Making New Targets

[stoti]

The boys and I ran out of targets the other day so we decide to make a bunch while we’re watching football on this rainy day. 

The free targets available here on AGN are such a great resource. I tape about six of them on the back of an old 24”x36” blueprint and staple them to the target stand, viola, we’re good to go for a day of shooting. 

There are fun targets like golf, battleship and Tic Tac Toe, targets appropriate for 10yd, 25yd, 50yd, 75yd and 100yd. and anything else you could possibly want.

Why pay when you can make them for the cost of paper and ink? Practically nothing!

Have a great Sunday!

Stoti

 

[Enkey]

Hi Stoti

I also use them many times recycling papers that are no longer worth and are printed on one side

Regards 

Enkey 

 

[AlaskaAirgunner]

That looks awesome! Having a supply of old blueprints must be nice! I do question your source of paper and ink for practically nothing though!...  

 

[Guest]

I want to do the airgun golfing

 

[wethy]

I like the golf one too. How do you play? Can't figure that one out?

JPW

 

[Quad82]

I can never keep ink cartridges from drying out. I go on the cheep side. Take a reem of printer paper and spot it with a sharpie. Tape it to a empty box. But it would be nice to use a real target sometimes. 

 

[stoti]

Golf is a lot of fun, so is battleships, although I don’t have any of those targets in the pictures. Anything a little different keeps my boys excited about shooting. They love shooting reactive targets too...Army men, lego men, old toys, lizards, metal spinners, whatever!

Stoti

 

[stoti]

I couldn’t copy and paste the link but here are a couple pictures.

Stoti

 

[Roadking]

That is a lot of printed targets in your setup. Pretty cool.


A friend and I were shooting peanut M&Ms off golf tees at 35 yards. To be honest, those weren't much of a challenge. But when all the M&Ms were gone we started on the standing golf tees. Those were indeed a challenge. But, a lot of fun.

RK

 

[stoti]

I totally get it. When my boys and I shoot army men at 50yds, we have to call right leg, left leg or head shot, Shooting a 2” tall army man really isn’t very hard at 50yds. It’s all good fun, as long as my boys are shooting with me and having fun, I’m happy. 

Have a good one. Stoti

 

[jimaok]

Years ago I went to a printing shop and had a rubber stamp made that printed a 25 yard BR target rings. I got a stamp pad and a bottle of roll on black ink and would stamp targets on yellow stickies and all kinds of scrap paper. I had lost it for the longest time, but I moved this past year and found the stamp. I just need a new ink pad now. You can bring any drawn target you want, and they can make up a rubber stamp for you. It cost me $30 or something like that. 

 

[TMH]

A friend and I were shooting peanut M&Ms off golf tees at 35 yards...

RK

Sacrilege!!!

If you are going to shoot M&M's, shoot the cr@ppy ones like 'carmel' only!

I was setting up paintballs (.68 cal) on golf tees at the range for friends to shoot. Fun, relatively inexpensive reactive targets but a bit of a pain to set up and they kept shooting up my golf tees.

I recently switched over to shooting Charms Mini Pops. You can buy them by the bag of 400 cheap on Amazon. Then, after my wife takes all of her favorites (green apple and mango) out of the bag, I still have a few left to shoot. I took a 1x4" board and drilled 15 holes in the top edge. Can quickly clamp this to the top of a target stand at the range for fast target set-up. Bonus is that they make a good 'pop' sound (like hitting a squirrel head) when you nail them. Can't help but laugh each time a new airgun shooter takes one out.

 

[Smok3y]

I want to do the airgun

golfing

I like the golf one too. How do you play? Can't figure that one out?

JPW

Here is a golf target I made in black and white for our local rimfire challenges a few years ago.

View attachment TARGET_golfcourse_V3 2.1611595936.pdf

 

[Smok3y]

Here is a Battleship one I made as well, again based of others’ previous ideas like the golf. 

View attachment TARGET_battleship.1611596233.pdf



And a Snowman one...

View attachment snowman.1611596253.pdf

 

[egd]

Stoti, where do you find that golf game? I googled but all I found was exploding golf balls.

Smok3y, your game looks good too. Thanks.

 

[MileHighAirGunner]

Stoti, where do you find that golf game? I googled but all I found was exploding golf balls.

Smok3y, your game looks good too. Thanks.

https://www.airgunnation.com/topic/printable-targets-4/

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ga8GW5RN1XGviNE6srGZcUDtbbKKkmMb/view?usp=drivesdk

 

[Moog]

I've always been really stingy when it comes to targets. I don't want to keep spending money on something I'm just going to shoot holes through. I'm fortunate to have access to a Xerox machine so I'm able to print up my own targets for no cost. I keep a file for the master copies.

Here's a sample of a few of the targets I make myself.

 

[stoti]

Print a few of these targets and create a master list from all of the free targets available here on AGN. . Then you can Xerox any of them you want. There is something for everybody!

Stoti

 

[Airgun-hobbyist]

That's a real nice setup; hours of fun for you and the family!

 

[Stefanjan]

I got a bunch of 3/4" circle stickers from my former job. Put them on spinners, paper, cardboard, whatever. Great thing is once the stickers are all peeled off you have a paper full of 3/4" targets! They were closing up shop so I got like 50 or 60 sheets. Also make chalk targets (plaster of Paris and a silicon candy mold and some twist ties) that explode when hit (and the rain washed away the residue). In the fall I have a black walnut tree that provides some targets (and squirrels!). I also collect chestnuts from my dad's house and blast them apart.