Does anyone else do this?

[Matt247365]

I love shoot-n-c targets! I used to just shoot groups at the 5 diamonds and basically be done. A while back I started treating each black square like it's own little target, shooting at each square one time. Here's a pic of a recent target. Not shot in one sitting. Maybe 5 or 6 little sessions consisting of a mag or two after work to relax. Different weather, wind etc. Anyways it seems like I get more shots in on a sheet before I have to switch targets out. Usually I'll put 5 shots into each diamond and then go around and plink out all of the squares. That adds up to 81 rounds into a single shoot-n-c !

.22 WIldcat
JSB 18's
900fps
fore end rested on a bag
butt end supported by me
30 yards

Matt

 

[Tominco]

Yeah, I started doing that too. Then, I collected all my unused repair "pasters" and would just use those. I still used the targets but, instead of using the black squares like you, I switched to using the line intersections. Then I thought, why am I spending $ on this fancy graph paper and just used graph paper. lol!
Tom

 

[bowwild]

Pretty cool. Only air gunners would think of doing this. It costs so little to shoot our rifles we shoot a lot per session and they are so accurate, no target is too small to hit!

 

[Tominco]

"bowwild"Pretty cool. Only air gunners would think of doing this. It costs so little to shoot our rifles we shoot a lot per session and they are so accurate, no target is too small to hit!

LOL! Good point - like hitting aspirin tabs at 50 yards.
I routinely shoot at spinner targets at 75 yards. But, not the spinners themselves.... the 1/4" steel rod FRAMEWORK around the target. 

 

[riazp]

I do this...

Rings are 2mm, 5.5, 11 and 18 mm, shooting distance is 25 meters, at this distance a bad shot lands outside of the 5.5 ring while at 50 metres a bad shot lands outside of the 18mm ring. 

I don't shoot groups preferring to use a fresh target per shot, always from top left to bottom right, 144 rings and 124 shots per full, Cost is nothing but the price of paper

 

[rugerguy211]

I do that as well with all targets, and with whatever I'm shooting. (pellets, .22, 9mm, etc)
FWIW...I recently started making my own shoot-n-c targets using bright yellow, green, and pink poster board.
The pink works best for my eyes when shooting from 50 feet. At 10 meters they all work fine.

 

[broachoski]

No use wasting a target. Any intersecting line is fair game as well as writing on the target.
I staple my paper targets to old campaign signs and frequently shoot the staples out once finished with the main target. Frequently when I start a new target, all goes to pot and would be ashamed to let anyone see such poor shooting so I dispose of it pretty fast.

 

[marcella69]

Yeah, Shoot-N-C are the best! That's all I use.

 

[Tominco]

broachoski - you reminded me of another target trick I do at the range...
Other shooters staple their targets up and then rip them down to dispose of them once their done. Well, they generally tear a corner off when they do this leaving a tiny piece of paper stapled to the target backing. Bingo! Free targets! lol

 

[jpcolt]

Accurate shooter.com has free printable targets