Anyone make your own targets?

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Hmmm, lots of do-it-yourself target makers out there. I also cut up what I call good cardboard boxes and draw a grid on them with a sharpie. Lots of aiming points with out going to change targets that way. I'm also one that's not interested in spending much money on something I'm going to shoot full of holes and throw in the trash can.
 
Walmart has reams of thick paper (120 weight???) for around $5. I use a target with 3 circles spaced an inch apart or a grid pattern with a Bullseye in the middle. These use a small amount of ink. Each target probably costs around $.04 and I don't have to spend any time drawing or painting. The paper is thicker than any actual targets I've ever bought and doesn't tear easily.

I've brought some into work before so I could print out color bullseyes and then my cost for ink is $0.
 
I've cut up grocery bags before, but use builder's paper now.
I bought a roll of Builder's Paper ($12/140ft long) and cut it in half with a hacksaw.
I just roll it out, staple it to the target stand, cut it off, and put black 1" square pasters on it as aiming points.
I get a target that covers the stand/backer edge to edge without seams/overlap that I can add many aiming point pasters to.
Or you could stencil/spray paint any type of aiming point of your choice.
https://www.homedepot.com/p/Trimaco-2-9-ft-x-140-ft-Builder-s-Paper-35140/202040749
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For rifle targets I buy rolls of 2ft wide white paper and cut off 2ftx2ft squares. In the center I mark the circumference of a 6" dessert plate and fill it in with black poster paint. For pistols, I use my used rifle targets with 1" dia. circles marked towards each corner. Do I save money? Probably not much, but like reloading and gun cleaning, it's an enjoyable and productive way to pass a snowy winter evening.
 
I put out a “new” refrigerator the other day at my 800 yard station. I’ll put it behind the big gong so I can see where shots are hitting and get on target and then move to shooting the smaller gongs. once it’s all shot up on both sides. I’ll haul it on the next junk iron load and get another.
 
Cereal boxes. Find the seam, separate, use the inside. Then use a sharpie, a plate, a saucer, and a tin can lid for
bullseye markings. Hobby store acrylic paints are 25 to 35 cents on sale, lots of bright colors for
contrast. Gives the hands something to do when I'm watching TV at nite.
 
I go buy those big rolls of brown paper in the paint section of Home Depot. 1 roll is around $10. 4’ wide and very long. Cut to any size you want.
 
About 95% of the time I shoot either steel or IDPA Silhouettes while running drills. Other than that I just print out tgts. Closest I've come to any originality is my "ocular cavity" face for one of my knock down targets:

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Behind the "face" sits a triangular steel plate about the size of an ocular cavity (eye sockets to nose). Only a hit to that area will take the target down.
 
While I made some mentioned above, mostly for .22 or rifle sighting in, for handgun practice, I went and spent the money for these:
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23 x 35 inches for $25; $40 with delivery for 100

https://targets.net/html/Targets/Targets A-Z.html

they even come in green for better visibility:

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Use small sticker targets in between 1-2, 1-4, 4-5, 2-5 and that's 9 good-sized targets for handgun practice.
 
Paper plates are 2 cents. Lots of spray paints can be found on clearance for 2 bucks. My basement becomes a target factory. Let them dry overnight, then pack my range bag.
Chuck R, you gotta' stop packin' so much stuff to the range. How can you sleep with all that firing going on? :)
 

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A piece cardboard cut from a cereal box works well. That's mostly what I use. I buy a pack of stickers used in offices for marking things for my aiming point. You know what the amazing thing is? Following my usual practice with new brass, I didn't chamfer it, resize it or mess with it in any way before seating the primer, putting in the powder and seating the bullet. Notice also the CCI 250 primer; a magnum rifle primer no less in what is considered a handgun cartridge. Perish the thought! But the CCI 250 primer gave me better groups than the other ones I tried by about an inch as I recall.

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Not a home made target but at least a home grown one shot with the above load.

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Same gun. Same load.
 
Another thing that I do occasionally is glue pennies to the target and shoot those with a .22LR at 50 and 100 yards.

(@ 100 yards - Bottom of target)

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At 50 yards usually I'll hit it right off that bat. At 100 yards though sometimes it takes a few shots.

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I find about half of them when I shoot them with a .22LR. With a .223 I've never found a single one.
 
For those who like the shoot and see targets, my wife makes some stuff real similar for her business. She makes scratch off prize things with it. But I bet a guy could make shoot and see. I’ll find out what it is.
 
I adapted a target I downloaded from 6mmBR. Instead of three targets per A4 page I have two targets per A4 page. I overlayed a 1cm x 1cm box grid to each target. My scopes have mrad turrets/reticles so 1 click moves the group over by one box at 100m. Makes it very easy to dial my scope in once I've settled on a load :) So looking at my test loads I would need to dial in 1 click elevation and 1 click windage and I'm set.

There's plenty of space to add in my load data and measurements for future use.

Original target from 6mmBR
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Modified target
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To make your own shoot and see targets, do this: get a can of neon green or orange spray paint, a can of black Chip-Gard (auto parts store), and a can of clear coat.
Spray on green or orange using the template you have and allow to dry completely.
Spray clear coat over it and dry the same way.
Follow up with a final coat of chip guard and voila! Homemade shoot and see target.
On mine I get lazy and just shoot black paint over white posterboard, but if you want close to factory performance, this is it.
 
With access to used and no longer needed large format paper (blueprints), add those office supply 3/4" neon marking stickers. Usually stapled to a piece of garbage cardboard for a flat target surface that can be quickly attached and detached from the target stand. A white paper background helps to see target holes at distance. Neon on white is easily seen at 100yds with a 9x.
 
I get the paper silhouettes from work and use the target repair dots from the shoot-n-see targets that everyone seems to throw away. Sometimes I use the 3x5 cards for drills on the silhouettes.
 
With access to used and no longer needed large format paper (blueprints), add those office supply 3/4" neon marking stickers. Usually stapled to a piece of garbage cardboard for a flat target surface that can be quickly attached and detached from the target stand. A white paper background helps to see target holes at distance. Neon on white is easily seen at 100yds with a 9x.


I use old prints also. Orange stickers on the back or i have a template and black dollar store paint for long range targets.
 
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