What Target do you use at the range?

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Hello,

I am wondering what kind of target do you use at the range? paper or steel? and what kind?

Thanks
 
Really depends on what I'm shooting at the time, rifle or handgun. 99% of the time it is cheap paper plates :)
 
Paper mostly. Flip chart paper with little stick-on dots. If I'm shooting something that's accurate I'll use a IR 50/50 rimfire target, it saves on walking.

http://ir5050.com/target50.gif

John

P.S. - Quite often there are plenty of targets already up with lots of life left in them, the center anyway. :)
 
I did a fun one the other day.. 1/2 gallon milk jugs full of store brand red flavored Jello (yes, red is a flavor). The explosions were spectacular.


Oh... the range... not plinking and fun.. shoot N see
 
Depends on what I'm shooting.

For rifle, I like a version of this:

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They're available from Sinclair Intl.

I try to shoot steel for pistol, therefor I don't have to change targets.

Ed
 
I use Shoot-n-See targets for both handgun and rifle. They make a wide variety of shapes and sizes, and easily seeing the hits with my aging eyes is a real boon.
 
So mostly paper?

I use to use a custom stand/frame in wood for target paper, pistol and rifle, but it is also fun to shoot on target steel.
Recently, I was thinking: Why not to use again the paper target, but this time I need to find a good heavy metal stand, so when it is windy, the target stay at the same position.

Do you have any ideas where I can find an heavy bottom stand?

Thank you
 
I don't like Caldwell brand orange glow type targets. There is another brand of these orange glow that I do like, I forget the brand name right now, of course.

Caldwell just doesn't show enough orange for me to see.

Old eyes...
 
I use both also, and the steel is definitely more fun. The cheapest, quickest, and most portable setup i could think up was the following--

Get 3 pieces of rebar (or some such steel rod). Pound 2 into the ground. Get a couple copper or galvanized plumbing T's from the hardware store, and set them on top of the rebar. Lift slightly and slide the 3rd rebar thru them parallel to the ground. Now attach steel with S-hooks (keep an eye out while driving down the road. A lot of people lose those tie down straps with the big S-hooks that are closed on one end, or the rubber bungees with the little S-hooks too. Be careful with this 1 tho--a lot of wives don't like it when u stop on the road to pick up "trash."

Here's what i use in the field for long-range paper tgts, that's again, super-portable (can carry 20 in the truck if u want to), super cheap, and quick to put together--

Get 2 pieces of rebar again, 2 pieces of 3/4 electrical conduit pipe, a pack of long zip straps, and cardboard of any size. Attach the cdbrd. to the conduit with the zip straps all along the edges. Now u can pound the rebar into the ground and set the tgts. over them, and voila--even stands up to some pretty good wind. Make any size tgt. u want. I also have a couple cdbrd. templates made with circular tgts. cut out of them, and i get that el-cheapo Wal-Mart paint that's 99cents/can, and paint the tgts. on the cardboard/steel.
 
I print a bunch off from mytargets.com and use them mostly. I buy some rifle sighting targets for dialing in a new scope (they're a bit bigger and more forgiving for when you're unsure of your optics), but for the most part I print them off the web and copy them at work.
 
I use the Quick-n-Dirty Army Qualification Test available from Fred's M14 Stocks alot. It is a 25 meter target with silhouettes that simulate 100, 200, 300, and 400 meter ranges. After each test, you score yourself so you can see how you are improving(or not). Shooting the small silhouettes at close range saves a ton of walking and the practice pays off big when you go shoot the actual distances. I shoot it with most of my rifles, including .22's. It is lots of fun and the scoring system gives you feedback you can work with to improve.

MJ

Here's what the Q-n-D AQT target looks like.

Stage 1, offhand. Stage 2, seated or kneeling. Stages 3&4, prone.
 

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I like the old saying "aim small; miss small". The more I shot at small targets @25 yards, the better I became. Then, when I would fire at 4" swinging steel targets at 50 yards at the farm, I was able to make noise 9 out of 10 times.

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I use various targets from the free download sites. Keep an assortment copied and perforated with a 3-hole punch. The targets are in a 3-hole binder in my range bag.
 
In large part it depends on where you are shooting. I quit one range that wouldn't let people use profile targets any more. Not "PC" Personally I like to shoot at the smallest target I can possibly hit for the mental training it requires. I know I have the requsite physical skills, it's getting my mind to cooperate that is the hard part.
 
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