[Ala Tom]

I have been disappointed in the targets available at my range. I saw some nice targets at Wal-Mart. I am thinking of getting a couple and making copies for the range. Any ideas on what sort of target is best for learning to fire a CF pistol? My eyesight is not the greatest. The ones I have used have a lot of small print on them and narrow rings which are useless.

[Isaac-1]

For variations on targets take a look at this site http://www.pistoleer.com/targets/silhouette/

[Sauer Grapes]

I've never undrstood all the goofy targets I see guys bring to the range. Lines, diamonds, grids, squares, etc. They even bring 100yd rifle targets. :confused:


I use the plain old NRA 25yd slow fire target. #B-16

[Notoast]

I usually get a cheap $0.25 silhouette target at the range and then stick orange pasters on it on the edges and corners. For example, http://www.targdots.com/targdots.php The one inch dots give good contrast for us old blind guys and can also be placed in the center of a standard black bulls eye target.

[armoredman]

I use printable ones from targetz.com and others.

[jad0110]

I usually get a cheap $0.25 silhouette target at the range and then stick orange pasters on it on the edges and corners.

You can do that, plus you can reuse scrap paper from your trash bin.

[Mike J]

I don't usually shoot at an indoor range but I have found paper plates with 1" sticky dots to work well

[Drail]

Grids are very useful when adjusting sights. Once they are on I am happy with plain old paper plates with a dot in the center made with a magic marker. Most of the time I just shoot steel and bowling pins against a Pact timer.

[Hardtarget]

I'm one of the "lets do it cheap" bunch. :D Some of the metal alloys we get at work come with info stickers. It's just an aiming point and I'm just shooting holes in it...so FREE is the magic word! Some times I find a large cardboard and put "shoot'n see" targets on in several places. We're just burning powder and slingin' lead...and its all fun!

Mark

[M2 Carbine]

I use the same two targets for most of my shooting. I made them up on the computer years ago and haven't seen a need to change them since.
I buy the cheapest printer ink I can find and print them up by the hundreds/thousands.

The target has a one inch bullseye for target shooting, a 4x6 inch circle for "good enough" shooting and the body of the target is about COM size for when COM hits are what I'm trying for.

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x464/Bell-helicopter-407/Thousandsoftargets.jpg

http://i1183.photobucket.com/albums/x464/Bell-helicopter-407/LCPleadreloads8-10yards.jpg

[Damon555]

No need to waste money on targets. They really aren't anything you can't do yourself.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/edlafond/ProHunter.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y234/edlafond/DSC_5093.jpg

Paper plates are the best for handgun targets. 110# card stock looks nicer and works well for rifle and pistol shooting. Any printer can do this.

[ColtPythonElite]

I have a large roll of neon orange sticker dots that say "Special" on them. Someone that worked at a supermarket gave to me years ago. They look like something you see on day old bread. One of those stuck in the middle of a piece of printer paper works for me.

[group17]

zombie targets I have a large collection.

http://img682.imageshack.us/img682/3374/kahr40.jpg

http://img694.imageshack.us/img694/4003/dscf1355r.jpg

[CraigC]

For accuracy work, there is none better than a 3" black square.

[jawn]

I like the splatter targets.

[Ala Tom]

I saw those splatter targets but they are a little too expensive for me. I think plain white paper will show shots fairly well, at least for large calibers. Thanks for all the ideas.

I had a few ideas that I tried out with my computer and printer. If they work on the range I'll let you know. It needs to be simple for viewing yet have a good scoring system that tells how well you are doing. So far I like two triangles, one inverted and above the other so their common vertex defines the center of the target. Put a circle or two around that center point for scoring and analysis.

[iblong]

My standard targets are 8x11 printer paper with a 3'' heavy outline circle,I print these out 30 at a time.For other practice I set up IDPA targets with old T-shirts over them shoot'em lift the shirt and tape the holes.In the winter I keep a couple of hanging steel targets one at 20yds and one at 40.
they are 6x11 I shoot these from the deck so I dont have to wade through 3' of snow.

[EchoBravo]

I made up a few that don't use a lot of printer ink, which is about the only liquid more expensive than gasoline these days. I call them rifle targets, but a target is a target (mostly bullseyes, but I have some of those "goofy" ones with lines and grids and stuff if you are so inclined :p):

Printable targets (http://s273.photobucket.com/albums/jj229/Astronomerica/Ink-Saver%20Printable%20Rifle%20Targets/)

I pretty much just use the two simplest bulls. Easier to see the holes.

[AK103K]

I mostly use something like these.....

http://im1.shutterfly.com/media/47a0cf02b3127ccefbfa59e40e2400000030O00CYuWbdo5bsQe3nwk/cC/f%3D0/ps%3D50/r%3D0/rx%3D550/ry%3D400/

The hard part with them these days, is finding a range that will let you use them. :rolleyes:


Luckily, I dont have that trouble anymore. I can also shoot pretty much anyway I like (from the holster, moving, etc), and anything I want. All that, and its just two sips of coffee away. :)

[BCRider]

Like you my distance vision isn't all that great any more. Especially in a lot of indoor ranges where the downrange lighting is no screaming hell more often than not. To get around that and because I'm basically cheap I do up my own targets in CAD.

The "grey" center blob is a pattern that is photocopier friendly. I went with this pattern for the "grey" fill because I found that very few photocopiers do a nice job with grey fill. The pattern was played with until it was dense enough to print and copy dark enough to see easily at any reasonable distance. And although the rings are decently generous for width I don't worry about them because I'm just aiming at the center "blob". I don't care about the rings until the target comes back and then they are easy to see.

The IPSC tombstone is the one different one. It's a true to scale reduced size target with a dark pattern "copier friendly" border that is nice for doing some rapid lift and fire IPSC style shooting. It's got a light dot pattern and very small letters so you can only see them when the target is returned. Just like IPSC requires. And since I often use these for rimfire practice I filled in the corners with some 3 inch bulls.

I've also attached a target with 8 small 3 inch bulls for rimfire handgun or rifle use.

These are all intended to print out onto 11x17 paper. If you can't do that then take the files to a print shop and get some master copies printed then photocopy them.

[Cop Bob]

Standard NRA B-27.. available thru MidwayUSA.. Not the cheapest, but pretty much the standard..

[woodsoup]

8" paper plate and a magic marker, or repair spot. or target dot, or cookie, or saltine or... well you get the idea.

[kingcheese]

it depends on how accurate you want to be, if you want to be able to stop a mansized target, a small piece of black paper can do the trick, once you put a hole in it you can see the light through the back. i dont shot at a public range so i can also shoot things like milk jugs, scrap wood, popcans, what ever i find

[zignal_zero]

8" paper plate and a magic marker, or repair spot. or target dot, or cookie, or saltine or... well you get the idea.

^this^

yesterday, i was shooting at the box my wife's George Foreman grill came in, then we moved on to some paper plates.

i also like plastic bottles, milk cartons, or the big metal can that the Christmas popcorn comes in.

years ago, i found out somethin - i had been tearin it up at the range, got pretty proud of myself. then , i was out in the woods with some friends. we threw some make shift targets on the ground, a ways away, and all started shooting at the same time at them. i was not very accurate, at all :( i realized how adjusted i had become to the consistency and have been avoiding it, every since.

[SharpsDressedMan]

I don't have any pictures, but I want to draft up copies of Tom Berenger's "Pistol in hand" targets that he shot at in "Rustler's Rhapsody". He only shot the bad guys in the hand, so that is how he practiced. I hope to be that good someday.

[dwood]

I used to print targets on my laser printer. Finally decided I was just wasting toner.

Now I take 8.5 X 11 paper that was printed on one side and no longer needed, take a felt marker and free-hand an approximate 2" circle in the center. I don't even bother to fill in the circle.

Can't get cheaper than that!

[Cearbhall]

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