hokiemojo
Member
Hey everyone,
When a friend took me to the range for my first shooting experience, he brought his 2 pistols and 100 rounds of ammo. We picked up an FBI Q target (he's a police office so I assume that's why he chose it) and got started. I wanted to pay for everything at the range since he was letting me use his guns and was giving me some basic pointers.
I think buying only target was a HUGE mistake. It wasn't long before we were picking stray holes to use as new bullseyes. I think he was trying to save me money, but in retrospect, we probably wated much more money because I couldn't even tell where my shots were going after 50-60 rounds.
I've gone shooting a few more times since, and I usually stick with Q targets, although at my basic pistol class, we used paper plates with an orange sticker in the middle. I've seen people put stickers over their shots to "reset" their targets. I think they are called target pasters? Is there any reason to use the pasters instead of just buying "Avery Removable Print or Write Color Coding Labels, 0.75 Inches, Round, Pack of 1008 (5472)" from amazon?
It seems like it would be great if a few people wanted to take turns on the same target. You could color code your shots by person and all shoot one target (obviosuly switching to a fresh target after 30-40 rounds). Just wondering your thoughts. Maybe this is common and I just haven't seen enough to notice others do this. Thanks!
When a friend took me to the range for my first shooting experience, he brought his 2 pistols and 100 rounds of ammo. We picked up an FBI Q target (he's a police office so I assume that's why he chose it) and got started. I wanted to pay for everything at the range since he was letting me use his guns and was giving me some basic pointers.
I think buying only target was a HUGE mistake. It wasn't long before we were picking stray holes to use as new bullseyes. I think he was trying to save me money, but in retrospect, we probably wated much more money because I couldn't even tell where my shots were going after 50-60 rounds.
I've gone shooting a few more times since, and I usually stick with Q targets, although at my basic pistol class, we used paper plates with an orange sticker in the middle. I've seen people put stickers over their shots to "reset" their targets. I think they are called target pasters? Is there any reason to use the pasters instead of just buying "Avery Removable Print or Write Color Coding Labels, 0.75 Inches, Round, Pack of 1008 (5472)" from amazon?
It seems like it would be great if a few people wanted to take turns on the same target. You could color code your shots by person and all shoot one target (obviosuly switching to a fresh target after 30-40 rounds). Just wondering your thoughts. Maybe this is common and I just haven't seen enough to notice others do this. Thanks!