Ever had someone else shoot at your target at the range or have you ever shot at someone else's target?

Just wondering. I put up a new target with three bullseyes and someone put a hole in one of the targets I wasn't shooting at. If it was a missed shot then the person should really see his/her eye doctor. I tend to to think not and that someone purposefully took a shot at my target.  When you think about it, you really can't tell who's putting holes in your target. Just thinking about putting holes in someone else's target when mine is all shot through makes me chuckle. Not that I would do it 

haven't done it, but I can see how that could happen.  Just spray paint the top of your target frame a bright color so yours is distinguishable.

I think it could happen by mistake. I had two 8" round paper targets at 25 yards on my board one time and the RO was super impressed that I had shot the bullseye on the right twice in a row.

Then I told him I was actually aiming for the bullseye on the left.

He said to frame it anyway. Haha!

Ever had someone else shoot at your target at the range or have you ever shot at someone else's target?

Just wondering. I put up a new target with three bullseyes and someone put a hole in one of the targets I wasn't shooting at. If it was a missed shot then the person should really see his/her eye doctor. I tend to to think not and that someone purposefully took a shot at my target.  When you think about it, you really can't tell who's putting holes in your target. Just thinking about putting holes in someone else's target when mine is all shot through makes me chuckle. Not that I would do it 

People shoot my gong all the time.

I don't really care except for the numb skulls that shoot my frame.

Had my target shot at once.  Whoever that guy is that brings a gang of rifles and has Japanese tourist shoot them, must have forgot to tell them which target to shoot at that day. 

This just happened to me Sunday at the pistol range. This guy brought his girlfriend for the first time (I think). She couldn't hit her own target but managed to put a few holes in mine. He was watching her shots through his binoculars and after 4 or 5 shots he screamed at her "Where the HELL are you aiming?" Then he yelled at her something about not remembering what he taught her. I turned off my electronic muffs after that. She managed to hit my left target which I had not shot at yet. She also was hitting the dirt in front of the targets and she managed to hit their frame and knock their cardboard off the frame, TWICE! I lent the guy my staple gun to put his cardboard back up (he didn't bring or own one).

Right before he left he turned to me and complained that he couldn't hit the target. Made me wonder if he was the one who hit my target?

This just happened to me Sunday at the pistol range. This guy brought his girlfriend for the first time (I think). She couldn't hit her own target but managed to put a few holes in mine. He was watching her shots through his binoculars and after 4 or 5 shots he screamed at her "Where the HELL are you aiming?" Then he yelled at her something about not remembering what he taught her. I turned off my electronic muffs after that. She managed to hit my left target which I had not shot at yet. She also was hitting the dirt in front of the targets and she managed to hit their frame and knock their cardboard off the frame, TWICE! I lent the guy my staple gun to put his cardboard back up (he didn't bring or own one).

Right before he left he turned to me and complained that he couldn't hit the target. Made me wonder if he was the one who hit my target?

That's what happened to me. A guy brought his gf to th range and was firing a bunch of his people shooters. The girl was trying to hit the 50 yard target he had set up but she hit my 100 yard target to her left. You would have to try to shoot that bad in order to hit a 100 yard target considering the significant change in the angle of the shot.

That's what happened to me. A guy brought his gf to th range and was firing a bunch of his people shooters. The girl was trying to hit the 50 yard target he had set up but she hit my 100 yard target to her left. You would have to try to shoot that bad in order to hit a 100 yard target considering the significant change in the angle of the shot.

The people at the rifle range are cock-eyed.  They usually do not set up their frames in the correct lane.  When someone is off a lane at 50 yds, it can put your target at 100yds directly in back of theirs.  This is how my frame usually takes hits.  So it's not so much that these guys can't hit the paper on their targets but they put their targets in the wrong position at 50 yds. 

Right.  I can see that if the targets are all lined up at the 100 yard mark.  But if you look at the difference in the angle of the trajectory for a 100 yard shot versus a 50, you will note that it is significant which leads me to believe that the shooter is either severely cock-eyed, purposefully shooting the target or mistaken as to whose target he/she is shooting at.  That's it! I'm putting two bicycle flags on mine!

Right.  I can see that if the targets are all lined up at the 100 yard mark.  But if you look at the difference in the angle of the trajectory for a 100 yard shot versus a 50, you will note that it is significant which leads me to believe that the shooter is either severely cock-eyed, purposefully shooting the target or mistaken as to whose target he/she is shooting at.  That's it! I'm putting two bicycle flags on mine!

The bicycle flags won't help.

And its not a cock eyed thing, per se.

People are looking through their high powered scopes and with their "tunnel vision" they sight in on the first target that comes into their line of sight.

Now, I've actually purposely shot at my friends targets on occasion.

One of my friends brought his 4 inch gong and I had my 12 incher hanging out there at 100 yards.

I told him I was going to shoot his once in a while and he was cool with it.

Quote from: Mr. Farknkocker on February 21, 2012, 09:17:23 AM

Right.  I can see that if the targets are all lined up at the 100 yard mark.  But if you look at the difference in the angle of the trajectory for a 100 yard shot versus a 50, you will note that it is significant which leads me to believe that the shooter is either severely cock-eyed, purposefully shooting the target or mistaken as to whose target he/she is shooting at.  That's it! I'm putting two bicycle flags on mine!

The bicycle flags won't help.

And its not a cock eyed thing, per se.

People are looking through their high powered scopes and with their "tunnel vision" they sight in on the first target that comes into their line of sight.

Now, I've actually purposely shot at my friends targets on occasion.

One of my friends brought his 4 inch gong and I had my 12 incher hanging out there at 100 yards.

I told him I was going to shoot his once in a while and he was cool with it.

I've seen bullets skip behind the 50 yard target and into guys' frames at 100 yds.  On the silhouette side you see people skipping rounds (as their shots impact in front of the AC path sometimes!!!) into the metal at the first row.

With regards to cock-eyed.  I mean that people don't identify where they are going to place their targets when they walk out.  Some don't even look back to the bench when they've forgotten to look.  That means if they are walking out in an empty stall at best they are one lane off and at worst two or three.

I think I may have hit some people's 100 yd targets while aiming at my 50 yd target at the rifle range. I had used medium profile rings to mount a scope on my m&p 15-22......complete beginner mistake hahaha.

KING KEONI

Mark your target next time you go to the range.  Put a big KINGKEONI across the top so the rest of us know.

LOL.....you might have a few hello holes from a few of us....

I got a couple of bad misses by aiming over the protective wings instead of the sight post when I first started high-power (30 caliber "big bore")  shooting in the rapid fire stages.  Concentrating on recovering my sight picture after recoil, and was concerned about finishing the stage before the cease fire.  Finally realized that "rapid fire" didn't mean shoot as fast as you can.  I wasn't hitting anyone else's target, though. Saw the berm puffs and figured it out and added that to my mental "each shot" checklist.

If the range had been damp so no puffs occured, I might not have figured it out for a while.

Hate to admit it, but it happened.

Part of the problem was I was wearing a very stiff leather shooting jacket for the first time and its thickness and lack of flexibility threw off the effective length of pull for the rifle, so the first "natural" sight picture I would get was over the right wing of the protector, making my POI low and left.

Duh.

Well, as the saying goes, "The match goes to those who can solve their problems best."

Terry, 230RN