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rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« on: March 30, 2011, 05:58:18 PM »
after getting my new 300 win mag sighted in Im thinking about shooting out at different distances to check bullet drop and was thinking about using milk jugs filled with water cause I figure that they are not too far off of the size of a kill zone for big game animals,

what do you guys use?

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #1 on: March 30, 2011, 06:14:07 PM »
Fruit, Watermelons, cantaloupe, and as the practice increases, the size of the fruit go down.  My hunting group has been known to shoot lemons at 104 yards.
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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #2 on: March 30, 2011, 06:15:56 PM »
Milk Jugs, those protein powder containers, cardboard boxes with the hi-viz targets....pretty much anything I can get my grubby hands on.  A buddy of mine just acquired a piece of 1 inch thick steel that is about 16"x16".....ding!

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #3 on: March 30, 2011, 06:24:33 PM »
Backer board/plywood with white paper covering. I use a 1" black target paster for scoped rifles.  For a lever gun with irons, pop can's at a distance that makes the can visually the same size as the bead sight on the barrel.

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #4 on: March 30, 2011, 07:30:12 PM »
Backer board/plywood with white paper covering. I use a 1" black target paster for scoped rifles.  For a lever gun with irons, pop can's at a distance that makes the can visually the same size as the bead sight on the barrel.

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I've also used those black targets that your bullet holes light up neon green on. If you've got a spotting scope set up on the target you can see the green from quite aways off.

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #5 on: March 30, 2011, 07:36:58 PM »
I had looked into getting metal at a local metal recycling place but they wanted about $80 for a 16x14 piece of half inch steel :yike:.
Im well aware that metal prices are sky high right now

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #6 on: March 30, 2011, 07:39:10 PM »
I have 3 or 4 oversized real estate A-board type things I made.  Set them up at varying distances with standard targets stapled to them.  24"x30" is the A-board size.  Some orange dots of varying sizes and a roll of black electrical tape to cover up previous holes.

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #7 on: March 30, 2011, 07:54:35 PM »
White paper targets that I print out on cardboard. That way you can see exactly where you hit unlike shooting at milk jugs or anything that explodes.

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #8 on: March 30, 2011, 07:59:04 PM »
I was talking with a buddy about using my 12"circle of 1.5" thick plate steel. he said .5" was the was to go because the thicker the heavier. He shot a plate like mine and had dangerous ricochets all aver the place... He got a thinner piece.  :twocents:
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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #9 on: March 30, 2011, 08:10:12 PM »
Spent 12 and 410ga shells. When showing off recently I shot a penny at about 80 yards.
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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #10 on: March 30, 2011, 09:31:03 PM »
Just walk along some old RR tracks and pickup some discarded tie plates.  I used to use them for drowning sets on my trap line but they are tough steel and make nice targets.

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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #11 on: March 31, 2011, 08:04:12 AM »
I like a grid that easily shows how far off center the bullet hits.  Something like this:


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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #12 on: March 31, 2011, 08:29:25 AM »
Bowling pins, clay pigeons on stands, golf balls, different sized steel targets

I've found if you can nail the golf ball from 200+ yrds out, you're usually doing pretty good
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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #13 on: April 02, 2011, 12:12:18 AM »
Yellow construction paper with a 'plus' in the middle of it. 5/16" wide black lines creating a plus sign on a yellow background. That thickness is barely covered by my crosshairs at 9x and 100yds. Put the x hairs of the scope on the x hairs of the target and you're perfectly lined up. Also, of the colors I've tried, these make the best contrast.
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Re: rifle targets- what do you use for practice
« Reply #14 on: April 02, 2011, 03:33:22 AM »
I've got a "gong" that hangs from chains at the 300 yard mark on my property.  We just re-paint it every once in a while.

My son wants me to build two or three dueling trees.  One at 50, one at 100, and one at 300.   However,  I can't seem to get the bevel at the right angle to make the target go from one side to the other (and stay there), consistantly.

All I know for sure is one can go through a LOT of ammo on a dueling tree if you are matched up against someone with the same skill level.
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