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.
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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/
BTW, you can buy them from Outers
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.
Mr. Hancock said my reply. Find (or draw) your own target design, copy it many times and use as needed.
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