Shooting target

• Stationary/static target
• Dynamic target
  • Running target - target is moving sideways (examples are defunct disciplines 100 metre running deer, 10 meter running target...)
  • Moving target (example is defunct discipline moving target small-bore rifle)
  • Disappearing target (example is defunct discipline disappearing target small-bore rifle)
  • Flying target (used in skeet, trap, double trap)

• Non-reactive, ordinary paper target
• Reactive — reactive targets are designed to move and/or bounce along the ground when hit. Reactive targets are often used for plinking, which refers to casual shooting practices aiming at informal target objects such as tin cans, glass bottles, steel barrels/plates, or anything else that draws the shooter's attention.
  • "Splatter" target — paper targets (often black in color) with dual-laminations separated by a plastic film, which shrivel and expose the brighter-colored underlayer to generate high-contrast jagged halos around the impact holes, allowing easier observation from distance
  • Steel targets — generate audible sounds and (sometimes) movements when hit
  • Explosive targets — binary explosive-loaded containers (e.g. Tannerite) that are designed to detonate when punctured by a bullet traveling with sufficient terminal energy
• Interactive - various targets are displayed on a bullet-proof screen that capture the impacts. The impacts are visible on the target screen and on the remote monitor via an electronic scoring system.

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  A Cabela's branded "Self healing ground bouncing reactive" target
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  Drum

• Steel targets - metal silhouettes
• Paper or cardboard
• Foam - used in 3D archery
• Frangible (such as clay or tiles)
• Self-healing rubber target
• Electronic
• Explosive - Targets are designed to explode when stuck with a bullet traveling at a suitable velocity to induce detonation.

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  Exploding target detonation
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  Exploding target detonation

• 2D
• 3D - usually models of real life animals in archery.

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Mostly important for paper targets.

• yellow, red, blue, black and white rings
• yellow, red and blue rings
• yellow and black rings
• white and black rings
• ...

FITA targets are used in archery shooting competitions within the World Archery Federation. The targets have 10 evenly spaced concentric rings, generally with score values from 1 through 10. In addition there is an inner 10 ring, sometimes called the X ring. This becomes the 10 ring at indoor compound competitions, while outdoors, it serves as a tiebreaker with the archer scoring the most X's winning. The number of hits may also be taken into account as another tiebreaker. In FITA archery, targets are coloured as follows:

• 1 & 2 ring: White
• 3 & 4 ring: Black
• 5 & 6 ring: Blue
• 7 & 8 ring: Red
• 9, 10 & inner 10 (X) ring: Gold

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  The FITA target is used in target archery by the World Archery Federation.

3D targets are life-size models of game used in field archery.

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  A coyote "3D target".

In the outdoor air gun discipline field target metal targets of various shape and forms are used. The metal plates are often shaped to resemble small game animals, although there is currently a move towards simple geometric shapes.

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  A crow-shaped, knock-over metal air gun field target. The black painted metal paddle must be hit to make the target fall over, and the target can be reset by pulling the orange cord attached to the face-plate.
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  Another crow-shaped, knock-over metal air gun field target. The black painted metal paddle must be hit to make the target fall over, and the target can be reset by pulling the orange cord attached to the face-plate
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  A rat knock-over metal air gun field target.

Clay pigeon targets are usually used as flying targets for clay pigeon shooting, formally known as Inanimate Bird Shooting.

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  A 10 centimetres (4 in) clay pigeon.
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  Clay pigeon throwing machine.

In fullbore target rifle within the International Confederation of Fullbore Rifle Associations (ICFRA), competitions can be held in either a short range or long range format, with distances either in yards or meters. F-Class shoots at the same targets as Palma, but during the scoring process an extra inner ring (which is half the diameter of the V-bull) counts only for F-Class. While short range is shot at a different target size for each of the six distances, long range is shot at the one and same type of target at different distances.[2] Below are the official target sizes, and approximate subtensions in milliradians and arcminutes depending on distance.

Metric ICFRA International Match Targets and F-Class Targets (Short Range)

at metric distances:

Metric ICFRA International Match Targets and F-Class Targets (Short Range)

at imperial distances:

The Metric ICFRA International Match Target and F-Class Target (Long Range)

at metric and imperial distances:

In matches organized by the International Practical Shooting Confederation, both steel and paper targets are used. Currently the only paper targets used for handgun is the IPSC Target (formerly Classic Target) and the 2/3 scaled down IPSC Mini Target (formerly IPSC Mini Classic Target). The center of these paper targets is called the A-zone. Additionally, for rifle and shotgun "A3" and "A4" paper targets and the "Universal Target" is used. For steel targets, standardized knock down targets called "poppers" are used. The two approved designs are the full size "IPSC Popper" (formerly IPSC Classic Popper) and the 2/3 scaled down version "IPSC Mini Popper" (formerly "IPSC Classic Mini Popper"), while the Pepper Popper and Mini Pepper Popper is now obsolete.

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  The octagonal IPSC Target (formerly known as the Classic Target) is a cardboard target used in all disciplines within the International Practical Shooting Confederation.
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  The full size IPSC Popper (formerly known as the Classic Popper).
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  IPSC Mini Popper (formerly known as Classic Mini Popper), a 2/3 scaled down version of the IPSC Popper used to simulate greater distance.
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  Pepper Popper, no longer used in IPSC competitions.
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  Mini Pepper Popper, no longer used in IPSC competitions.

Within the International Shooting Sport Federation mostly various bullseye targets are used, with variances depending on disciplines. For shotgun clay targets are used.

	25 m Rapid Fire Pistol		25 m Precision Pistol		50 Meter Pistol		10 Meter Air Pistol
	Subtension	Angular size	Subtension	Angular size	Subtension	Angular size	Subtension	Angular size
Inner Ten	50 mm	2 mrad	25 mm	1 mrad	25 mm	0.5 mrad	5 mm	0.5 mrad
10 Ring	100 mm	4 mrad	50 mm	2 mrad	50 mm	1 mrad	11.5 mm	1.15 mrad
Subsequent Ring Increase	80 mm	3.2 mrad	50 mm	2 mrad	50 mm	1 mrad	16 mm	1.6 mrad
Aiming mark	500 mm	20 mrad	200 mm	8 mrad	200 mm	4 mrad	59.5 mm	5.95 mrad

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	50 m Running Target (Rifle)		10 m Running Target (Rifle)
	Subtension	Angular size	Subtension	Angular size
Inner Ten	30 mm	0.6 mrad	0.5 mm	0.05 mrad
10 Ring	60 mm	1.2 mrad	5.5 mm	0.55 mrad
Subsequent Ring Increase	34 mm	0.68 mrad	5 mm	0.5 mrad
Aiming mark			30.5 mm	3.05 mrad

	300 m Rifle		50 m Rifle		10 m Air Rifle
	Subtension	Angular size	Subtension	Angular size	Subtension	Angular size
Inner Ten	50 mm	1/6 mrad ≈ 0.167 mrad	5 mm	0.1 mrad	(Determined by scoring gauge)	-
10 Ring	100 mm	1/3 mrad ≈ 0.33 mrad	10.4 mm	0.208 mrad	0.5 mm	0.05 mrad
Subsequent Ring Increase	100 mm	1/3 mrad ≈ 0.33 mrad	16 mm	0.32 mrad	5 mm	0.5 mrad
Aiming mark	600 mm	2 mrad	≈ 95.7 mm	≈ 1.9 mrad	25.5	2.55 mrad

In metallic silhouette shooting only knock down steel targets featuring animals are used.

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  Metallic silhouette targets featuring a chicken, pig, turkey and ram, scaled to appear as they would if placed at the correct distances from the shooter. Scale in minutes of angle, correct for NRA high power rifle using yards.
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  A Hunter Field Target (HFT) metallic target in the form of a Rat.

The Popinjay (from the French papegai, or "parrot") is an ancient form of target for crossbow shooting. Originally a bird tethered in a tree, it developed into a complex painted wood target atop a tall wooden pole. The popinjay would form the centrepiece of a major shooting contest and many shooters would try their skill repeatedly against the same target. Scoring was awarded for shooting off various parts of the target.

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  A Popinjay target used for Adler shooting during the 2010 Rutenfest Ravensburg festival in Germany