Improve your accuracy and precision by choosing the right style of targets
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- čas přidán 26. 04. 2024
- Testing shoot and see type reactive targets for extreme range target shooting
what are my favourite targets and which ones do i avoid..?
here i cover a selection of different target styles that will help improve accuracy and precision.
some targets are very distracting and get torn up very easily giving the impression of worse groups.
i use the putty lined silent pellet trap to collect and diagnose the groups and compare them to the results on paper. the cards often lie!
i shoot out at 50metres in a strong wind to test the grouping of a fresh batch of jsb heavies whuch are my favoured pellet for long range target shooting
the rifle is an air arms xti50 coupled with an arken optics ep5 5-25x56
I'm a target shooter (club, county, inter-county), for accuracy you offset the aim point on any target, so that the aim point is never obscured by the holes you make in the target, so basically the aim point is always fresh. Just change the aim point on a different type of target.
You certainly make me think. Well now I have some new things to test. Thank you and keep it up!
I hate larger red center dots. The smaller, the better. I found some 2 inch shoot and see targets, and the center dot is about the same size as a .22 pellet. Those are the best targets.
Oh, another tip, I use 10 metre tiny targets for practice at 25 yards and 50 metres, because when you practice on a much smaller target, the competition targets appear to be easy (psychology).
I experience exactly the same as you; the busier the target the worse my groups. As far as the target giving a true representation is concerned, I've found the target material makes a big difference; the thinner the paper or card the worse the groups look predominantly down to tearing. I have a box of BSA 17cm targets from the 80s meant for 6 yard and 10 metre pistol shooting that are made of a very grainy yellowish brown card. My pellets always puncture these with very clean holes and they never tear. The current BSA targets are normal white card like all the rest and don't perform the same. I wish you could still get the old style ones. For best results when testing I always return to a 5-6mm sharpie dot on a cut piece of corrugated cardboard from a 'Hello Fresh' or 'Tails' box! Keeping it simple. 😀👍
Try the splatter burst shoot & see, way better than the one's you are using. Another good review keep them coming.
Interesting to see the pellet stack behind in comparison to the holes in the paper. I shoot into a bundle of rags, so have never considered that before. I have a load of templates on the computer and print off my own for most of the shooting I do, but I have found it easy to lose the cross hairs with some types of targets. Cheers for the video 👍👍
Interesting video turns out that the target can be a bit misleading to actual group size.. Nice to see you back out at the longer ranges hopefully summer will kick in any day now
Fortunately for me I work as a printer and create my own targets. At 35 yards I use a white card with 30mm circles printed with a black circle 1mm thickness outline and a 6mm centre red dot with a white x in the middle of the dot. I use card that is 450mm x 320mm which gives around 40 individual targets per sheet. The most important factor I have found in making these is the weight of the card. I use a 350gsm bright white Matt card which is considerably heavier than the card used for commercially printed targets. There tear out I get with this card is minimal so get a much better indicator of group sizes. I’ve even tried laminating the backs of the which reduces the tearing to almost non existent. This is unfortunately a double edged sword as it reveals how well or badly you are grouping your shots. After using these I no longer buy shoot and see stickers as what seems like a really good group is in reality not.
Thank you. I sure hope the weather turns for you. It's wonderful here. Blue sky, light breeze and in the 70's. Spring time in Charleston S. C. I just ordered some red 1/4 round stickers. I am going to mount them on cardboard and give them a go at 30 yards. All the best to you ,Tommy.
Hi Tilly, I’ve just started using these small sticky targets, might be what you’re looking for
Great vid. The best thing to do is put a piece of cardboard of something link that behind the shoot and see target, they way the paper doesn’t move too much when the pellets hit…..that would work great with your putty trap.
Thanks again, interesting stuff there. Hoping you can get round to some cheap/intermediate rifle testing at some point, always easier to try a mod on something that isnt heirloom value ! All the best Keith
You'll find with that Newtonian backing that the pellets will group together when they hit it, since earlier pellets will 'give' and the Newtonian backing will not.
Minimum magnification I use for 25 yards target shooting is 30x, 50 metres I use 40x, and 100 yards I use 60x. Sighters are used for checking your aim point, and outdoor for adding MOA (vertical and horizontal) without adjusting your scope, to cope with the wind direction. Yes, the movement in the scope from your hold/body position/technique is magnified with the greater magnification, but the idea is you change your hold/body position/technique to reduce this movement.
As regards targets, ISSF (NSRA) Targets are probably the best option (with a white backing board) for air rifle, although I don't shoot air rifle beyond 25 yards in competition, I do zero the rabbit rifle to 30 yards. The reason being that they are available in appropriate regulated sizes from 10 metres through to 100 yards, and all look the same, although scoring changes beyond 25 yards (<25 yards score is outwards, >25 yards score is inwards). I also shoot WBSF (UKBRA) Targets with rimfire at 100 yards under different rules, and also centrefire WBSF Targets are different again at greater distances to 1000 yards.
From a bloke who draws different sized circles (depending on distance) on empty cereal boxes and puts one pellet in each. ( I try to anyways ;) ) Interesting how those pellets seem to stack up in spite of the holes on the actual target... Personally I don't like seeing groups when shooting paper. Those solitary shots feel better to me than a torn, distorted hole. Similar for spinners. Hitting one doesn't tell you a lot outside of, you're in the general area :) Hey ho though. I get that we are all different. As long as it's fun oo cares :) darren@dRanGe All d Best!
Im a field target shooter.
Hi, I have just started air rifle shooting and am really enjoying your videos and finding them very helpful , however could you please explain a few basic questions ie why do you were a glove and also explain in very basic terms the setting up of your scope for a beginner !! thanking you in advance
How did you make the target stand that’s a fantastic design for what I’m after in the garden have you a video tutorial…?