Paper for target shooting

[marwitz89]

I'm looking at purchasing a large roll of white paper that I can use at my home range for target shooting. I generally spray paint small orange circles on the target to shoot at. I'm trying to find quality paper that will leave nice holes in the paper without the tearing that you get with normal paper. Does anyone have any suggestions on the exact type of paper I should get and where I can get it?

Thanks,
Joe

 

[savageshooter86]

I went to Office Depot/ Office Max and got the heavy card stock. Works well for getting clean holes if you staple it on target well. Think it is 100# paper. I got the manila color too. Easier to see than white when the sun is beating down on it

 

[CADDIE5]

Do a search for a paper mill in your area. Georgia pacific etc. They can tell you if they will sell you a butt roll (overrun) from winder or paper machine. I use to work for a paper mill in chicago area. That is what I use for target backers. Talk to their union rep all paper makers are good old boys. Good luck.

 

[Grimstod]

Thicker is better.

I use the back side of 200# paper that my company printed post cards on shortly before they scrapped the idea. Just draw my targets on the back of it and put stickers on it for critical stuff.

 

[guidom]

i get mine at the hobby shop. its heavy white paper stock. get four targets out of each sheet, and they are only .49 cents each.

 

[CJ6]

I use A-flute .060-.080 thickness (non-corrogated)from ends/shear-outs at work or heavy card stock from Office Depot (LAST resort). But having a good backer is just as important CoroPlast sheets work well for this. edit to add In the old days the sides of a potato chip or case of pop cut-out with a light touch of flat white spray paint worked great, just ad your pasters or draw your dots.

 

[TerryPohl]

I do a lot of 400 yard shooting, my target board is 4'X6'. I buy a roll of freezer paper and tack it to the board use a magic marker and put small (3/8'') dots +/- on it for a sighting point, leaves clean holes, cheep and easy to see.
Terry Pohl

 

[Terry Altom]

I also use 100lb card stock. You can find it on sale some times. I also created my own targets on MS Visio. For simple dots, you can buy them by the roll at office stores or Amazon.com

 

[Alex Wheeler]

I have butcher's paper for butchering my own game. Works great for targets as well.
http://www.amazon.com/BOXBP2440W-24-Butcher-Paper-Roll/dp/B000ZJSIRI

 

[Terry Altom]

Here's a sample of what I made. If you're doing load development, you can keep your data at the bottom and scan them in to the computer or file them away.

 

[Rambozo]

Well, I don't know if it's the best in regard to clean holes, but if you go to your local sign shop, I'm sure they will have loads of waste wax paper. They will probably just give it to you, and you can get it in large sections (4'x8'+). That is, if they do a lot of printing and laminating. Wrap shops will have the most.

I get more than I can use of the stuff.

 

[SS427]

I use 65lb cover stock paper. I've found the key is to get it pulled totally flat against a cardboard backer using tape or tacks. Any kind of a pucker so that the paper isn't flat against the cardboard and the paper can tear slightly.

I used to get my targets ready the night before, but for some reason by the next day there would be a pucker. Shrinkage I guess. Now I get them ready just before I head to the range.

 

[wiuprof]

I got Georgia Pacific card stock paper (110 lb. weight) at Wal-Mart, 150 sheets, 8"x10", white color for under $10.
It's useful for printing targets as well as business cards and works well in my ink-jet printer.

 

[tinkerer]

Roll butcher or packing paper.

Larry
Tinkerer

 

[jimbo88mm]

Poster Board works great.

 

[JORTZ]

Use pink paper no one will say anything about it.
+1 on the poster board

 

[Hosted]

I use sheets of cardboard. A friend of mine works in receiving for a company and saves me the pieces of cardboard that comes on the bottom of a pallet. Usually brings me about 50 of them at a time for nothing because they would just throw them away.

 

[marwitz89]

I'll use pink paper all day if it makes my groups smaller....

 

[JORTZ]

That why i use it no one wants to walk and look at a pink target so i just say it was a .25 inch group but it really was .5.