Favourite Target for Open Sights - M305

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Hi Folks,

I've swapped out my rear sight and now that I'm not jarring the sights out by 2-3 clicks with every shot I'm finally consistently hitting paper (14"x14") at 100 meters. I've been using ISSF pistol targets (NRA B39) as I have lots of them. They have a black zone 120mm in diameter. I'm shooting with stock norc front sights and I'm having issues with getting a repeatable sight picture. I'd have no problem shooting at Figure 11 style targets except that they are verbotten at my range (no human representations). I'd like something with a defined edge that I can find while still maintaining focus on the front sight.

So, what are you all shooting at with irons?

Thanks,
-DF
 
Try a black square spraypainted on a piece of white paper the size of a piece of printer paper (8 1/2" x 11" I think?).

The M14 is a sloppy old battle rifle with a big front post. I find the thickness of the black square lines up perfect with the sides/thickness of the front post at 100 meters.

Then I just aim at the very bottom of the square until I see just a little sliver of white between the black square bottom and the top of my post.

Figure 11's are the worst target I've ever shot at for consistent aim points lol It's like aiming at a Rorschach Test ink blot.
 
Travis Bickle said:
Try a black square spraypainted on a piece of white paper the size of a piece of printer paper (8 1/2" x 11" I think?).

The M14 is a sloppy old battle rifle with a big front post. I find the thickness of the black square lines up perfect with the sides/thickness of the front post at 100 meters.

Then I just aim at the very bottom of the square until I see just a little sliver of white between the black square bottom and the top of my post.

Figure 11's are the worst target I've ever shot at for consistent aim points lol It's like aiming at a Rorschach Test ink blot.
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Wow. I do almost exactly the same thing;

I spray paint half of an 8x11 sheet of paper black; I recycle all my waste paper this way. Fits the front sight blade perfectly; I put the 8x6.5 black square at the top when putting up the target, and from 100 yards I'm getting 2-3" groups, rested, making well sure the shot comes as a surprise while holding the exact same picture five times in a row...

Those and empty propane tanks at various ranges, 100 to 200 metres. :dancingbanana:
 
I use this black inverted triangle for irons at 100 and 200 yards.

I print it onto 11" x 17" paper so that the top of the inverted triangle is almost 10" across. I aim for the bottom apex of the triangle which is easy for my old eyes to see.

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geologist said:
I use this black inverted triangle for irons at 100 and 200 yards.

I print it onto 11" x 17" paper so that the top of the inverted triangle is almost 10" across. I aim for the bottom apex of the triangle which is easy for my old eyes to see.

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That's a darn good idea!
I may have to do up a cardboard cut out and spray it onto some white paper to test it out.

Thansk for that one Sir!
 
My favorite targets for irons are cheap tin pails which I shoot at 300 M. Its alot of fun hearing the bullet zip through it and watching it move when hit.
 
I use a piece of black duct tape, 2" square, in the middle of a sheet of white paper. For sight picture, I just float the tape on the top of the front sight.

I adjust my rear sight to hit high or low of the tape so I can see my shots on the paper from my shooting bench, works good for me
 
Thanks Folks,

I'll give some of these a shot. I'll see if I can get a deep coloured printer paper and use that rather than go spray paint for the 8.5x11 target but I might go with the stenciled triangle route like Travis Bickle.

Cheers,
-DF
 
Travis Bickle said:
Try a black square spraypainted on a piece of white paper the size of a piece of printer paper (8 1/2" x 11" I think?).
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I do the same thing, only with the backside of the targets I get from Silverdale. Not sure on the measurements, something like 16"x24".

I filed down my front sight to NM thickness and re-blued it. Works great with the targets!

Now all you need is some black and white duct tape to use as patches, and you're good for the day.
 
1,000 yard board, 6'x6' on our personal range. :)

For the general thread, most of hitting a target well with irons is picking a consistent hold, it doesn't even have to be on the target. I sight at 1,000 yards for instance to place the entire target board on top of my front sight post, 6 foot X 6 foot appears almost exactly the width of a .062" front sight at 1,000.

At closer ranges, I still generally sight for the bottom of the target lining up with the top of the front sight, you get far better elevation judgment this way as elevation is always harder to properly judge than windage (centering side to side is more natural, and less obscured to the shooter by the sights, than vertical centering). Resting the target on your sight and simply adjusting the sights to compensate gives the most precise sight picture I've found. The beauty of it is it works at any range- just adjust the sights up to move the point of impact up, and aim lower, at the bottom of the target.
 
For reference, here's a 1,000 yard 5 round group shot with my Krieger barreled .308 Garand, using the sighting method described above. The target, a standard 8.5x11" piece of paper, isn't even visible to most folk's naked eye yet you can still shoot for it if you know where it is on the board. You don't even need to be able to see your target paper clearly to shoot tight groups that way- provided you have the most important parts of shooting down, body control.

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Cardboard is often used as packing material in many places I've worked. So I save instead of disposing the big pieces. I made a plastic stencil and every few years I have half a gallon of extra paint and make a few dozen more targets.

Targets are 48 inch cardboard with a 18x32 target size. Works well to 400 meters ( or further) and can be rolled up and reused many times.




 
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