Load workup targets?
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jmorris
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I have found these to be good aim points for high magnification optics.
https://www.ebay.com/p/Avery-Label-...2%26rvr_ts%3D156d17fd1690aad725f08ee0ffe65f8c
https://www.ebay.com/p/Avery-Label-...2%26rvr_ts%3D156d17fd1690aad725f08ee0ffe65f8c
Nice
Just so everyone understands, those dots are reinforcements labels for notebook rings, and have holes thru the center, not black dots as they appear, in that 1st pic on ebay.
Still useful though,
just sayin'
entropy
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The one in my avatar. Redfield-type precision sight-it target. National Target has them.
CMV
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I'm with Entropy on this one. Same ones I use most often for a scoped rifle. I'm not the greatest rifle marksman in the world, so that target, hung perfectly level, will help me be very consistent with the rifle's level.
Will also make a slightly canted scope very evident (and I've mounted plenty I was *sure* were dead nuts level at the house only to realize at range I was off a bit). Hitting the 4 corners will also highlight any bad habits on the bench like being inconsistent with the front bag or whatever I happen to be doing wrong that day.....
I do like the smaller dot stickers for pistols.
I dislike any type of shoot-n-see. Not in general - for just plinking I like them a lot - but if I'm trying to be precise I hate them. I will tend to try to follow the last shot, not where I should be aiming. No idea why, I know I do it, and still have to focus a lot not to. Yet if I were shooting a 308 @ 100 where I could easily see the holes on a standard paper target, I will aim where I should 100%. For some reason a shoot-n-see gives me some type of ADD flare up and I want to shoot at each new splotch that shows up on the target
Also just as a note, I like the medium blue color B29 silhouette for a red dot like an Aimpoint, or Romeo 5. Anything else it seems the dot obscures the aiming spot or I'm not confident I'm on the exact same spot on the target. But the B29 is just right and easy to see you're centered with the blue all the way around. Not that anyone would do a load work up with that type optic, but just for general sighting one in.....
the Black Spot
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I like the 1" round or square orange stickers.
On the round, i put the crosshairs on the bottom of the circle.
I do commercial building maintenance, and when a tenant moves out of an office, you'd be surprised what they leave behind that's useful for targets. Haven't paid for target material in 15 years
On the round, i put the crosshairs on the bottom of the circle.
I do commercial building maintenance, and when a tenant moves out of an office, you'd be surprised what they leave behind that's useful for targets. Haven't paid for target material in 15 years
rfwobbly
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For handgun load testing I use National Target style TQ-2, which is really an NRA 75 foot smallbore target. They work very good at 10-50 feet. They are on 4x6" sheets which makes them very easy to keep on file after the shooting is over. You can buy a pack of 1000 very inexpensively.
I simply transfer the tape label from the ammo box to the target after shooting and it's all fully documented that way with no additional work required.
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I simply transfer the tape label from the ammo box to the target after shooting and it's all fully documented that way with no additional work required.
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tcoz
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I use 1” orange Shoot n See target spots. My scopes are all Primry Arms with a chevron aiming point instead of crosshairs so no grid needed.
Grumulkin
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What you do is put the center of the crosshairs in the middle of the dot. I can't see it's that hard.
CMV
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If it is an issue, sometimes this works well:
CptnAwesome
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I get those exact targets and love em
santacruzdave
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Free print 'em yourself with an avery red or orange 3/4" "inventory" dot:
For sighting in my 223 @ 100 yards I use the target I created in MS Word. The diamonds are 1/2" sq with a 1" grid on 11 x 17 paper, but could be adapted to 8.5 x 11 sheet of paper. With the square turn so it is a diamond you have a better aiming point for the crosshairs.
troy fairweather
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i don't have much money, the only targets i buy are the ones from midway, they will have them in the free shipping area. most time they are burris targets, nice ones to. there like 4 bucks for 10 or 12 and they will make your order free shipping. my favorite targets are the big stack of menus they have on the chinese food counters. and a lot of paper plates.
entropy
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"Take that, kung pao chicken!"
My go to also and only use the diamond spots on them. When they decided $50 or more for free shipping on just the targets I quit ordering them. I used to order a box of bullets and pack of targets. Since they make it $50+ I haven’t ordered from midway and now pay a buck or two more at the gun shop.
Going to give these a shot tonight. Hoping they help me hold a little steadier and tighten some groups.
LiveLife
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+1.
I made this pdf with 1" squares and print out for powder workup/accuracy testing. 1" squares allow quick estimation of group sizes and I can shoot anywhere on the target.
If you want to save money, set your printer on "econo" mode.
Here's the pdf -http://www.thehighroad.org/attachment.php?attachmentid=134526&d=1295538104
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At 100 yds, I'll confess to using well over a thousand of the Birchwood Casey 1 inch Target Spots in the last few years.
I will buy more, but have another 8-900 to burn through first.
Have also used a 'Jumbo Sharpie', a straight edge, and 3/4" round 'price sticker's:
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I will buy more, but have another 8-900 to burn through first.
Have also used a 'Jumbo Sharpie', a straight edge, and 3/4" round 'price sticker's:
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I use them also and believe it or not I can shoot tighter on a 2” shoot n c because I have something to actually aim at.
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