What paper targets are you using?

[Dan Forrester]

I took a defensive pistol class over the weekend and the class instructor was using targets by M3 Strategies that I really liked. Unfortunately it looks like M3 Strategies web sight is no longer active.

Does anyone use anything similar? Looking for a good target for short range fast pistol shooting / marksmanship / self defense training. But nothing over the top super duper tactical.

I appreciate any suggestions.

 

[trackskippy]

Try https://www.pistoleer.com/. They have a bunch of all sorts of different targets.

I mostly use some of their photo silhouette type targets, and the SR1 High Power replacement centers.

 

[SDGlock23]

Got some paper targets from bullets I bought online, been using them. I like the splatter color targets better but I'm not picky.

 

[Mars5l]

I only like splatter ones. For 100 yards rifle I'll grab something generally big for use with iron sights. Some are 17" circles with a big 6" bullseye. Pistol I like using ones that have 4 six inch targets together. Less time used changing tires

 

[Outlaw75]

Those cheap NRA news print targets. Occasionally I'll splurge on a shoot-n-see.

 

[roval]

i always use shoot-n-see targets but one thing i have been thinking of getting but can't bring myself to pay shipping for is Discretionary Command Training Target.and my LGS doesn't carry it. I haven't tried it yet . you shoot each shape the indicated number of rounds and i think the goal was 21 seconds which includes one reload(i am sure i will not come close to that and that means shooting more than once per second which our range doesn't allow).

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[Ohen Cepel]

Paper plates from walmart with a dot on them from the office supply section. I'm cheap...........

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

delete

 

[CoalCrackerAl]

Cut up boxes or splatter burst targets.

 

[Jim Watson]

IDPA and USPSA paper practice targets.
Assorted bullseyes.

For hunkering down on a bench with a scope sighted rifle, a target paster on a blank sheet of paper.

 

[Mk-211]

 

[SunnySlopes]

Large sheets of packing paper with two lines spray painted vertical and two intersecting lines horizontal.

 

[tinhorn]

Love those splatter targets. The missus and I shoot .22s. I buy them at the range 'cuz I'm not a skinflint and I want the range guy/babe to like me.

 

[Caplock]

My wife brought me home a life time supply of desktop calenders from work 15 years ago. They are about 18 inches by 24 inches.
I use the backside (plain white) mostly and round dot stickers.

 

[Archie]

I have used and will continue to use most anything I can find.
For load development either hangun or rifle, I use a 'round' target, preferably with a grid so I can determine the size of group without much fol-der-ol. And for development, I don't care about shooting to the sights (that can be fixed) but the group size.

For defense practice, a regular sheet of copy (used to be typing) paper, 85.5x11 inches is pretty close to the defensive zone intended. There's always a bunch of misprint paper to be thrown out. Might as well be discarded with a couple holes.

My goal is to find an appropriate target for what I'm doing. An 8 inch more or less circle at 200 yards is close to what matters on a deer. That sort of thing. I cannot see well enough to shoot the high power match anymore.

 

[entropy]

Redfield precision targets for zeroing rifles, B27's for pistol, White Flyer Orange Top clays for shotgun.

 

[tws3b2]

12x12 sheet of white paper. My G3C is not made for target shooting. A red fiber optic front sight makes it easier to see and get on center mass. Not looking for a bulls eye. The white paper lets these old eyes quickly and easily see where I'm hitting.

 

[epags]

For practicing self defense training, the following are the type used in scoring your competence. Practice sessions should be timed in order to create an element of stress. Ideally the practice should be drawing from holster although that may not be allowed at many ranges.
FWIW, these targets are printed on paper and need to be stapled to a cardboard backing. You can buy cardboard versions but they are much more expensive.
Amazon.com : Official IDPA Cardboard Shooting Targets, Competition Torso Target, IDPA Silhouette Shooting Target, Paper Targets, Shooting Range Targets, Rifles, Handguns, & Shotguns (100 Target Pack, Black) : Sports & Outdoors

 

[.38 Special]

For defensive training, I think the USPSA folks have the right idea. https://ads.midwayusa.com/product/939510982

Cardboard humanoid targets with the "scoring rings" essentially invisible while shooting. Criminals don't have scoring rings...

I don't like paying for them though, even if it's only of couple of bucks for a target and pasters. I come across a lot of cardboard at work, so I often just make targets myself. I draw in scoring zones with a sharpie, then hang the target so it's facing backwards.

 

[Ignition Override]

Shoot N See.

Only because each hole has a Bright Green outline, very easy to see.

And both extra red and black tabs are in the outer sheet, to allow filling in holes.

There’s no reason to memorize more than a few hole positions.

 

[BLACKHAWKNJ]

I print my own, I have several master targets, NRA, Midway, use scrap paper from the office, experimented with colored papers, found a tan one that prints well and is easier to see on indoor ranges.

 

[P5 Guy]

Birchwood-Casey Shoot-n-C

 

[FL-NC]

Pistol- I use steel plates & IPSC targets. I use the same ones for doing drills with my M&P 22 AR. Rifles- for zeroing, I use the shoot n see targets, but I cut them up in small pieces (between 1" and 3", depending what rifle and sight is being zero'd) which I then attach to a playing card with glue. Its really handy because I can put the card w/ the piece of shoot n see in the little box the cards go in. Lots of people will leave shoot n c targets downrange that still have lots of space on them, and I have no problem cutting them into smaller zero targets. I also save cardboard I get from people's trash in the neighborhood when they are throwing away a box, and I cut it to size and store these pieces in my shed. For zeroing, I am able to keep my target budget as only the costs of things like staples and glue- as much as everything costs, I am cutting wherever I can. Past 100 yards with a rifle, I shoot steel. I also have some deer vital area targets I got on amazon that I will attach to my cube target when I am practicing with my Xbow. The only shotgun targets I use are some that I print of a turkey when I am patterning a gun/round/choke combo.

 

[Tom609]

The color red seems to work best for me. I'll use red post-it notes at 50 yards. At 100 yards I use a quarter of a 81/2 x 11 sheet of red construction paper on a white background. This is for iron sight rifles.

 

[hdbiker]

Redfield sight in targets