Electronic Targets - DIY?

[Stot]

Thanks very much for your input Stot

The web cam will need to be out of pellet's harms way...

The camera would be outside the box pointing at it from the shooters POV. Doesnt mater where exactly as long as it can focus on the target, few meters away.

I would have thought that repeated pellets smashing into a translucent back stop will eventually mark and degrade its optical properties. Might require constant cleaning. Something I want to avoid.

Me too.

However, I'm not looking to electronic score a paper target (others might though). In my vision, I want to remove the paper target completely but also electronically score.

Oh I see, but what would you aim at?

If you still want to use paper targets and video camera there are these systems:

http://williamson-labs.com/target.htm

Pretty much this idea but a little less.... complicated.

I have a camera that will shoot video at 1000fps and this wont capture a 12ftlb pellet in the air at 20 yards.

Cheers
Stot