Steel targets for 1000 yards

[imaguy3]

I made "A" frame stands and cross bar from #5 rebar, and hung my plates (3/8 AR) from strips of conveyor belt. 3" Fire hose works well too.

Size - that is dependent on how much you want to challenge yourself.

I have access to the scrap AR at work, and my plasma cutter. I have plates from 2" out to 12" in circles and squares in 1" increments. I push myself and try to set them no larger than 1.5 MOA. Example, a 6" plate at 400 yards requires a 1.5 MOA shot to impact.

I used fire hose initially b/c I had some pieces for free. Unfortunately when I shot with less skilled people, it got chewed up and gave way pretty quick.

I also like to challenge myself with the small targets at longer range but got frustrated with the lack of feedback on missed shots, I found myself wasting ammo chasing things with wind or elevation problems rather than learning and improving. That's why I went so big with my long plate. I then made little cardboard cutouts so I can paint diff. sized targets on the large plate.

This allows me to have my goal of the small target, yet gives me the feedback I need to improve and learn from wind calling or truing my ballistics.

This is the one I use the most. I can just choose to paint the outer ring which is an 8" circle, or just the inside which is a 3" circle. I also have a 1" circle I can paint too.


This is on my 12" plate here.


Here's a screenshot from the video above, you can see I just use the thin outer ring, so I can see my shots inside better. I found impacts on the orange paint didn't provide enough contrast when viewing far away.