Help with 100 yard target

Why not just move closer?

I find it easier for me to use the Big Shoot NC target that are used for 200 yards at 100 and than I paste a 3 or 4" orange colored center with the black back ground. This give it a nice contrast. Of course eventually I saw my eye doctor and told him my hobbies. So he fixed me up with 2 prescriptions. One for long distance shooting and the other for reading. Now that I wear the long distance glasses for driving I don't get the 1 finger wave from pedestrians that often.

bearcreek said:

Why not just move closer?

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I reeeeeeally don't think the RSO would like that.

seriously, try a peep sight. it changes how your eye works. almost like a magnifying lens. I think they make some with screw-in aperatures so you can try different ones. if a regular aperature won't do it try smaller and smaller. the down side is that it makes the sight picture darker and darker. but, even the smallest one is no problem on a bright sunny day.

before spending money you can try it out by poking a pinhole in something. (pinhole, nail hole, different sizes) hold a pencil at arm's length, look at an object 100 yards away.

you can try it right now if you want to see the effect. poke a small nail hole in a piece of paper (3/16" or so) and hold it 1-3" from your eyeball. objects 2 feet to (infinity) are now in focus.

also, they have one that has an actual lens in it just for people with vision problems. or, try 1.25 or 1.50 reading glasses.

targets. take a blank sheet of paper and draw a crosshair on it with a black magic marker. then fuzz it out so the lines are 1/2" or" 3/4" thick. you can leave a blank spot in the center if you want to. I can't see a thin black line at 100 yards either, that's what I do.

JCooperfan1911 said:

because I’d like to fire at 100

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If you're just doing it for fun, which I assume is the case, given your question, and you want to "cheat" anyway by using some sort of special target, what's the difference? Anyway, might try the Shoot-N-C targets. Or just use whatever color craft/construction paper you can see best.

Hjalkarsson said:

I reeeeeeally don't think the RSO would like that.

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Never had to deal with them outside of competitions. Is it common for ranges with RSO's to have no options for shooting rifles closer than 100 yards?

I meant if everyone is at the firing line shooting at targets 100 yards away, and he starts walking up to the target.... ahh never mind haha

Try yellow paper with a bold sharpie ring in the middle.

high visibility targets - Baker Targets

Quite an array of brightly colored targets.

I stopped trying and use a scope on most of my guns.

But for those times when I do use irons a target with a larger bulls eye is the key. With my scoped rifles I often just used 1" orange dots that I can stick onto cardboard and that works well enough out to 200 yards. At 300 and beyond I need to move up to 2" or 3" dots.

But when using irons something 6" or so at 100 yards. You can place the front sight post at the bottom of a 6" circle at 100 yards and get good groups. You may need to readjust the sights so that point of impact is a few inches higher than point of aim to get those groups in the center of the bull.

Something like this

JCooperfan1911 said:

I’m having trouble seeing targets at 100

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At this range, I presume a rifle....

Hjalkarsson said:

seriously, try a peep sight

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^^^^^ THIS ^^^^^

You are in denial. It is not the target, it's your eyes. 100 yards and iron sights is now beyond your range.

I finally came to acceptance some years back after fighting with futility for years. Save all those targets with good 100 yard groups. Laminate the pages and have them bound into a book because you won't be adding any more pages to it.

I am sorry to say that I believe Howland has the best answer. I say that because I am in the same boat with you. Improvise, adapt, overcome - use a scope.

Is it that you cannot see the target to shoot/aim at it or that you cannot see the holes that result?

Just a thought, when I cannot see the holes in my target that usually means I missed .

Get a spotting scope.

Shoot steel, you do not have to see it to know if you hit it or not!

A 50 yard Bullseye slow fire pistol target, placed @ 100 yards. The black is 8" in diameter. Hold the front bead at 6 Oclock. You want bullets to inpack on target just on top of front sight. On target bullets should be hitting close to 6 Oclock.

When holding low, the white of the target should allow seeing the sights better also.

https://www.kruger-us-targets.com/i...ow-fire-standard-american-target-nra-b-6.html or any 8" black bullseye on a large white backer.

What kind of "iron sights?" Open sights are demanding of good vision. A stick on aperture for glasses helps.
Peep sights are a lot more precise; peep and globe target type sights even better.
You can get adapters for target sights that hold a small corrective lens.

As JMR and the target shooters know, a larger target is better; the standard bullseye competition aiming area is around 5 MOA. Shooting at a scribble on a paper plate is a handicap.

The staff at Rifle & Handloader magazines looked at a lot of targets and concluded that blue was the most visible but JMR's green sure looks bright.

Good suggestions on the peep sights and "shoot and see" targets.

I have also used a large piece of cardboard with a large "+" sign of black duct tape.

My eyes can't even use a receiver mounted aperture sight like in my younger days. Maybe with a 0.050" or smaller aperture, on a bright sunny day, with a high contrast bullseye . . . sure, that can still work.

But hunting or defense sized apertures? Not so much any more and I'm only 55. I need at least a red dot these days. Good thing there are plenty of optics choices in the 21st century.

Jim Watson said:

The staff at Rifle & Handloader magazines looked at a lot of targets and concluded that blue was the most visible but JMR's green sure looks bright.

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I agree. I spray paint a lot of my tools bright blue for that reason. Easy to spot in the leaves and dirt.

I've made my own targets from cardboard painted white with black cross-hairs and large center bullseye for iron sights at 200 and 300 yds. Should work fine for 100 yds as well if sized appropriately. You may want to paint a different background if you're shooting in the winter in snow country.

Spray paint one of these white. Can't miss!

https://www.ebay.com/itm/AR500-Stee...193428?hash=item2a617cc594:g:5vkAAOSwx-9WxMiH

I had the same problem. I exclusively use optics now. I wish I didn’t have to but it is not a workaround. It is a legitimate permanent solution.

@JCooperfan1911 Don't beat yourself up, even Cooper used scout scopes.

BreechFace said:

Don't beat yourself up, even Cooper used scout scopes.

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rotflmao

Flat black round target in good light.
NRA 50 yard or Shoot n See.

Scoped I run the 100 yd Leupold sight in target (4 blocks on grid).