1000 yard targets...

[islandermyk]

Today we used a 20 or 30 pound AR500 20X20 inch plate, painted white, hung by chains... and couldn't figure out if we were hitting it at the 1K mark...

The next route is trying something lighter... hopefully will swing like a mutha when it gets hit...

What do you guys use for targets going out that far???

[rondog]

You should have been able to hear them hit. No bullet marks on the plate?

[ray1970]

What do you guys use for targets going out that far???

Paper.

The guy working the target in the pit spots for me and marks my shots with a marker or calls it to me over a two way radio.

[islandermyk]

You should have been able to hear them hit. No bullet marks on the plate?

To much wind... to much mirage to see any hits...

[islandermyk]

Paper.

The guy working the target in the pit spots for me and marks my shots with a marker or calls it to me over a two way radio.

I wish we had the man power and money for radios... we cheap shooters

[cysoto]

Hearing a ring from a plate at 1,000 is not always possible (especially if you were shooting in the wind). Also, seeing any shots on the steel can be quite challenging because, regardless of how clear your scope may be or how good your eyes are, the mirage will hide any shots on target.

When my buddy and I shoot steel at anything past 600 yards, we hang the target 6 to 8 inches off the ground and watch for any dust that would indicate a miss. In this case no observable dust is a good thing...

The MGM's "Flash Target" offers a good amount of movement which is easy to see through the spotting scope.



http://mgmtargets.com/tstore/index.p...products_id=11

[islandermyk]

Seeing hits at 800 yards and inside of that is pretty clear and audible... but going to a thousand and beyond that is guess work if hearing it hit is depended on...


Sh*t... That MGM looks fly... but damn... I can't afford to buy something like that...

Not trying to find or go super cheap on this, but I would like to see more ideas out there and what you guys have used to get good shot results via visual or audible.... I have and can get steel to shoot at, but almost seems like a science (Steel thickness (for audible and amount of swing.. etc..), what color paint, etc....) to getting a good reactive target shooting out to a 1K and beyond...

Thanks for chiming in fellas

[colo-pr]

Where I can shoot to steel targets? I bought a couple of steel targets and now I don't find a place to use it.

Thanks in advance for any help :-)

[islandermyk]

Where I can shoot to steel targets? I bought a couple of steel targets and now I don't find a place to use it.

Thanks in advance for any help :-)

Aww man... you should start another thread on this one

.. but to be nice


I shoot up at Pawnee Grasslands.... kinda a long ways from you... I really can't say where can you shoot down south/in your area, but I'm pretty sure if you have your thread up here : http://www.ar-15.co/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=115 someone will chime in for you


Have you shot at the steel you have yet? How big and heavy are one of'em? Kinda curious.. that's all...

[colo-pr]

I'm sorry, my intentions is not hi-hack this thread, I'm just a little bit desesperate because I don't find a place and I create a topic in July 26 about that and no one respond yet (http://www.ar-15.co/forums/showthread.php?t=58258)

I just buy a 6" and 8" steel targets and I can't not used yet because in the range's that I visit they not accepted, of course I want to shoot my Rem 700 308 in more than 500+ but the same, I don't find a place and I'm not lucky with the "places to shoot" forum here.