Born from a family brainstorming session after Thanksgiving, Gopher Targets, LLC makes American-made, mechanical target retrieval systems for outdoor shooting ranges. Developed from a backyard concept around 2014, the family-built business designs systems that let shooters retrieve targets from behind the safety line without electrical power, with models reaching as far as 100 yards. Based in Eaton, Ohio, Gopher serves private and professional ranges across the United States with components designed for straightforward installation on standard 4x4 structures.
TargetWorxFounded by former USA Shooting Team member Eddy Esworthy in 1991, TargetWorx designs, manufactures, and installs indoor shooting ranges and their equipment. The Annapolis company grew from Esworthy’s experience visiting ranges around the world and is best known for its wireless, battery-powered target retrieval system, first installed at the NRA Headquarters Range in 2010. TargetWorx keeps the business relatively small while designing its electronic systems in-house and building many components in the USA.STEVENSVILLE, MD
TA TargetsBorn in 2015 after its founders encountered failing steel targets during a West Virginia training course, TA Targets manufactures American-made AR500 and AR550 shooting targets and builds complete training ranges. Its A-DAP system grew from that first design, with an emphasis on target geometry, material consistency, audible feedback and safe fragmentation direction. Based in Pennsylvania, the company also supports its equipment with range-planning services, user guidance and warranties that extend to a limited lifetime on select 1/2-inch AR550 systems.238290ROBESONIA, PA
Thompson Target IncSince 1986, Thompson Target has grown from Rick Thompson’s Ohio basement startup into a family-owned, American-made target producer with a full-scale industrial building and warehouse. The company supplies sporting goods stores, gun shops and shooting ranges nationwide, with a particular identity rooted in vivid, innovative designs created by a sportsman and graphic artist.UNIONTOWN, OH
DA TargetsBuilt by shooters in Allentown, Pennsylvania, DA Targets makes American-made shooting targets designed to provide immediate feedback on the range. Its patented color-changing targets briefly reveal each point of impact, while self-healing materials withstand repeated use without the routine replacement of paper targets. The company also develops HIT IQ, a tablet-controlled live-fire training system for military and law-enforcement ranges that adds thermal hit detection, automated scoring, and performance data.339920ALLENTOWN, PA