Making Your Own Dot Targets

[jcwit]

This is something I posted on another forum for those of you who like to make your own targets.

For those of you out there in air gun land that like to make their own targets and like to shoot at small 1.2 inch dots, here is something I came up with. There are dealers on E Bay that offer small round erasers that for all intents and purposes are 1/2 inch in dia. They come in packs of 5 from China for $1.39 shipped to your door. Use them as a stamp with a stamp pad, and there you go, Dot targets for next to nothing.

Course you have to wait for a week or 2 for them to arrive from China.

I should have added, I use discarded targets used by our indoor range, these are target tag paper and pellets cut clean round holes. I take them home and run them thru the paper cutter at 5 1/2 X 5 1/2 to fit my trap. I then use whatever size stamp to make my aim point.

Guy on another forum even had another idea using a stamp.

Use a rubber washer mounted, "hot glued" to a chunk of wood. Even gives you a clear aiming spot in the center.

Hope this gives other some ideas and help.

 

[jmorris]

I use colored hole punch reinforcements, about the same diameter.

 

[Chevota]

I just make printable targets. I made several designs, then adjust their size so anywhere from one big one to eighty small ones fit on one std printer sheet. I also made them to use minimal ink because regular targets use way too much ($). Attached are my two favs, but low-rez examples for posting. I'll gladly post or email the full size/hi-rez versions or others if anyone wants. Most are made to fit std printer paper, but can be sized to fit anything.
Generic Aspirin tablets are really fun to shoot too.