Which NRA Pistol Target Do You Actually Need? A Shooter’s Guide by Distance and Discipline

After 60 years of manufacturing official NRA targets, the question we hear most often isn’t about paper weight or print quality.  It’s simpler than that: which target do I actually need?  The NRA pistol lineup covers everything from 50-foot slow-fire practice to 50-yard law enforcement qualification. The targets share a familiar format — black bull, buff paper, official scoring rings — but the differences in size, distance, and scoring standard matter. Order the wrong one and you’re either training to

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From Hours to Seconds: How This App Is Transforming Shotgun Patterning

Ever wonder if your shotgun is actually hitting where you think it is? Or how tight your pattern really spreads at different distances?  That’s what shotgun patterning tells you. It’s basically testing your gun to see how the pellets spread when you shoot, which matters a lot more than most people realize. Here’s the problem: traditional patterning is a pain. You shoot at big paper targets, then spend the next two or three hours hunched over with a magnifying glass,

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