Hi, I'm new here, just joined today but I'm a long-time avid air-gunner.
For some months now I've been making my own reactive splatter targets super-cheaply and I just wanted to make sure others know about this method. From 10 meters or even out to 20m or 30m on a bright day, the impact point of your shots will be easily visible on these paper targets, for WAY less money than buying manufactured versions. I can make 50 or more of these things for less than $10.
Step 1 - acquire brightly flourescent colored paper or light card sheets (like pink, green or orange), poster-sized (24x36 are less than $2 each) are good to cut up into smaller pieces
Step 2 - cover the smaller target-sized sheets with bands of packing tape, the transparent 2-3 inch wide tape that's used to seal cardboard boxes. Make sure the tape bands overlap a little or at least don't leave any paper un-taped. Apply the tape beyond the paper edges and fold it over the back of the paper when all bands are done.
Step 3 - spray paint with flat (non-glossy) white or black paint (the tape might buckle and warp a little as the paint dries, depending on tape and paint type, but so what)
Step 4 - paint or draw centerpoints or circles or whatever you want, with whatever markers that work (paint, pencil crayon, wax crayons, pastels, etc...) I like black paint with white dots to aim at
Step 5 - tape the target to your cardboard box or whatever you use as a backstop, and enjoy the bright glowing spots that appear when you shoot 'em!!!
MUCH more satisfying than simple white paper targets, as the paint will spall off the glossy tape upon pellet or BB impact and reveal a little outline of easily seen color. For way WAY WAY less money than buying manufactured reactive splatter targets. Yeah, they won't have perfect white concentric circles like real targets (unless you're really good with a protractor) but you'll love shooting something you made yourself for almost no money.
Oops, double pics, don't know how to undo that!
This pic is of a heavily used green card target (10x14 inches or so) that I used for sighting in a couple new guns I got recently. Ignore the crappy white diamonds, you can do whatever you like.
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Get your couple guns sighted in? 
