What Targets Do You Use?

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this ones a prototype... 1/4 plate 6" circle.
 
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*lawrence said:
I see a lot of skill by members of the forum at 50 and a 100 yards with their rimfires. Sometimes we see pictures of targets and sometimes of just the groups. I'm curious what people generally use for targets??
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dollar store junk anything i can staple to well anything else. i like horse calenders almost all the dollar stores sell them. I like beer bottles there great. but most recently an old chevy 350 air cleaner cover that goes kinda 'plink' i have used the clay pigeons before. balloons little army men figurines. discarded toys, fruit and eggs are a blast. my old man use to shoot ciggys off a barbed wire fence lol imagine paying 15 for a pack of 25 now haha
 
If im shooting paper I prefer 100yd sight in targets. The 1" grid alows you to judge the size of your groups from the bench.
 
I just use the ones the club has free at the clubhouse.

100 meters from my Plinkster, standing shots.


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When it comes to targets, I am just too cheap to PAY more than I need to. For groups, or sighting-in, I spray red paint through a homemade round stencil onto whatever scrap cardboard or paper I may have around. I picked up a giant 4-ft roll of butcher paper for free, it'll last me for years. Depending on the range, I can make 1-inch, 3-inch, 8-inch or whatever size is appropriate. Shot-up paper goes into the wood stove.

For daily practice, I have round metal "gongs"...1.5-inch @ 25 yards, 2-inch @ 50 and 75 yards, 3-inch @ 100 yards. They are permanently set up so that I can step out the back door and shoot off the deck. I may hit'em occasionally with a can of spray paint if it's handy. They are fantastic for off-hand, sitting, shooting off sticks, whatever. If I do no other shooting at all, I will still do at least one box of .22lr ammo per day in anything other than hurricane conditions. If you have enough rimfire rifles, almost any cheap on-sale ammo will work decently in one of them.:)

If my granddaughter or some other child is visiting, I will bend my rule about the P-word and get a case or two of cheap off-brand pop cans. When it comes to kids, we're probably shooting in nice summer weather. A well-shaken pop can sitting in the hot sun 'splodes real nice, and keeps their interest. Works better with .17HMR or Mach2. An orange prairie-dog spinner is a big favourite also...but there's that P-word again...
 
Various people like different targets.....sort of a personal preference thing.

However, round bullseyes are really designed for open sights, where the 6 o'clock hold applies.
As a matter of fact, these round targets are superb when using a flattop front with a square groove rear.

However, scopes are generally best used with square or diamond shaped bullseyes.
Take a look at an official benchrest target. Always a square present, even with the surrounding round circles.
It is so easy to line up the crosshairs with the corner of a square, and this is repeatable.

For a sporting rifle, I prefer a decent sized diamond, so I can cut it into quarters with the crosshairs.

Eagleye.
 
I use Christies Soda Crackers. Cheap, explode great, the birds eat the remains, nothing to clean up. Use a piece of tongue and groove lumber or route a grove in a 2x4 screw it to top of your target board,insert several crackers , and away you go. Late summer I have been known to shoot overripe cucumbers and imperfect melons and squash. For centre fire Zuchinis are really fun. Jim
 
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