100yrd, iron sights, target size

[bradaz11]

Nuh not the 'drop off' bays; they're almost always full by the time I get into town!

If a Fig 11 is OK, WTF is wrong with any other Fig. target??????????

as i say, it may have been him trying to be funny, and went over my head.

I'm looking for something that i can see nicely at 100yrds and try out my new rifle

[1066]

I would think something like a PL15 would give you the best sight picture. It's a 25 yd pistol target with a black of about 8". (or the 100 yd .22 Nsra target)

Accuracy might be a bit variable depending on the ammunition. I believe the standard required for the No 4. (T) sniper rifle was 7 out of 7 shots into 5 inches at 200 yards. This is after they had been duffed up by Holland & Holland.

[bradaz11]

well i googled PL15, wow! didnt realise targets from the nsra were so expensive!!

[Steve E]

Back in the days of the .303 the target sizes at 200 yds were:
Aiming Mark 12" dia.
Bullseye 5" dia
Inner 12" dia
Magpie 24" dia
Outer 48"
Semi circular black aiming mark (tin hat).
Taken from the 1950 Bisley Bible.

Can easily be reduced to 100 yds with a 10" aiming mark(inner) and a 3" bull.

[Steve E]

If you can get hold of some 'tin hat' targets, they're good for open sights (especially Vs) as you can line the sights up against a light color and still be on the center line.

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They use a 'sand/sky' one similar to the above at the Historic meetings - from memory I think the bull (area of the tin hat (the inner circles are the 'v' and 'x' bulls)) is 5.5" for 200 yards.....you could make a scaled down one, or scale one down at a printers...

In the day of the .303 there was no V bull. The inner was the diameter of the aiming mark (see my previous post). All shooting was done without the use of the sling in SR (a).
In SR(b) a sling could be used as well as a aperture/wind age adjustable rear sight. In SR(a) the wind gauge on a No1 (SMLE) would be set to zero and not adjusted. All windage was corrected for by aiming off.

[bradaz11]

well I have some bright orange air rifle targets that are 5" dia, so they might work, i'll have to take them and see, failing that, i have found some 8" centre's that i could print off (as will just squeeze onto A4)

other option could be talking to someone good with pdf's and get a 12" dia target done across 2 A4 sheets, as the printer i have access to at work does 2 up A4 (portrait) with perf

[TattooedGun]

Cheap as chips... grab a permanent marker and some paper plates...

Turn them over and colour in the circle...


IMG_1519, on Flickr

[Chuck]

http://www.targetz.com/targets10.htm

[toffe wrapper]

Buy some 12 inch shoot n sees and cut them in half.
If the backing frame is all white or you cover it with white paper you can see your own shots with scope or binos.
I zero my Enfield like this and it works really well.
Sight info if you need it for MK VII ball 2440fps
Moving the foresight blade .050 (width of blade) is about 6 inch at 100yds. Zeroing at 100 sights set at 200yds POI should be about 3in high.
Each change of foresight blade moves POI 2 inch's at 100yds

[hitchphil]

.........at my normal club at thorn, we cannot shoot anything that is not a bullseye/concentric circle type target.

I shoot at Thorn - the range Cert says only soft penetrable targets it does not say Bull / Concentric & I cant remember seeing a 'rule' otherwise? so we shoot a variety of target types: Eccentric, lucky numbers, polos, Tin Hat, Fig 11 scaled down, NRA 200yd scaled to 100yds, Animals, Submarines & ships, Bunnies & Gophers, Angry bird - we print / photocopy & paste onto shot up targets to reuse 4-5 times. However we do mainly use cadet 5 bull or NSRA types for scoring & training.

All of these keep some interested, & in between they do traditional NSRA target rifle too. I would agree figurines: blood squirting zombies, polystyrene tailors dummies & wig heads, Cameron, Clegg, & whats-his nose name... Osama etc arguably in GB bring the sport into disrepute.

If you want to see what shooting one thing over & over again does to the sport go the the NSRA meeting - lots of my generation, associates, old mates etc aaarggh & older there, precious few of my kids generation. NRA-TR is suffering the same effect.

PM me with an email addy & i can send you some images to print inc NRA TR scaled targets.