10m targets

[tom_thumb]

Thanks for that link , but do you have a site where I can download 6 yard Air Rifle targets . Ta

If you go back to my site again - I've made you a 6yd Air Rifle target....it has 50x 6yd & 1x 10m targets on it...I'm not sure how most printers will handle it as the lines are now very thin & the numbers very small - but see how it goes.

If you'd like it altering at all drop me a PM.

[Rifleman]

If you go back to my site again - I've made you a 6yd Air Rifle target....it has 50x 6yd & 1x 10m targets on it...I'm not sure how most printers will handle it as the lines are now very thin & the numbers very small - but see how it goes.

If you'd like it altering at all drop me a PM.

Thanks for that will send PM

[Target Bunny]

For an accurate scaled 6 yard target go to http://www.ubc.btik.com/p_UBC_Targets.ikml
This gets you an olympic target scaled down for 6 Yards and with enough space between the divisions for a .22 pellet to fit.
Most of the other targets I see are simply reduced to whatever % makes them the right size overall. That is to say that a 25 Metre target is reduced to 0.24 of its original size. This means that even a .177 pellet can score on 3 different zones by landing in the middle of one zone and cutting the boundaries of those on either side of it.
If you want 50 targets on an A4 sheet just keep them as single circles. Colur them if you want to but please do not try to put scoring zones on them of less than 6 mm wide.
Have fun
Target Bunny

[tom_thumb]

Target Bunny - he did ask for a scaled 10m Air rifle target....which is exactly what I made him, and I don't see anyone else lining up to help - yes I agree it may be better to have a simplified version at that size, but as I said in my message above he can ask me to alter it to suit him....I'm not sure it deserved your comment, after all no one is forcing you to download it or any of the others.

Chill

Tom

[RobF]

Not wanting to get in the middle of you two and who asked for what, but 6yd targets aren't 10m targets scaled down.

[40apple40]

many thanks to all those who've put time into providing on-line targets - i use them all the time in my garden & they've improved my shooting no end.

jc

[tom_thumb]

OK - I've managed to find the dimensions for the N.R.S.A 6yd targets - all my 6yd targets, both air pistol & air rifle fully conform the the N.R.S.A dimensions.

The pistol targets are very, very similar in size - but the 6yd rifle target was indeed a way off....all fixed & smiles all round.

[urban winter]

For an accurate scaled 6 yard target go to http://www.ubc.btik.com/p_UBC_Targets.ikml
This gets you an olympic target scaled down for 6 Yards and with enough space between the divisions for a .22 pellet to fit.
Most of the other targets I see are simply reduced to whatever % makes them the right size overall. That is to say that a 25 Metre target is reduced to 0.24 of its original size. This means that even a .177 pellet can score on 3 different zones by landing in the middle of one zone and cutting the boundaries of those on either side of it.

Have fun
Target Bunny

I don't get this. For me, the objective of a 6yd target is to give me scores as close as possible to those that I would get at 10m. You could achieve this exactly if you used a precisely scaled 10m target (i.e. diameter of all rings mutiplied by 5.49/10) only if you used a pellet that was also proportionately smaller (i.e. you would need a 2.47mm pellet at 6yds). I'm pretty sure that my NSRA 6yd targets are proportioned exactly like this - I will get my ruler out and check. This means that 6yd shooting will always give higher scores that 10m shooting, even when using exactly proportional targets.

If you do what target bunny has done, and make the scoring zones wide enough that a pellet can fit inside (especially a .22 pellet!) then you're just inventing a completely different target rather than trying to give the same shooting experience at 6yds as at 10m.

I think!

U.

[RobF]

I'm pretty sure that my NSRA 6yd targets are proportioned exactly like this - I will get my ruler out and check. This means that 6yd shooting will always give higher scores that 10m shooting, even when using exactly proportional targets.

I think you need to check . The 9 ring on a 10m and 6yd are the same size (or as near as damn it). And i'm not so sure the outer rings are much if any different.

Yep, 6yd scores are higher than 10m. I shoot both, and have done for over a year. My PB in 10m until recently was 276 ex 300, whereas my 6yd PB was 296. My partner in crime has twice put in possibles of 300 ex 300 at 6yd, but only crossed 290 ex 300 perhaps once or twice.

The 6yd target doesn't score outside of a 5.

I find the challenge of 6yd is about not letting a mistake mean a 9, where as 10m I find is more about concentrating to get a 10. If I scored in and shot 10m like I do 6yd, i'd find 10m simple, and would be wondering what the fuss was about

[tom_thumb]

There is a difference between a scaled 10m & a 6yd - but the difference is incredibly small. I've put them side by side in the picture below....I've also put a 5.5mm & a 4.5mm disc on each so you can see the ring sizes.


I think it also depends on what your purpose of shooting at 6yds is....if its to shoot 6yds as an event, then it makes sense to use the proper 6yd target - but if you're using it to practice for 10m in a smaller space, then perhaps it makes more sense to use a scaled 10m?....but as the image above shows, there is very little difference in it anyway.

[RobF]

they are pistol targets... apologies, I was talking about rifle... which these are below

this is a 10m rifle target

http://www.shootingwiki.org/images/t..._Air_Rifle.jpg

http://www.shootingwiki.org/index.ph..._10M_Air_Rifle

Here's the 6 yd and 10 yd at the same screen res...

6yd : http://www.nsra.co.uk/Shop2/Shop_htm...ets/imgv16.gif

10m : http://www.nsra.co.uk/Shop2/Shop_htm...ets/imgv13.gif

[urban winter]

I think you need to check . The 9 ring on a 10m and 6yd are the same size (or as near as damn it). And i'm not so sure the outer rings are much if any different.

Yep, 6yd scores are higher than 10m. I shoot both, and have done for over a year. My PB in 10m until recently was 276 ex 300, whereas my 6yd PB was 296. My partner in crime has twice put in possibles of 300 ex 300 at 6yd, but only crossed 290 ex 300 perhaps once or twice.

The 6yd target doesn't score outside of a 5.

I've realised that I don't know what 6yd targets you're talking about. The ones I use are NSRA Air-8 (you can see a picture here: http://www.nsra.co.uk/Shop2/Shop_html/airgun.htm). These have a approx 30mm bull vs approx 55mm for a 10m target (i.e. proportionally sized).

NSRA also sell a strange Air 6/YP which appears to be the same size as a 10m target but with the black being 8-10 instead of 7-10. I asked in the shop what competitions this was for, but they didn't know.

I don't know what targets you're talking about that don't score lower than 5.

It sounds like you are using an oversize target at 6yd - which would account for your very much higher scores at this distance. And, incidentally, if your partner in crime can score 290/300 at 10m then they should probably put themselves forward for the Olympic squad because that's comfortably above an Olympic qualifying score. (and can I have some coaching please!)

U.

[steveP07]

And, incidentally, if your partner in crime can score 290/300 at 10m then they should probably put themselves forward for the Olympic squad because that's comfortably above an Olympic qualifying score. (and can I have some coaching please!)U.

I wish. Qualifying score to be considered for inclusion in the GB squad is 594/600

S

[tom_thumb]

I don't know what targets you're talking about that don't score lower than 5.

I think those are the NRSA Air 7 6yd air rifle (not air pistol) targets that are also on the page that you linked to. They have five targets on a card with each target only going out to the 5 ring (I think).

[RobF]

The ones I use are NSRA Air-8

They are pistol targets.

NSRA also sell a strange Air 6/YP

they are also pistol targets ... but the yp might mean youth? dunno.

I don't know what targets you're talking about that don't score lower than 5.

Air 7's. 6yd air rifle targets

It sounds like you are using an oversize target at 6yd - which would account for your very much higher scores at this distance. And, incidentally, if your partner in crime can score 290/300 at 10m then they should probably put themselves forward for the Olympic squad because that's comfortably above an Olympic qualifying score. (and can I have some coaching please!)

No, the Air 7's are the correct 6 yd targets for 6yd air rifle.

You can see my scores on page 5 here for 10m rifle and page 6 for the 6yd rifle. But there's a big difference between a 290 ex 300 in a paper league, and a 580 in an ISSF competition shoulder to shoulder. I was quite happily shooting around 530 ex 600 last year in the league, yet at the British champs I crumbled under my own pressure and struggled to crack 500!

The paper league is about to start for the summer season. It's open to anyone at a club, so get stuck in... the more the merrier.