Just thought I’d pass this along. We’ve been taking a permanent marker and coloring small reinforcement stickers from office supply stores and applying them to the back side of old blueprints. They make pretty good targets.
Cheap targets
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Rube Shooter
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I like using the unshot portions of targets left on the boards at the range.
Double score when they are the shoot and see targets with the dots to cover previous shots.
Doesn't get much cheaper than that.
Double score when they are the shoot and see targets with the dots to cover previous shots.
Doesn't get much cheaper than that.
Liven The Dream
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Free Cardboard from Costco ! Colored Dots from Staples close out isle , hard times first isle.
My Old Hunting Partner called me " El Cheapo ".
My Old Hunting Partner called me " El Cheapo ".
brokeasajoke
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Election signs work pretty good too for something to hang your targets on.
As a diesel mechanic I'd keep parts boxes and packages. A headgasket box was usually good for 4-6 targets depending on size. An inframe kit was a bigger score. All nice heavy cardboard without much printing on it.
joshb
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Wear it with pride! I get the same treatment when I’m picking up range brass!
I saved my old plans from when I was a builder out here in Texas, I bought a roll of brown paper at Home Depot that’s used to protect floors during construction.
I felt like I was splurging!
jepp2
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And many places sell the hole reinforcements already colored
Rube Shooter
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Working for the city, I keep all the " I buy houses", service advertisement, etc. signs with wire support I pick up around town that are in good shape.
PhilC
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I keep all the good heavy cardboard and use for backers.
We used those paper reinforcements decades ago for their intended purpose only back then they were lick 'em and stick 'em. During my USAF career they were known as paper assholes. Probably "un-politically" correct today.
We used those paper reinforcements decades ago for their intended purpose only back then they were lick 'em and stick 'em. During my USAF career they were known as paper assholes. Probably "un-politically" correct today.
I use the round black pasters from the pits.
SSL
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I like to hang several target sheets at a time to cut down on trips to the backstop. Not a fan of most retail targets because of the black lines or aiming dots that make small-caliber holes difficult to see from the bench. "Splatter" targets are a good idea, but that "splash" doesn't give a good indication of group size. I just use white "card stock" (8 1/2 X 11") from Amazon and self-adhesive Avery or Maco Color Coding Labels. I like the orange ones for ease of seeing and use sizes from 1/2 to 3/4" depending on what I'm shooting. You can even get 1/4" inventory dots if you want smaller. Works great for load developing so you can punch holes in the sheets to store in a ring-binder along with info.
Liven The Dream
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Yes , but E-Targets make pasters hard to get ?
A single roll will last a long time.
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