image on paper target for best groups??

[fjlee]

I hope to soon be shooting paper……in an exercise to develop good-grouping handloads. I have a good collection of reloading components, and manuals, so no reason to not have a load or 3 that groups nice and tight.

I’ll be shooting a new Ruger GP100 with 4 inch barrel in .357 Original iron sights.

I’ll be shooting from bags and/or solid rest, at 25 yards. Single action.

I’m 64 years old, and wear bifocals. I’m experienced with firearms in general, but not with center fire revolvers.

I like to shoot iron sights to POA…….NOT 6 o’clock. I think the correct name for the iron sights on a new GP100 is “Patridge”……..

Could you folks please direct me to a website (or whatever) that shows images/photos of good targets for me to do what I want to do. I don’t think a simple black circular bull, of any size, is very good for shooting for minimum group size.

Just daydreaming about it, and making some simple sketches…….seems like some kinda black vertical rectangle, with maybe a black horizontal bar……or something? Well, I better quite daydreaming……..and hope for input from the group here….

Thank you……. FJ Lee

 

[JJE]

Here's one: http://www.targetz.com/

I tried some of these for handgun at various ranges out to 50 feet, plus a bunch of targets I made up, and I found that the best target for me to see was a black bullseye, at least 1.5" in diameter in a white circle 8" in diameter (biggest that will fit on a standard sheet of paper) with a dark border outside the white circle. A very simple, easy to see target.

I wear pretty thick glasses, and if I was shooting a rested handgun at 25 yards I'd probably use the same as I just described with a 2" black center bullseye.

 

[M2 Carbine]

I find a simple one or two inch black bullseye about as good as anything.

I'm 69 and wear tri focals. The center lens is focused at about 30-40 inches.
This is my "shooting" lens. This duplicates much younger eyes, with the front sight being in focus, rear sight being a little fuzzy and the target being real fuzzy.

You can try it out by buying a pair of cheap drug store reading glasses. Just try them on until the thumb (front sight) of your outstretched hand is in focus.

For fun download the target and post your shooting at,
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=255507

 

[PrimaryB]

I'm sure a bunch of you have seen or use them and can point me in a direction to order some. They were adhesive backed grid type targets and anywhere there was impact the hole turned bright orange. They were white with black grid lines at 2" and a diamond shaped center with a black bulls eye I think.

 

[woolfam]

Lots of targets available here:

http://www.reloadbench.com/pdf.html

 

[Vern Humphrey]

I'm far-sighted in my right (master) eye and near-sighted in my left eye. As this condition materialized, I had to re-train myself to shoot with the left (non-master eye.) With practice, I was able to shoot with both eyes open, keeping the target in focus with the right eye and the sights with the left.

For people in my condition, I am convinced that a square bull, same width as the front sight is very good. The sights are adjusted to put the point of impact right on top of the front sight, not in the center of the bull.

Another good target is simply a blank sheet of paper. You can put coencentric circles on it -- too fine to be seen at shooting distance, or turn a regular target around. The trick is to have equal amounts of light above and on both sides of the front sight.

 

[Steve C]

With the price of printer ink its more economical just to buy targets from the store in packs of 50 to 100. You can also order targets from Midway, the traditional 25 yd NRA slow fire pistol bull is probably the best. If you are shooting group it doesn't matter if you use POA or POI hold. If you want hi visibility center buy targets where the 10 ring is orange or buy some orange target stickers.

 

[DMK]

I like a donut for handgun shooting. I couldn't find what I liked, so I drew something in Windows Paint. I just made a 4" black circle with a light gray 1.5" center.