BACK FROM THE "DEAD"

 Greetings. It's been ages since I surfed the forums. Lot's of changes. For any of you who give a ****

this his Dick Otten. I am back among the living after a battle with 2 strokes and a pair of nasty bouts of COVID. I'll be cranking up the old RHINO target making shed around the first of 2024. For the time being, this will get to me if you if you have nothing better to do.

dickotten.rhinotargets@gmail.com dickottenverizon.net@aol.com 

I'll be back when I have something of interest to share. Later...Dick Otten.

So glad to hear you have come out the other side & still among us  .... You make GREAT Field targets !!!

Stay well  ....

@dickotten 

Excellent news! Welcome back and glad you were able to conquer your health issues and put them in the rearview !!

I'm sure I and others can't wait to see what the reopening of the RHINO shed has in store for us!

Welcome back Dick. Glad to hear you are have beaten you health issues. I must have spoken to you while you were battling. Enjoy the madness as it is now.

so now my selfish question, will you be making guntotes again?

@sdsteph 

I need to build up an inventory of field targets before I get around to making gun tote. People seem to like them so I suppose I'll continue making them.

Looks like I made a big error in my own email address. Switching servers has befuddled my 86 year old brain. I hate computers.  Try this one dickottenverizon.net@aol.com   

Dick, Glad to hear you are still kicking.

Regards, Bill  

Awesome News Dick. I'm glad to hear you are on the mend. I have some of your targets and I look forward to getting more. See you on the lanes at DeSoto Airgunners matches. 

@dick_otten Great to hear you're as blithe-some as ever.

Paul

Goodnews Dick!!

Great target and great guy! Glad you’re back! I will be buying when you’re selling again! 

Welcome back, Dick!

Didn't know you were having health issues, but from the "sound" of your post, you are back and doing well.  STAY THAT WAY!!!

Mark

I always wear my "cloak of indistructability" and have recently renewed my warranty. I should be good for another few years.The expiration date is a bit blurred on the label and I can't read it. Target date for renewed sales is Jan. I won't have a new web site running by them and the old one is waaay out of date. I'm locked out if it and can't make any updates. Do not rely on anything with a dollar sign attached to it. Material costs and labor cost of (or is it for?) the people who laser cut and form my parts have forced me to raise prices a bit. Field targets will be up $5 to $65. Shipping costs are getting out of hand also. Especially when I get those 70 lb cartons of steel parts. Who knows how high it will go after this big UPS contract deal. Since the USPS has discontinued the discounted Regional Priority mail service it is now $17.10 to ship a single target via priority mail. I'm thinking of a way to save you guys some money and me some time. Let me know what you think of this.--- Buy 4 targets (it's ok to share) and I will ship them partially disassembled. Just paint and re attach the face plate and hook up the links. It's a no brainer. I just checked and 4 will fit in the $17.10 box. The face plates will be un painted.  Everything will be primed but no "artistic" painting. I will knock 5 bucks off the price of each target and you do the painting and reassembly. $257.10 for 4 Rhino targets delivered is about the best I can do. It's a tad over $64 delivered for each target. You can justify the cost by thinking of it as a dollar off each target and free shipping. Looks like I've taken up way too much of your time. Me go bye bye.

@dick_otten Hey Dick, glad to hear you're back and doing the rounds. Still have about 10 0r 12 of your Rhino knock down targets doing the circuits in our FT groups, they just seem to last forever.  Welcome back and do hope for you continued good health!

Saludos,

Pedro in PR

Glad you are back on your feet.  Some of us were talking about you at the last match wondering how you were doing.  This is a real bonus that not only are you doing better but wanting to make targets again.  Thanks for the update.

@prfleetsvs 

Pedro;

Send me an email to

.  I want to talk to you about some of your shooters. thanks - Dick