)
5. Regarding Duxprep's comment about splash, you could only hang two of the plates on the bottom of the pivot brackets if you wanted and it should function fine.
6. I'm just going to break this down into three subassemblies to move to new locations or storage. Manageable, quick, and easy.
Part two (pew-pew test) of my review will have to wait until the weekend.
Thanks, Matt!
(Edit: And thanks to THESAW for starting this thread.)