Posted: 12/18/2017 9:53:16 PM EDT
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I want to start using the USPSA cardboard targets for practice. Can someone direct me to the best place to buy some from?!
Also, any good beginner competition shooting routines would be awesome! Thank you 
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I found a company on like that makes a template - I make my own and draw the scoring lines on it.
Then I make a paster out of paper grocery bags - lay it flat and cut up the middle then two cuts at the bottom to open up the head. Cheap easy and quick Red |
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Originally Posted By smitty_007:
I want to start using the USPSA cardboard targets for practice. Can someone direct me to the best place to buy some from?! Also, any good beginner competition shooting routines would be awesome! Thank you Shooters Connection sells the full sized targets. For dry fire, work lots of draw, spin draw, and step draw. (you'll rarely use a regular hands at the sides draw at a match....most of the time you'll be taking 1 or more steps into a shooting position before shooting). Standing reloads are good, then work a 2 step reload. I can't emphasize reloading enough (unless you're shooting open, in which it's still important but not as much so). Even if you're shooting limited having a good on-command reload will shave several seconds off your total time over the course of a match....even more so if you're shooting prod or SS. For live fire, work lots of distance (20-30yd shots) as it will make the close stuff easy. Don't neglect the close stuff (7-15yds) though....you need to be able to shoot very quickly (.16-.18 splits) and transition quickly up close too. Blake drills and accelerator are great for this. Work a good bit with hard cover/no shoots and learn your limits there. Moving and shooting....forwards, backwards, side to side. steel if you have access to it. work moving into, and out of, shooting positions with the gun up shooting. It's all about footwork and efficiency. |
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Originally Posted By xXGearheadXx: Ben Stoeger pro shop sells the scaled targets that a good for dry fire. I have a bunch of these taped to the walls inside my house. Shooters Connection sells the full sized targets. For dry fire, work lots of draw, spin draw, and step draw. (you'll rarely use a regular hands at the sides draw at a match....most of the time you'll be taking 1 or more steps into a shooting position before shooting). Standing reloads are good, then work a 2 step reload. I can't emphasize reloading enough (unless you're shooting open, in which it's still important but not as much so). Even if you're shooting limited having a good on-command reload will shave several seconds off your total time over the course of a match....even more so if you're shooting prod or SS. For live fire, work lots of distance (20-30yd shots) as it will make the close stuff easy. Don't neglect the close stuff (7-15yds) though....you need to be able to shoot very quickly (.16-.18 splits) and transition quickly up close too. Blake drills and accelerator are great for this. Work a good bit with hard cover/no shoots and learn your limits there. Moving and shooting....forwards, backwards, side to side. steel if you have access to it. work moving into, and out of, shooting positions with the gun up shooting. It's all about footwork and efficiency. |
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Originally Posted By CTjer:
Need more targets myself. Shipping sucks on those. I did just get a bunch of steel to use though. 100 targets will last a looong time though. Still on my first box two seasons later. |
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Originally Posted By Superluckycat:
You're going to pay just under $.90 a piece shipped for 100 no matter where you order them from. 100 targets will last a looong time though. Still on my first box two seasons later. Originally Posted By Superluckycat:
Originally Posted By CTjer:
Need more targets myself. Shipping sucks on those. I did just get a bunch of steel to use though. 100 targets will last a looong time though. Still on my first box two seasons later. I guess i just gotta bite the bullet on that. |
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Just under $.90 a piece shipped - for 100. Good as any.
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Originally Posted By smitty_007:
Naw, Western...but good to know Originally Posted By smitty_007:
Originally Posted By Azygos:
Are you in eastern OR? Next time you're in the Caldwell/Boise area, call MGM and buy directly from them. |
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Shooters connection is popular for USPSA targets. Good prices. Shipping cheaper if shipped to a business. Shooters connection USPSA targerts |
| Talk to your local Match director, if you only looking for a few maybe he will sell you some or go in on a group buy |
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Originally Posted By KYSPIKED: Shooters connection is popular for USPSA targets. Good prices. Shipping cheaper if shipped to a business. Shooters connection USPSA targerts Awesome. |
Another alternative, is to get the paper targets (usually cheaper, and even cheaper on sale). 
And depending on mounting solutions, pair them with a corrugated plastic backer (available at home improvement stores). The corrugated backers can be used repeatedly. This kind of thing below 
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Originally Posted By Thunder69Storm: Talk to your local Match director, if you only looking for a few maybe he will sell you some or go in on a group buy Find out if your club will allow you to add a box or boxes to their order when they restock. We once did that through our local IDPA club. |
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This thread came up a while back https://www.ar15.com/forums/General/I-haven-t-done-this-thread-in-a-few-years-Who-likes-free-targets-/5-2763220/ A few years ago I made target stands with coroplast USPSA faces, they last a good long while. I face them with craft paper. Yes, I'm a cheap bastard. These look appealing. But remember the part about being a cheap bastard? https://infinitytargets.com/product-category/all-targets/shooting-targets/shooting-target-accessories/ |
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