Paper/cardboard for home printed targets

[Airsporter1st]

Target card is deliberately made with short strand fibres so that a clean hole is punched. Most other card has long strand fibres as the objective is to provide strength.

Lots of targets and target holders are 17cm x 17cm which means you can only get one out of a single A4 sheet, and by the time you've paid for the wastage it's often just as economic to buy ready-made targets.

For example, you can get competition quality 17 x 17 targets with one large roundel, the type as used for 10 metre Pistol, for about £30 a thousand, three pence each.

On a certain auction site you can buy a roll of self adhesive spots of various sizes and colours, if you wish to stick some on the back of these pistol targets, and they cost something like £3 for a thousand or more spots. It's as cheap to do that as it is to use a marker pen.

With the price of inkjet cartridges, don't even think about printing your own.

That is really interesting and makes perfect sense. Apologies to the OP for giving you a bum steer with the A4 card.

[BigDuncs]

That is really interesting and makes perfect sense. Apologies to the OP for giving you a bum steer with the A4 card.

No need for an apology. Thanks for showing an interest.

Upon reflection, I will check the size of the 25m precision targets, probably close to A4, and buy some of these to print my targets on the back. I can get at least 5 of my targets per A4 sheet so 50 pellets per sheet is very economic for me!

Enjoy the rest of the weekend.

[Unframed Dave]

If you've got a picture framer nearby, they may want to get rid of Mount board offcuts. Stick your targets on, it's ideal.

Dave

[mikehill]

On a side note, where is the cheapest place to buy say 300 10m pistol targets ?

[fife]

HI, I found M.D.F. off the back of kitchen cubbarts is the best white with orange 8ml stickers on and shoot just above , a defnate hole , no tares like paper, ATB bob

[Rich]

On a side note, where is the cheapest place to buy say 300 10m pistol targets ?

Our club has imported them from Germany. I think you will find that Harry Preston of Steyr UK also keeps stocks of 10m pistol targets, and the last time I enquired they were about £30 a thousand. Google Steyr UK for contact details.

Edit: here you go, Krüger.

http://targets.krueger-shops.eu/sch_...VNXCy&saSearch[category]=Air+pistol+10+m

[mikehill]

Our club has imported them from Germany. I think you will find that Harry Preston of Steyr UK also keeps stocks of 10m pistol targets, and the last time I enquired they were about £30 a thousand. Google Steyr UK for contact details.

Cheers Rich :-)

[oliver13]

I've currently got a lot of plasterboard off cuts stashed in a dry corner for mounting targets on, I use either Shoot-n-see 25mm discs, or as Rich noted above, self adhesive 'dots' which are meant for putting prices on things in shops. About 99p for 500 10mm diameter if I remember rightly. I get black ones, presumably so up market outlets write the price in silver ink.
Your problem appears to be that the pellet holes are too ragged for accurate scoring, I would suggest shooting a smaller group on each target, 5 not 10, & use flat nosed pellets which were actually designed to address this issue. Another thing, if the paper is damp it's more prone to tearing so store it somewhere toasty, like the airing cupboard.