Cowboy Auto Popper The Auto-Popper is probably the most innovative practice tool devised since the beginning of the practical shooting sport. You all know that "Necessity is the mother of invention". As a new shooter, the necessity was for MORE PRACTICE TIME! Auto-Poppers will significantly increase your productive practice time by eliminating the need to walk down range and stand up steel, or tape paper practice targets. The Auto-Popper is an excellent target for draw-shoot-reload-shoot practice, and incredibly easy to transport, at only 12 lbs. each! The spring in the Auto-Popper is a "Guaranteed Forever" spring. If it breaks or wears out, we will replace it!

It's A Rifle Target Too!
It has come to our attention that our standard Auto-Poppers are great rifle/sniper targets. We have had customers shooting them with .223 rounds for years, from 25 yards and out, but every year or so (depending on use/abuse) we have had to send them new target faces. As pistol targets, these will operate indefinitely. We are finding out that, at 200+ yards, we will also get excellent life with rifles, i.e. multiple thousand rounds. As you can see, they are small, light weight (12 lbs. each), and easy to handle and carry. This lends itself to strategic positioning on a sniper course, or similar situation. If your department has a budget for paper targets and other expendables, we think you’ll find the $47 replacement cost for new 1/3 popper target faces are an excellent value. Replacement cost for the Colt Speed Plate Auto Popper target faces are $58. Bolts and delivery charges are included with both.

HOW DOES IT WORK?
Very simply, it works Great! Envision a 1/3 size Pepper Popper (14" tall, with the round part being 4" diameter). This popper is mounted to a hinged base, much the same as a full size or U.S. popper. The "impact factor" calibration screw has been eliminated, and a torsion spring has been installed on the hinge shaft. When you hit this target with anything larger than a .22, it falls backwards, just as regular poppers do. The difference is, this target IMMEDIATELY stands back up, ready to be shot again!

HOW FAST DOES IT WORK?
Let's put it this way. You are a Grand Master IPSC shooter. You have three of these at 12 yards, mounted 3-4 feet apart, shooting 1,2,3,1,2,3. The first one is up before you can get a bead on #3. As of this writing, we haven't found anyone who had to wait when there were only 2 targets!

WHAT DO I MOUNT IT TO?
There are two holes in the base, so you can: 1) drive some 3/8" x 12" long nails (landscape spikes) into the ground, 2) buy or make some cheap sawhorses and mount them parallel to the length of the sawhorse, 3) get a 2 x 12 and mount them to it, then set it on sawhorses, or on the ground. 4) mount it to an MGM Sniper base (There is a picture and description of our Sniper Base at the bottom of this page.) How creative can you get, and what are your specific needs? Remember: Bullet splatter will at some point cut through the wood. Have the face of the target sticking past the leading edge of the wood. Get 6 Auto-Poppers and you'll have the most inexpensive plate rack in town!

WHY DOES IT WORK?
We all shoot with a certain degree of "sloppiness". The degree of "slop" is determined by target size, or by distance. On big or close targets, you go into "auto-hose" mode, without really aiming. The smaller the target, the less slop you allow. Practicing with small targets forces you to aim. After practicing on these, the Pepper Poppers are like shooting at box cars!
Standard Auto Popper Standard Auto Popper
The standard Auto-Popper is the same shape as a traditional Pepper Popper. We highly recommend this target to every shooter, particularly those working on speed and accuracy. This target stands 14” high and is only 4” across the widest portion of the target. The majority of the target is only 2” wide. This is one target you won’t hit on accident!

Colt Speed Plate Auto Popper Colt Speed Plate Auto Popper
Popper initially developed as a replacement for the IPSC "A Zone" Auto Popper, the Colt Speed Plate Auto Popper is a shape that originally appeared in the NRA Bianchi Cup Competition. The original is 28" tall, but ours is only 12.5" tall, which makes the circle a 6" diameter. These function exactly like our standard Auto Popper, but are much easier to hit! If you are training with people who need to develop some confidence, this one is recommended over the standard Auto Popper.

Squirrel Auto Popper Squirrel Auto Popper
This target is a blast! Spring loaded like all of the auto-poppers, this target is going to save you lots of reset time! Shaped like a squirrel, this is a great target for people who like to shoot but don’t actually want to hurt anything! The squirrel is approximately 15” tall and about 4” wide. This is some serious Pig-Poppin’!

Bowling Pin Auto Popper Bowling Pin Auto Popper
Great practice for those of you involved in Pin Shoots! Our bowling Pin is slightly smaller than a real bowling pin, creating a great practice situation.

Cowboy Auto Popper Cowboy Action Tombstone, Coffin Lid, & 8" Round
These three targets are what have been used at many of the Winter Range, End of Trail, and Beginning of Trail competitions, for shotgun targets. The Tombstone, Coffin Lid, and the 8" round Auto Poppers all come standard with the Pipe Base, which allows you to screw in 3 pieces of 3/4" pipe (not included) to make a tripod base that won’t need to be fastened to the ground or otherwise anchored. All three also have the "foot flag" that so many people shooting light loads have grown to hate! The principle is, when you hit the target solidly, it goes down and the foot flag comes up. The sheriff can see a flash of fluorescent red (or whatever color you choose to paint the bottom of the foot) and confirm that it was a good hit. If he doesn’t see the color, it wasn’t a good hit, and the cowboy gets dinged for a miss. No real cowboys were shooting light loads!
.22 Auto Popper
Our ingenious Auto popper also comes in a lighter weight version for use with .22 caliber fire arms. This target is designed the same as our standard auto-popper, but has a lightweight spring that allows the target to react to the .22 bullet. The target itself is ¼” 400 Brinell steel. The .22 auto popper is available in the standard shape as well as a ground squirrel shape. These targets are great for kids!
Sniper Base Sniper Base
The Sniper Base is compatible with all MGM auto poppers. When assembled, the target will be about 6” off the ground and weighs enough that it doesn’t have to be otherwise anchored. These things are practically hurricane proof!! This will help if you have grass or brush to contend with. When used with an Auto Squirrel, it is a great addition to any varmint hunter’s practice session.

Pipe-base Stand The Pipe-base
The Pipe-base has 3 threaded couplers welded to the bottom so you can screw in 3 pieces of 3/4" pipe (not included) to make a tripod base that won’t need to be fastened to the ground or otherwise anchored. This base comes standard on the Coffin Lid, Tombstone, and the 8” round. We also offer a retro-fit pipe-base.