Thursday, May 15, 2025

That Target

 Second son came into the shop with the target Lucas used to test the rimfire ammo, and it brought hack a memory form my early career.


That target is marked: US Army Official 50 Foot Smallbore Rifle.

During the early 80s I was standing in a unit arms room and saw a box of targets.  I asked the armorer if I could have a few and he handed me a whole box. There were probably 1000 in that box.  Nice targets, on good card stock, and I was glad to get them. I thought that they had been lost during moves and divorces, but evidently they survived.  

Now a whole new generation i learning to shoot on them, and that is a good thing.

I did a search on the Google and can't find them.  Probably the Army is using a different target these days.  I did find them on eBay, where they are marked as Vintage and wildly over-priced.

4 comments:

B said...

NRA has targets like that. I believe they are for air rifle now

I shot some on Tuesday:
https://middleoftheright.com/2025/05/well-that-was-a-fun-challenge/

B said...

BTW, you can buy them from Outers

Samuel E Hancock said...

Not certain about the size, or the vintage item cost, but if they match 11x17, consider having a staples or office depot run you some copies on heavy (20#) stock.

Anonymous said...

Mr. Hancock said my reply. Find (or draw) your own target design, copy it many times and use as needed.