A shooting target device having a target board with multiple openings to receive an inflated balloon in each opening. Each opening includes radial projections to frictionally engage a balloon with an interference fit. A size gauge is provided to assist in inflating the balloons to a proper size to be engaged by the radial projections when a balloon is inflated and inserted into an opening. A one-way valve can be provided for ease of inflating the balloon and retaining the balloon in an inflated condition until it is hit by a projectile and exploded.

A device, method and system for identification of a person participating in a range shooting activity, a token comprising at least an identification of a required shooting pattern and a communication means for communicating the required shooting pattern to a communication unit, and a device, system and method for image capture and analysis of a shooting session.

A device, method and system for identification of a person participating in a range shooting activity, a token comprising at least an identification of a required shooting pattern and a communication means for communicating the required shooting pattern to a communication unit, and a device, system and method for image capture and analysis of a shooting session.

A target apparatus including: a base; a V-shaped member having first and second ends, the second end connected to the base; a first cleat, configured to connect to one or more inflated balloons, fixed to the V-shaped member; wherein the V-shaped member includes first and second members; the first member having first and second edges; wherein the second member has a first and second edges; wherein the first edges of the first and second members are fixed together; wherein the second edges of the first and second members are separated by a gap; and wherein the first cleat is fixed to the V-shaped member so that at least part of the first cleat is between the first and second members. The target apparatus further includes a first ring fixed to the first V-shaped member so that at least part of the first ring is between the first and second members.

A target apparatus including: a base; a V-shaped member having first and second ends, the second end connected to the base; a first cleat, configured to connect to one or more inflated balloons, fixed to the V-shaped member; wherein the V-shaped member includes first and second members; the first member having first and second edges; wherein the second member has a first and second edges; wherein the first edges of the first and second members are fixed together; wherein the second edges of the first and second members are separated by a gap; and wherein the first cleat is fixed to the V-shaped member so that at least part of the first cleat is between the first and second members. The target apparatus further includes a first ring fixed to the first V-shaped member so that at least part of the first ring is between the first and second members.

Target for helice target shooting comprising a helical body and a center piece that are snap-coupled together; the helical body comprising a cylindrical annular portion that extends according to a central axis (A) and is provided, peripherally, of at least one pair of mushroom-shaped projections so configured as to couple with the center piece in correspondence of respective peripheral seats; the annular portion having crack nucleation means suitable to facilitate the fracture, in use, by at least one shot.

A reactive target for use in target practice with a firearm is configured to, when hit by a projectile, such as a bullet, from a firearm with sufficient force, disperse a material in a manner that provides a visible report of the shooter's results from close up or from a long distance and directly and immediately to the shooter. The reactive target includes an inner container that carries a non-compressible material and an outer container that carries the inner container and a dispersible material, which may be a compressible material. The reactive target is particularly useful with high velocity, high impact force firearms. Methods for making the reactive target and methods of target practice using the reactive target are also disclosed.

A reactive target for use in target practice with a firearm is configured to, when hit by a projectile, such as a bullet, from a firearm with sufficient force, disperse a material in a manner that provides a visible report of the shooter's results from close up or from a long distance and directly and immediately to the shooter. The reactive target includes an inner container that carries a non-compressible material and an outer container that carries the inner container and a dispersible material, which may be a compressible material. The reactive target is particularly useful with high velocity, high impact force firearms. Methods for making the reactive target and methods of target practice using the reactive target are also disclosed.

The use of exploding targets has become a popular practice aid in the military, law enforcement and consumer levels. The inventor has conceived and reduced to practice, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, a safe explosive target formulation that is initiated by low-velocity impact. This formulation represents a binary explosive in that the fuel and oxidizer are packaged separately until directly prior to use. Safe, explosive targets for high velocity applications are common. A formulation for low velocity projectile applications which employs an aluminum/magnesium alloy fuel and a potassium perchlorate/ammonium nitrate oxidizer is described.

The use of exploding targets has become a popular practice aid in the military, law enforcement and consumer levels. The inventor has conceived and reduced to practice, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, a safe explosive target formulation that is initiated by low-velocity impact. This formulation represents a binary explosive in that the fuel and oxidizer are packaged separately until directly prior to use. Safe, explosive targets for high velocity applications are common. A formulation for low velocity projectile applications which employs an aluminum/magnesium alloy fuel and a potassium perchlorate/ammonium nitrate oxidizer is described.