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what size of steel targets do some of ya'all like ?
just fooling around and fun shooting say 600 to 1000 ?
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I like 8" plates for almost everything out to about 800 yards. My standard 1000 target was 12" high by 24" wide. The trick was that it was hung as 3 separate 8" wide pieces. If I could not see a paint splatter I could see what section was swinging to help with windage errors.
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8" out to 600, 12" from their on out.
I enjoy ringing the gongs but, the purpose, for me, is to practice those shots I might take on game - hence the smaller targets.
A friend that has a 1500 yard range uses 24" out past 1000 yards.
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12x12 works for me out to 1200 yds.
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I use a 10" round plate. I only have access to about 600. About the size of the vital area on a deer.
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I like a 12-16" plate out to 1000 yards. I paint a smaller target in the center, but at least when I miss that painted target, I can spot my misses on steel. Easier than spotting misses behind the target in the ground when using smaller plates.
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At 1000 yds, it is nice to have a pretty big gong. I think ours is 12x18". With fresh paint you can see your hits pretty good. I can still measure a group if I need to.
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I use 8" out to 400, 10" out to 600 which is as far as I have to shoot.
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Tell me....how many FIRST ROUND hits on those at 1000 and beyond!
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im sure not near as many as your shooting Rick
...does that mean I shouldn't try ?
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Tell me....how many FIRST ROUND hits on those at 1000 and beyond! The 1k is dead meat on a known range,in most any conditions.
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what size of steel targets do some of ya'all like ?
just fooling around and fun shooting say 600 to 1000 ? I use a 12" circle all the way out to and beyond 1K
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12" out to 5-600, bigger past that. It's easy to miss at 700+ in the wind.
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12" out to 5-600, bigger past that. It's easy to miss at 700+ in the wind. ^^^ we use a 22" square for work beyond 600. True you don't need it all the time but it's good when verifying dope without a spotter and trying to learn to shoot in the wind
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5" and 10" 1/2" thick AR-500 steel out to 900. I think 1000, 1100 and 1200 are 12" or 14". 1350 on out to 2000 yards are man size. We also have some bigger targets at 500 and 750, beside the 5 & 10 inch ones.
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I like them about 1.5-2MOA for general practice. Also add in several smaller ones throughout.
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