Target manufacturers Mid-range prone, Who makes the best?

[Keith Glasscock]

I recently shot in a 300 yard reduced match (MR-63 and MR-63FC targets). I don't know who made the target faces, but the the lines on the targets were all but invisible with less than 20 power under perfect conditions and it took a bit more than that if the light wasn't right. I didn't have anything to measure the line width with, but they looked about 1/16" to maybe 1/8" to me when I was in the pits.

Shooting F-class, holding off was significantly harder than a 600 yard face or LR face due to a lack of terrain features.

Here is my question:

Do the target manufacturers vary with the width of their lines (scoring circles and the #'s)? Is there a manufacturer that stands out as having the best uprange visibility on their targets?

I am trying to get F-class started at my home range, but the place is a mirage-a-thon most of the year. I would like to give the competitors the best possible chance of seeing the lines on the target.

Thanks,
Keith

 

[spclark]

I know what you mean. That MR-63 target is used for the 600-yard stage at the ISRA range (300 yd max.) & when they get put into the frames I'm always amazed how thin those lines are. They work though, as it's the outside of the line that counts in the end....

Whether the expense of making up your own club targets would be worthwhile is of course up to your club if you want wider scoring rings for better visibility. Too, consider that when you leave to go shoot somewhere else no approved competitions will be using custom targets.

No mention of scoring ring width is made in the NRA specs for targets:

 

[Eddie Harren]

Check with the National Target Co. Adamstown, Md.

 

[Taildrag15X]

In my 30 + years of XTC & High Power the BEST Targets have come from American Target Company, the paper has never been "light" and the black never "glossy", matte as it should be.

The lines and numbers are as sharp as any other makers I've bought or shot on.

They also run on the less expensive side do to how they make the Repair Centers........

http://www.americantargetcompany.com/high_power_rifle_targets.asp

 

[Eddie Harren]

http://www.nationaltarget.com/