What targets for distance shooting?

[dstryr]

I'm a cheapskate:D and use 100yd rifle targets for practice shooting and combat sights really make it hard to shoot 15+ yards because the white dot is at that point larger than the 2" corner targets on the paper. No wonder my patterns are not great on the corners but I can put 90 rds through 2-1/2"-3" circles of the center target because I can actually see some of the target and stay centered.

What type of target are you guys using for greater distances?


THX!

[RickB]

"The white dot"; the first, best thing that you can do is get rid of any dots or bars or lines, if you want to hit paper targets with precision.
If your sights are black on black, then a paper plate makes a decent target at 25 yards.
I do 99% of my shooting at USPSA/IPSC targets, which provide no aiming reference, beyond center of mass, so they're awful for shooting groups. When I do want to shoot a group, I'll use a marker to make a black dot in the middle, for a consistent aiming point. With my eyes, the "dot" needs to be about the size of, well, a paper plate. :)

[Misssissippi Dave]

These days I seldom shoot even 25 yards. When my eyes were good enough to shoot distance I would use a 25 yard bullseye target at 50 yards. I would bring some white and black tape with me to cover the holes in either the white or black areas and shoot everything with one target for practice. When I didn't have both colors of tape I used masking tape and the black areas I filled in with a magic marker to make them black again. A bullseye target is made of pretty heavy paper.

Now that I can't do that any more I just get one black target and place 3/4" orange sticky circles on it. The idea is to see how many shots to remove each of those sticky circles completely. Smaller bullets take more hits to get all the orange off. Using a .45 doesn't take much to remove them.

I know of some people that have land to shoot on and use some old frying pans with an orange dot sprayed on them for targets. Some are hanging from tree branches with a rope. You hear and can see when they have been hit. It is really hard to hit the same one again until it stops moving.

[Aguila Blanca]

Pistoleer.com has a wide variety of good targets with multiple bullseyes per sheet. Such as

http://www.pistoleer.com/targets/pics/A32.gif
1-7/8" black

http://www.pistoleer.com/targets/pics/TQ3-5.gif
3-7/8" black

http://www.pistoleer.com/targets/pics/A51.gif
4" black

Check them out yourself.

http://www.pistoleer.com/targets/

[rodfac]

Try 8" white cheap paper plates, and use a piece of 2" blue masking tape for your aiming point...doesn't get much cheaper......for frangible targets, I like the cheapest BBQ briquettes I can find...set 'em up at 3,5,7 and 10 yds for some explosive fun. Rod

[darkgael]

Targets -
50 ft. - NRA B2 and B3
25 yards - NRA B16 and B8
50 yards - NRA B6.
100 yards (rifle) - SR1, MR31, A25.
Buy them in 100 packs from Champions Choice.
Pete

[iraiam]

I have the same problem with my service grade pistols, I overcame this by getting a target pistol, basically the same thing with good target sights on it.

But to answer your question, I use the standard #2 silhouette or the "Dillinger" to the end of the pistol range, with a pistol with combat sights.

For finer "target" shooting I'll use the 5 circle target, and shoot a target pistol or revolver.