Sharing My Simple Target Design

[Gastrok]

I used MS Visio to designed a simple target that is working well for me. Prints on regular 8.5" x 11" paper. I can put up 9 of these at a time and do a lot of shooting without changing targets.

I know there are lots of target on the interwebs for download, but I thought I share mine.

View attachment Gastrok Target Design 001.pdf

 

[FreeWillie]

Thanks. I'll give it a try.

 

[Mike_Diako]

Thanks, I'll give them a try as well!

 

[gerrycaruso]

Thanks, I'm working at the gun club tomorrow (life is tough) and I'll try a few out.

 

[MAGG]

thanks for sharing. ill prob give it a try myself..can prob print it out on some heavier paper and would work good

 

[Gastrok]

Hope they work out ok for ya'll. My wife and I just blew through about 20 of them at the pistol and rifle range. I use cheap printer paper and staple them to cardboard. Can't cost more than $0.10 each.

I'm thinking of at a faint 1" grid so you can easily estimate your groupings.

 

[MAGG]

yeah you can start getting creative with some diff type of designs too..skys the limit

 

[Gastrok]

yeah you can start getting creative with some diff type of designs too..skys the limit

yep, the ideas are starting flow..ha ha!

 

[SeanT]

I made a similar one in MS Word, dark 1" circle in the middle, circle outlines at every 2", all centered on a regular sheet of paper.

 

[Gastrok]

Here's version #2 with a faint 1/2" grid added for estimating your groups:

View attachment Gastrok Target Design 002.pdf

 

[SSW]

Looks great, gonna put a few up and give them a try!! Thanks!!

 

[Twigg]

yep, the ideas are starting flow..ha ha!

Oh Bother !

 

[BravoWhiskey]

Pretty cool, thanks for sharing. Ill be sure to print some of these out while at work

 

[castros rat]

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[RichM]

Someone on Rimfire Central just posted a link to some Angry Birds targets that he made for his young son.

 

[greencobra]

I like that design, red bull, keeping the center white, nice little downloadable target. I'll use them this weekend, thanks for sharing them here.

 

[fencer]

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Here's a good target. Aim for the O. LOL

That is just wrong. Besides, I thought shooting at pictures of real people was a no no?

 

[ShadeWPI]

That is just wrong. Besides, I thought shooting at pictures of real people was a no no?

Only at a club with a CLUB Licence to Carry. (at last check, that was 1 club in MA)

 

[oilspill]

That's good to hear, means I'm ok printing out the profiles of local sex offenders to shoot at.

Only at a club with a CLUB Licence to Carry. (at last check, that was 1 club in MA)

 

[ShadeWPI]

I've downloaded several from the web. The 3 I like best are:

Single 8" circle
Twin 5" circles
Quad 4" circles

For sighting in and grouping - a 1/2" square pattern with a colored diamond at the center and a larger diamond at the 4" point works pretty well. Gives you tick marks for how much you need to dial the scope to zero it.

For round targets, I like using a 1" orange bullseye, then alternating white circles with colored. Red, then Green, then Blue. I just find the bold colors easier to target at range without glass than black or gray, which tends to blend on me.

I had some 60lbs card stock that I'd picked up, which I started using for printing targets instead of cheap paper on cardboard.