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Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:54 am
by bitterbeer
I'd like to make some metal targets; chicken, pig, turkey and ram and I'm looking for some official nra sized paper targets to use as patterns but can't find any. Anyone know where I might get some?
Thanks,
Rich
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 11:43 am
by DonM
Check the NRA competitions web page, they did have templates you could down load.
If you're just wanting swingers to practice on Another dang 9 that posts here makes and sells nice ones, at a fairly reasonable price.
You can also buy swingers and full sets from Quality targets.
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sat Jun 15, 2019 5:54 pm
by Sporty
bitterbeer wrote: Sat Jun 15, 2019 10:54 am
I'd like to make some metal targets; chicken, pig, turkey and ram and I'm looking for some official nra sized paper targets to use as patterns but can't find any. Anyone know where I might get some?
Thanks,
Rich
Start here for the files.
Then go here for instructions to print full size.
Change the printer scale proportionally for smaller scale targets.
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:02 am
by Another Dang 9
bitterbeer.
I'm guessing you picked up a plasma cutter for short money and want to make some targets.
The easiest and cheapest way to get templates is to bring some card board and a magic marker to your next match. Lay a target on the cardboard and trace around it.
Bingo bango bongo you now have templates!
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Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 4:36 pm
by Sporty
Another Dang 9 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 9:02 am
bitterbeer.
I'm guessing you picked up a plasma cutter for short money and want to make some targets.
The easiest and cheapest way to get templates is to bring some card board and a magic marker to your next match. Lay a target on the cardboard and trace around it.
Bingo bango bongo you now have templates!
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What is "easiest" & "cheapest" is relative. Your suggestion is consistent with having a range nearby with the targets. Otherwise for me, it was easiest and cheapest to do what I had proposed. The closest range with full size targets is a 20 hour drive there and back with an overnight stay.
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 6:43 pm
by DonM
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:35 pm
by Sporty
Great product. That would be easiest for me. Thanks for the link!
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:44 pm
by Another Dang 9
Charlie, bitterbeer didn't state what size targets he was looking to make. So I assumed he was looking for the 1/2 size targets which can be made from the prints from the NRA website. However, the full size targets are another story. Trying to find a print shop to make the full size targets is tough. I had to find an industrial blue print shop to do it. Staples may be able to do it these days but not when I tried to do it 10 years ago.
If you want send me your address and I'll mail you a set of full size paper targets that I already went through that whole mess to make.
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:02 am
by Sporty
Another Dang 9 wrote: Sun Jun 16, 2019 7:44 pm
Charlie, bitterbeer didn't state what size targets he was looking to make. So I assumed he was looking for the 1/2 size targets which can be made from the prints from the NRA website. However, the full size targets are another story. Trying to find a print shop to make the full size targets is tough. I had to find an industrial blue print shop to do it. Staples may be able to do it these days but not when I tried to do it 10 years ago.
If you want send me your address and I'll mail you a set of full size paper targets that I already went through that whole mess to make.
Thank you for your generous offer to send the full size paper targets to me. I now have my stencils that were made from SR target paper.
I taped 8/12 x 11 sheets of printer paper together by printing the files at the appropriate scale mentioned in my
instructional post. I used them to make the stencils.
The stencils are spray painted over the backside of SR1 for the chicken & SR target paper for the others. After my practice I simply cover the bullet holes with target pasters.
Soon, I'll be in the market for a full size ram swinger made with AR500 steel.
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:03 am
by Sporty
Sporty wrote: Mon Jun 17, 2019 4:02 am
Quoted instead of editing.
Re: Paper silhouette targets
Posted: Mon Jun 17, 2019 7:13 am
by Another Dang 9
My offer for the paper targets is extended to anyone who needs them. Just send me a pm with your address and I'll mail them out to you.
