Which target do you practice with
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Which target do you practice with
I did not want to hijack another thread so here we go Several years ago my son bought me some targets that I have really come to like I am now out but will be getting some more tomorrow I use a target that is about 18" square and has 5 small (5") red targets on the page This gives me a series of small targets on 1 page to shoot at and can be seen at 20 yards
What do you use?
What do you use?
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Re: Which target do you practice with
I usually switch between these three.
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Re: Which target do you practice with
Ever since GigAg04 posted the "dots" target I've been using it.
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Re: Which target do you practice with
It depends.
For precision practice, copy paper with 6 3" dots from my printer.
For multi-shot strings, copy paper with 2 4" dots.
For IDPA practice, construction paper with 8" circles traced with pen stapled to old shot up IDPA cardboard targets.
For 25 yard distance work, NRA B-8 targets printed on 11X17 paper on my printer.
For photo realistic targets, I like these from Letargets.com
http://www.letargets.com/estylez_item.aspx?item=MT1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.letargets.com/estylez_item.aspx?item=PHT-ST" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
For qualifications, I use a stencil to make QIT-99 targets out of construction paper.
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Copy paper is cheap.
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For precision practice, copy paper with 6 3" dots from my printer.
For multi-shot strings, copy paper with 2 4" dots.
For IDPA practice, construction paper with 8" circles traced with pen stapled to old shot up IDPA cardboard targets.
For 25 yard distance work, NRA B-8 targets printed on 11X17 paper on my printer.
For photo realistic targets, I like these from Letargets.com
http://www.letargets.com/estylez_item.aspx?item=MT1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
http://www.letargets.com/estylez_item.aspx?item=PHT-ST" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
For qualifications, I use a stencil to make QIT-99 targets out of construction paper.
http://www.letargets.com/estylez_item.aspx?item=QIT-99" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Construction paper is cheap.
Copy paper is cheap.
I'm cheap.
There's a pattern here.
Gringop
Re: Which target do you practice with
I used to buy targets ... Usually one of the deacons I shoot with brings 100 paper plates to the outdoor range up here ... we're country folks, nuttin' fancy. Paper plates held on chicken wire with clothes pins ![Laughing :lol:](./images/smilies/icon_lol.gif)
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Re: Which target do you practice with
I have these: http://www.flip-n-target.com/Products_D ... uctID=4003
They're available in red or green, also.
They're available in red or green, also.
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Re: Which target do you practice with
Whatever is free with the lane.
Although I usually bring splatter targets to stick onto the free one once it starts getting shredded.
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Although I usually bring splatter targets to stick onto the free one once it starts getting shredded.
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Re: Which target do you practice with
I use mostly those orange Birchwood Casey Target Spots, the one inch at 100 yards and the two inch at 200 yards.
I stick them on the back of a B27 targets...I can get like 15 dots on one and don't have to go down range so much.
If i am just plinking i print out those online free targets...differant ones usually
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I stick them on the back of a B27 targets...I can get like 15 dots on one and don't have to go down range so much.
If i am just plinking i print out those online free targets...differant ones usually
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Re: Which target do you practice with
I am blind
so we use birchwood casey dirtybirds they change color and i can see em....
so we use birchwood casey dirtybirds they change color and i can see em....
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Re: Which target do you practice with
You beat me to it. Cheap uncoated paper plates.RPB wrote:I used to buy targets ... Usually one of the deacons I shoot with brings 100 paper plates to the outdoor range up here ... we're country folks, nuttin' fancy. Paper plates held on chicken wire with clothes pins
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Re: Which target do you practice with
Sometimes we take those orange Avery Label "dots" from office supply store/dept., with us to stick on paper plates, often we forget. 100, or 300 targets, for a few bucks, is in our price range.cbr600 wrote:You beat me to it. Cheap uncoated paper plates.RPB wrote:I used to buy targets ... Usually one of the deacons I shoot with brings 100 paper plates to the outdoor range up here ... we're country folks, nuttin' fancy. Paper plates held on chicken wire with clothes pins
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Re: Which target do you practice with
My favorite targets still have to be tin cans ... the sound of them hitting the ground reminds me of my childhood. By the way for target practice in my living room I like old pizza boxes and my Taurus airsoft.
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Re: Which target do you practice with
RPB wrote:Sometimes we take those orange Avery Label "dots" from office supply store/dept., with us to stick on paper plates, often we forget. 100, or 300 targets, for a few bucks, is in our price range.cbr600 wrote:You beat me to it. Cheap uncoated paper plates.RPB wrote:I used to buy targets ... Usually one of the deacons I shoot with brings 100 paper plates to the outdoor range up here ... we're country folks, nuttin' fancy. Paper plates held on chicken wire with clothes pins
And steel.
I'm glad I'm not the only one. But I use the dots to cover up the holes, makes it easier to see what I've already shot.
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Re: Which target do you practice with
You're not the only one who does that either. I always keep a roll of masking tape in my range bag, for patching holes in targets.TxSheepdog wrote:I'm glad I'm not the only one. But I use the dots to cover up the holes, makes it easier to see what I've already shot.
Sometimes, I print out some of these "diagnostic targets": http://zero7one.blogspot.com/2010/09/le ... s-for.html