Targets

[Baby Huey]

Make a "splatter" type target by covering one side of a piece of brightly colored posterboard with clear package wrapping tape and spray painting the tape with a contrasting color. When hit by a bullet the posterboard color shows through.

 

[Billnpatti]

Hmmmmm :hmm: Does that work out any cheaper than just buying the ready made targets? I'm sure your plan will work but, after paying for the posterboard, the tape and the paint, it just seems as if you won't be saving any money. Am I wrong?

 

[BrownBear]

I just go to any of the sites online that offer printable targets. There's an amazing array of possibilities among them, so it's easy to vary your targets with the range you're shooting and what works best with a particular set of sights.

Here is one example of such places. I suppose if you wanted something like "shoot-and-see" function you could back them with posterboard as you suggest, but I haven't tried it.

 

[crockett]

I buy those little orange dots at Office Depot and just use them on newsprint.

 

[coloradoclyde]

hotoSmile:

 

[ohio ramrod]

Another great target for long range shooting is a sandwich bag of flour taped flat to any cardboard backing. Also small sandwich bags filled with a larger amount of flour will make a safe "exploding" target. :idunno:

 

[omarick1948]

I think this suppose to be the CRAFTSMAN section, not shooting.

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[coloradoclyde]

:shocked2: I spend more time crafting targets than anything else. Some have taken me a week to build.

 

[bpd303]

I'm surprised this hasn't been moved to Shooting Accessories. I never know where to put new threads.

 

[robinsroost]

Many different types of targets are available free at targetz.com. Keep yer powder dry......Robin

 

[coloradoclyde]

I buy those little orange dots at Office Depot and just use them on newsprint.

try a bingo marker. makes nice round orange dots

 

[Billnpatti]

The original poster, Baby Huey, was just telling how he makes home made Shoot-N-See targets. No doubt there are many ordinary targets available out there but he was sharing an idea for his version of Shoot-N-See targets. But, I just wonder if they are any cheaper than the store bought versions. :idunno:

 

[BrownBear]

A bud tried one promising idea that didn't quite pan out. He had a bunch of the orange stick-on targets (don't recall the brand). Sprayed them with Pledge or some other spray wax and let them dry. Then he hit them with black spray paint. The idea was that the wax would keep the paint from adhering tight, so it would flake away around the hole and make it easier to see, just like the S-n-S.

His problem was that the paint flaked off too easily as he was peeling the targets off the backing. Really unpredictable, and with smaller stickers another problem was that the ball impact blew all the black off the orange background.

He was headed back to the drawing board last time we talked about it, but since I haven't heard more, I'm betting he hasn't found a solution.

Dunno what else he tried, but I'm betting there's a solution out there.

 

[coloradoclyde]

Never been a big fan of shoot-n-see targets. I enjoy the walk to the target.
I do however like reactionary and steel targets. I have more than 50 different ones, so many I can't remember them all.