Targets???

[Kayleen]

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  There has been some hashing of target size and distance on another thread. Out of curiosity what size are the targets at the ranges where you shoot and what are their distances for pistol, rifle and shotgun?
Kayleen

[Trap]

  The targets at the muster are the KVC targets. We moved them in a little, especially the rifle targets.   jt

[Lars]

Trap,

Am I correct in calling those targets 28" IPSC Pepper Poppers welded to fixed stands (not knockdowns)?

Thanks,
Lars

[Trap]

  Lars;
  I believe you are correct!   jt

[Grizzle Bear]

Yep, we use a lot of Pepper Poppers.  I like them, since they are basically the "kill zone".  I would like to have a bunch more IPSC plates, but they're too expensive!  (And heavy!)

[ Scared myself one day by adding up the cost of all the targets we had bought or constructed over the 8 years we have been in operation.  Over $4000 worth of steel down there!  And we are not what I would call a big group! ]

Grizzle Bear

[French Jack]

Our (Johnson County Rangers) targets are the same for rifle and pistol:  12" square plate, hung from a tripod stand at various distances, arrangements.  Shotgun are swingers  6" by 24".  Pistol distances vary from 10 to 25 yards, and rifle from 40 to 60 yards, more or less.  Shotguns are usually 20 to 25 yards.  We take advantage of native vegetation such as trees and undergrowth to make things more interesting at times.  We also use at various times duelling trees, foot operated clay bird launchers, a spring loaded horse to ride while shooting, guess we just like variety.

[Ottawa Creek Bill]

French Jack,
How do you manage to keep the springs mounted on their hooves?

OCB

[French Jack]

Bill, I used some "Spring Nails".  That keeps them on the toe nails.

[Steel Horse Bailey]

 

[O.T. Buchannan]

At our range at work, our targets are all 'man-size'...basically the size of an average person, or maybe just a tad smaller.  Distances range from arms length away to 8 feet (average gunfight distance), to 21 feet for what Thunder Ranch calls 'Sniper shooting'.  However, with the rifle, the targets will sometimes go out to 15 yards.  Target configuration?  They usually look like armed terrorists, sometimes with grenades or bomb packs around their chests, sometimes with knives or axes, and sometimes with a variety of firearms.  They have a tendency to move and charge at us at unexpected times, the lighting is often times low, and we are usually moving and screaming at the same time.  We enforce a 'Hot Range concept' in which all of our officers are REQUIRED to maintain a loaded weapon at all times, and are penalized if a weapon goes empty and is not immediately reloaded, and they are penalized if they ASK for permission to reload.

Now, when we do Simunitions, our targets are real people, who can get rather unpredictable at times.  When we do Simunitions, I and my other instructors play the role of the bad guys, and when an officer runs out of ammo, they can expect that we will usually shoot a nice group on their back....

Now, somehow, I don't think NCOWS would quite go for this arrangement...  At any rate, the partially obscured targets that French Jack is talking about are fun to shoot at, and I would ALSO like to try out something along the lines of what Joss House is talking about.  Back in Missouri, Black River Smith and I used to shoot at a range that set things up similar to that...bowling pins at 50, 75, and 100 yards.....