Joe R
Gold $$ Contributor
I have been shooting F-TR for almost two years and I have little historical knowledge so pardon my ignorance if my question seems silly.
From the very first time I pulled a target it was obvious to me, that punching a hole on black paper and then looking for it, seemed a little awkward. The whole setup seems like a Dilbert kind of thing. The hole is generally black on a black background, sometime the bullets are .223 or 6mm, somewhat small for the bifocal crowd/over 60 like me, and then we're supposed to give fast service to the shooters?
It seems to me that the obvious choice for target paper should be white not black. I've asked several people if they know why it is black and they all seems as clueless as I am. What am I missing here?
Joe
From the very first time I pulled a target it was obvious to me, that punching a hole on black paper and then looking for it, seemed a little awkward. The whole setup seems like a Dilbert kind of thing. The hole is generally black on a black background, sometime the bullets are .223 or 6mm, somewhat small for the bifocal crowd/over 60 like me, and then we're supposed to give fast service to the shooters?
It seems to me that the obvious choice for target paper should be white not black. I've asked several people if they know why it is black and they all seems as clueless as I am. What am I missing here?
Joe