Get Official Competition Targets from the Right Sources
Need targets — not just any old targets, but the correctly-sized targets for specific shooting disciplines (such as NRA Smallbore, F-Class, and 1K Benchrest)? Well you won’t find them at your neighborhood Wally World store. Precise, dimensionally-correct competition targets are producted by a half-dozen specialty printers. In this article we provide links to the leading target sellers, with a chart showing “who’s got what”. Look for your particular discipline and the vendors will be specified.
Sources for Official Shooting Competition Targets:
ALCO Target Company | National Target Company |
AccurateShooter.com offers dozens of FREE, printable targets for target practice, load development, and fun shooting. We also offer a few of the most popular NRA Bullseye targets. One or more of these printable targets should work for most training purposes. However, some readers have asked: “Where can we get the real targets… exactly like the ones used in NRA, IBS, and NBRSA shooting matches?”
All these vendors carry nearly all the NRA High Power and Smallbore targets, including the new, smaller F-Class targets. National Target has the F-Class and High Power targets, including 100-yard reductions of the 200, 300, and 600-yard military targets.
Germany’s Kruger Targets sells all the important NRA targets, and international (ISSF) air rifle and smallbore targets too.
Orrville Printing currently sells IBS targets for rimfire (50 yard) benchrest, short-range centerfire Benchrest (100, 200, 300 yards), Hunter BR Rifle (100, 200, 300 yards), plus the official 600-yard and 1000-yard IBS targets. National Target Company also has most of the IBS targets. NBRSA short-range, 600-yard, and 1000-yard benchrest targets are available directly from the NBRSA Business Office. Call (307) 655-7415 to order for the season.
Available Official Competition Targets | |||||||
Vendor | NRA High Power | F-Class | NRA Smallbore | Air Rifle/Pistol | IBS | NBRSA | Other |
ALCO Target Company |
Yes, All | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Archery, IDPA, IPSC, Police, Realistic, Shoot-N-C, Silhouette, Fun Targets, Pasters. |
American Target Company |
Yes, All | Yes | Yes, All | Yes | No | No | USBR, Sight-in, Muzzle-Loading, Police Silhouette |
Kruger Premium Targets |
Yes, All | Yes | Yes, All | Yes | No | No | IDPA, IPSC, Animal Shapes, ISSF, Sight-in, Fun Targets |
National Target Company |
Yes, Nearly All | Yes | Yes, All | Yes | Yes* | No | IDPA, IPSC, FBI, Police Silhouette, Sight-in, Target Backers, Pasters |
Pistoleer.com | Yes | Yes | Yes, most and color training | Yes | Yes | No | Bianchi, FBI, IBS, IDPA, IPSC, Silhouette, Archery, Pasters |
U.S. Target, Inc. | Yes | Yes | Yes, All | Yes | No | No | Bianchi, FBI, Police Silhouette, IPSC, Realistic Silhouette, Varmint |
Need Steel, Cardboard Silhouettes or specialty targets? ALCO Target Company in Duarte, California is the USA’s leading producer of the full spectrum of shooting targets including paper targets, cardboard targets, steel targets, and target stands.