The Real Deal — Sources for Official Shooting 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. Germany’s Kruger Targets sells all the important NRA targets, and international (ISSF) air rifle and smallbore targets too.
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 |
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.
At Western CMP Games, veteran rifle competitors Leon Rutherford, left, and Don Rutherford, demonstrate how to score targets at the GSM new shooter clinic. Note the use of a separate Target Center, which is available from many of the vendors listed above.