RAW: Target Sidebar
TARGETS—Anything a shooter takes aim at can be a target.
The traditional shooting practice target is a bullseye printed on paper or cardboard. Paper targets can include aiming brackets, designed for hunters using sight-in rifles, or general use downloadable images and outlines of animals or people.
Shooters typically staple or glue paper targets onto a more structured object, such as a box filled with dirt or a piece of plywood. They place their targets at the recommended distance, depending on the type of gun they use: high-powered rifle, small-bore rifle, pistols, revolvers.
Practice goals—law enforcement, hunting, specific competitions and disciplines—also influence the type of target a shooter chooses:
͏▪ Hostage Torso Steel Target features a swinging head behind the hostage.
▪ Life Size Buck includes audio and visual feedback when shot.
▪ NRA B-18 Targets have scoring rings for the Combat Event.
▪ Clay pigeons, or discs, are thrown from spring-loaded traps.
Recreational shooters take aim at what interests them. Currently, paper and mannequin zombie targets ranging in size, bleeding, and undead features are a popular choice from ten-year-old girls to forty-year-old guys.
Targets for purchase come with a price tag and can cost a few dollars to a few thousand dollars. Free household trash is a common target at undesignated, unsupervised ranges on public lands—especially items like canisters with contents that explode or splatter.