PRS Talk Positional practice target sizes
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I think it is different for everyone. Based on your skill level is how I would choose the size. If your shooting off barricades at a 10 inch plate at 500 and never hit it your just wasting ammo. Start big and work your way down as your skill set improves.
I was fixing on doing just that, but wanted a ballpark to start with.
I plan on doing most of my 100 yd positional and obstacle practice using international smallbore targets. By setting a ring value as hit/miss I can tighten up the difficulty at will.
Honestly, just get 2 inch shoot and see's and shoot at 100 yards. It is a good way to gauge how well you are hitting also, how much you are missing by.
So I went and setup some 100 yard barricade practice yesterday afternoon. I used the ISSF 50 meter paper targets that I have plenty of. Those targets are about 4" tall and have six bullseyes with 110 mm (little over 4") black aiming marks in three rows of two. They worked great as I could use the top row to shoot from the top rung of my makeshift barricade and work my way down.
I ran the drill twice, shooting five rounds at each bullseye. First run just a bag on the barricade and the rifle resting on it. Second run same as the first but with a sling hooked up to my belt buckle via carabiner. The improvement in both steadiness and recoil control with the sling pulling the rifle down and back was remarkable. Because of that, I could put ten rounds into two bullseyes significantly faster with the sling.
The comment to start with a big target (4 MOA in this case) and work my way down was spot on. I will add some kind of shoot-n-see centers next time as seeing .224" holes in those black circles was impossible through the 16X rifle scope and extremely difficult through a 25X Kowa due to the heavy overcast and time of day. On the flip side, not seeing the hits through the scope, I think, made me concentrate on follow through and calling the shots based on where the reticle was when the shot went off.
My range also happens to have some old 55 gal drums lying around, so I'll be adding those to the drills next time.
I ran the drill twice, shooting five rounds at each bullseye. First run just a bag on the barricade and the rifle resting on it. Second run same as the first but with a sling hooked up to my belt buckle via carabiner. The improvement in both steadiness and recoil control with the sling pulling the rifle down and back was remarkable. Because of that, I could put ten rounds into two bullseyes significantly faster with the sling.
The comment to start with a big target (4 MOA in this case) and work my way down was spot on. I will add some kind of shoot-n-see centers next time as seeing .224" holes in those black circles was impossible through the 16X rifle scope and extremely difficult through a 25X Kowa due to the heavy overcast and time of day. On the flip side, not seeing the hits through the scope, I think, made me concentrate on follow through and calling the shots based on where the reticle was when the shot went off.
My range also happens to have some old 55 gal drums lying around, so I'll be adding those to the drills next time.
I do most of my positional practice on a 100 yard range. I use a 1 inch square on an 8.5x11 sheet of paper. I have found that training slower on a small target has helped me when I am rushed on a larger target. If I am working on engaging multiple targets, I will use a rapid bolt drill target off Impact Data Books’ downloadable targets. I continue to go slow and methodic working on building my position and getting as stable as possible.
Tell me more about hooking your sling to your belt. I am practicing barricades more and this intrigues me. I have no come across this technique yet.
I came across this guy and figured that his tripod sling technique could work just as well when resting the front of the rifle on something else (like a barricade). And it does.
I'm using smallbore bullseye targets. The black part is 4 MOA at 100 yards but since they have scoring rings I can decide ahead of time which scoring ring will mark the hit/miss area. Basically I can make them either tight as hell or relatively easy just by saying "ok today any hit outside the 8 ring is a miss", and then see how far I missed.
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