Every shooter has printed a target at home, and most of us have printed it wrong at least once. Printers love to shrink things a few percent to fit the page, and on a target that quietly moves every ring boundary. A 5% small ten ring turns centre shots into nines and makes a good session look flat. The fix is a target that is drawn to the exact official dimensions and carries its own ruler on the sheet. That is what this page is: printable practice targets generated from real ring geometry, with a 50 mm calibration bar on every sheet so you can prove your printer behaved.
What is included
| Target | Ten ring | Black disc | Paper |
|---|---|---|---|
| ISSF 10m air rifle | 0.5 mm | 30.5 mm | A4 |
| ISSF 10m air pistol | 11.5 mm | 59.5 mm | A4 |
| ISSF 50m rifle | 10.4 mm | 112.4 mm | A4 |
| NRA AR-4/1, 5m BB | 3.2 mm | 18.4 mm | A4 |
| NRA TQ-40, 5m BB | 3.2 mm | 10.8 mm | A4 |
| BDS 100m Ringziel | 34 mm | 204 mm | A2 |
| ISSF 25m precision / sport pistol | 50 mm | 200 mm | A1 |
| ISSF 25m rapid fire, single target | 100 mm | 420 mm | A1 |
| ISSF 50m free pistol | 50 mm | 200 mm | A1 |
The PDFs are vector files, so they print crisp at any size. Ring values are printed on the sheet, the inner ten is drawn where the rulebook puts it, and the aiming disc edge lines up with the same ring boundary as on purchased targets. For the full story of why each ring is the size it is, the ISSF target dimensions reference walks through every measurement.
How to print a target that actually measures true
Three settings decide whether your practice scores mean anything. First, print at 100% scale: in the print dialog this is called Actual Size, 100%, or Scale: None, depending on the operating system. Never use Fit to Page or Shrink Oversized Pages, both exist to prevent cropping and both quietly rescale the target. Second, use the PDF directly rather than a screenshot or a re-saved image; re-encoding can resample the page. Third, verify: measure the calibration bar in the corner of the sheet with a ruler. It is exactly 50 mm edge to edge. If your ruler disagrees, the print is scaled and you should fix the setting before training on that sheet.
Paper matters a little less than scale, but card stock between 160 and 250 gsm holds holes cleaner than office paper and tears less when a shot clips a ring line. Any plain white paper works for dry-fire and sighting practice.
Which target goes with which discipline
The two 10m targets are the ones most shooters print. The air rifle card is the small one: a 45.5 mm scoring circle with a hairline 0.5 mm ten ring, mostly white sheet. The air pistol card is the 17 by 17 cm layout with the 59.5 mm black disc. If you shoot both events, print both: the aiming pictures are completely different animals even at the same distance.
At 25m, sport pistol and precision events share the 500 mm target with the 50 mm ten ring, while rapid fire uses the six-ring 420 mm-black sheet, one per position in a five-target row. French FFTIR shooters: TAR 830 precision stages use the same geometry as the 25m precision target, and TAR 831 vitesse réglementaire uses the rapid fire sheet, so print accordingly. The 50m free pistol target repeats the precision geometry; only the distance and the course of fire change. BDS shooters in Germany get the 100m Ringziel with its 34 mm ten ring on an A2 sheet.
Junior and club programs running NRA BB gun content can use the AR-4/1 official training target and the TQ-40 beginner sheet, both on plain A4 at 5 metres.
Practice sheets versus match targets
These PDFs are for training, informal club leagues, zeroing and dry-fire. They carry the correct ring geometry, but sanctioned competition requires purchased official targets: federations specify paper, printing tolerances and traceability that a home printer cannot certify. Bring printed sheets to practice, and shoot purchased targets when scores go on record. The full legality picture, including why clubs replace faded cards, is in the guide to ISSF target scoring zones.
Scoring your printed targets
Once a sheet has holes in it, scoring works exactly as on a purchased target. Score by eye and gauge for rough totals, or photograph the sheet and let TargetLog map every hole against the same official ring geometry these PDFs were drawn from. Because the app and the printable sheets share one source of geometry, a score on a printed practice target compares directly with a score on a match card, provided the calibration bar checked out.
That closes the loop the page was built for: print true, shoot your session, score against the rulebook, and track the trend over time instead of arguing with a scaled printout.
faq
Are these targets legal for competition?
No. They are practice sheets with official ring dimensions. Sanctioned matches require purchased, certified targets so paper weight, printing tolerance and traceability meet the rulebook.
How do I make sure my printer does not scale the target?
Choose Actual Size or 100% scale and disable Fit to Page, then measure the 50 mm calibration bar with a ruler. If it does not measure 50 mm, the sheet is scaled.
Why is the 25m target on such a large sheet?
The 25m precision and rapid fire scoring circle is 500 mm across, so it cannot fit A4. Those PDFs are sized for A1 at a print shop; the BDS 100m Ringziel fits A2.
Can I score shots on these sheets with an app?
Yes. Photograph the sheet like any target and TargetLog maps each hole against the official ring geometry, the same dimensions these PDFs are drawn from.
