I'm wondering if someone can provide the demensions of the 1000 yard target.
Specifically, the size of the X ring, the size of the black bullseye, and the size of outter most scoring ring.
Thanks!

Tom

If you mean the Benchrest target:

X = 3"

10 = 7"

White aiming square = 4"

Blue bullseye = 9 ring = 13"

Outer ring = 5 ring = 37"

Target paper = 42 x 42". Any shot on paper counts.

Ray

Thanks!
Actually, I never considered there were different targets. I've shot service rifle matches, 100-200 yards, but I know zip about 1000 yard events, benchrest or otherwise. Mighty interesting though!

The Benchrest target for 1000 yards is the smallest of all. Some of them get to be gi-hugic.

Ray

Easier in minutes than inches.

F-Class:
1 MOA 10 ring, 1/2 MOA X-ring

Highpower :
2 MOA 10 ring, 1 MOA X-ring

Since 1971, the US NRA's 1000-yard target (designated LR) uses scoring rings as follows:

X = 1 MOA, 10 inches
10 = 2 MOA, 20 inches
9 = 3 MOA, 30 inches
8 = 4.4 MOA, 44 inches (black aiming bullseye
7 = 6 MOA, 60 inches
6 = 7.2 MOA, 72 inches (square target edge)

Around 1900, the official military "C" target was established with these scoring ring dimensions:

5 = 3.6 MOA, 36 inches (black aiming bullseye)
4 = 5.4 MOA, 54 inches
3 = 7.2 MOA, 72 inches square
2 = 3.6 x 7.2 MOA, 36 inch by 72 inch panel on each side

The 3 x 6 foot "wings" worth 2 points were eliminated in the 1920's(?) as the .30-06 cartridge with the then-new 173-gr. boattail bullet bucked the wind much better than the old black powder cartridges did. Plus, those old 12-foot wide targets took up a lot of space, so with 6-foot wide targets, more firing points could be used on ranges. A 2 MOA, 20 inch "V" ring was added in 1922 to help break ties.

When folks started using higher velocity 30 caliber belted magnums and the .308 Win. cartridges in the 1960's, their improved accuracy resulted in higher scores than the long-time favorite .30-06 and .300 H&H Mag. produced. Too often, it became difficult to break ties. All this caused the US NRA's Highpower Rifle Committee to officially change the scoring ring dimensions in 1973 and call the target "LR" for long range.

The US record score on the old C target was shot in 1972 with a score of 100-20V + 23V, 43 consecutive shots in the V-ring.

US 20-shot records for the LR target are:

Any sights (typically scope), 200-19X
Metallic sights (aperture), 200-17X

Rifles and ammo fired from the prone position have to be as accurate as benchrest versions to shoot this well. The best competitors hold within a 3/4ths MOA circle and break their shots inside a 1/2 MOA circle. Having to reload after each shot, make wind corrections then position themselves exactly the same way for each shot is an exercise in precise repeatability. Rifles doing this well have to shoot their ammo into no worse than 1/2 to 5/8 MOA just like the most accurate benchrest rifles do.

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Rifles and ammo fired from the prone position have to be as accurate as benchrest versions to shoot this well. The best competitors hold within a 3/4ths MOA circle and break their shots inside a 1/2 MOA circle. Having to reload after each shot, make wind corrections then position themselves exactly the same way for each shot is an exercise in precise repeatability. Rifles doing this well have to shoot their ammo into no worse than 1/2 to 5/8 MOA just like the most accurate benchrest rifles do.

Bart

Great post!

I was especially interested in your last paragraph, quoted above. It should be required reading fror ALL long range shooters. Too often I hear shooters say that their rifle/load combination doesn't have to be as accurate as a Benchrest rig because their target is so much bigger and there is more room for error. I used to be a high power shooter but age and physical limitations now restrict me to long range Benchrest and I'm here to tell you that there is no such thing as as TOO accurate.

Ray

Thank you all!