Shotgun Pattern Sheets

[Stoney]

G'day All, would any of you know where I can purchase proper shotgun pattern sheets such as in the pic? Good quality, reasonable price and in Australia? Cheers.

[bladeracer]

G'day All, would any of you know where I can purchase proper shotgun pattern sheets such as in the pic? Good quality, reasonable price and in Australia? Cheers.

I just tape up A3 paper.
Four sheets is 600mm wide by 840mm high. Six sheets give you 900mm by 840mm, Eight give you 1260mm by 900mm.
A ream of paper and a roll of Magic Tape is probably under $20 and gives you an awful lot of shooting.
Otherwise, Ebay or Amazon.
Or take that picture to Officeworks and ask them to run you off some prints sectioned on A3 paper. Or they'll even print them for you up to A0 - 840mm by 1190mm for $9.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/Print-And-Copy/Black-And-White-Posters

They also do a 45m roll of paper over a meter wide for $50.

[Stoney]

G'day All, would any of you know where I can purchase proper shotgun pattern sheets such as in the pic? Good quality, reasonable price and in Australia? Cheers.

I just tape up A3 paper.
Four sheets is 600mm wide by 840mm high. Six sheets give you 900mm by 840mm, Eight give you 1260mm by 900mm.
A ream of paper and a roll of Magic Tape is probably under $20 and gives you an awful lot of shooting.
Otherwise, Ebay or Amazon.
Or take that picture to Officeworks and ask them to run you off some prints sectioned on A3 paper. Or they'll even print them for you up to A0 - 840mm by 1190mm for $9.
https://www.officeworks.com.au/shop/officeworks/Print-And-Copy/Black-And-White-Posters

They also do a 45m roll of paper over a meter wide for $50.

Good on ya blade I knew you would have a good answer. Cheers mate.

[bladeracer]

Good on ya blade I knew you would have a good answer. Cheers mate.

I have had a look for pre-printed pattern analysis targets but haven't found any.
All you need is an aiming mark on a blank sheet. Fire the shot, and then mark out the quadrants and count the holes.

[Oldbloke]

Good on ya blade I knew you would have a good answer. Cheers mate.

I have had a look for pre-printed pattern analysis targets but haven't found any.
All you need is an aiming mark on a blank sheet. Fire the shot, and then mark out the quadrants and count the holes.

Thats pretty much what i did years ago. At the time butchers paper was the way to go.

[on_one_wheel]

Speak to your butcher, he'll have big sheets of paper... at least they use to.

For backing, a big sheet of coreflute from a pallet is a perfect size, a trucking deppo should be able to help you find some.
The coreflute will stop the thin paper from tearing and will give you perfect little holes.

[bladeracer]

Speak to your butcher, he'll have big sheets of paper... at least they use to.

For backing, a big sheet of coreflute from a pallet is a perfect size, a trucking deppo should be able to help you find some.
The coreflute will stop the thin paper from tearing and will give you perfect little holes.

Also, printing places and community newspapers often sell part rolls.
I don't like Coreflute as it leaves pieces of plastic around, MDF is a lot cheaper and turns to harmless pulp. For patterning shot I don't bother with a backing board unless it's windy.

[bigfellascott]

What's the point of it? how does it all work? We just used a bit of thin metal sheeting, marked a aiming mark on it and fired a shot, worked out where the majority of pellets were above, below or 50/50 and that told us whether we needed to adjust the comb up or down, left or right.

[bladeracer]

What's the point of it? how does it all work? We just used a bit of thin metal sheeting, marked a aiming mark on it and fired a shot, worked out where the majority of pellets were above, below or 50/50 and that told us whether we needed to adjust the comb up or down, left or right.

That's all I do too, but some people like to count lots of little holes and assign numbers to various parts of the pattern. It's probably more import for shooting at small targets at longer ranges, like clays?

[TassieTiger]

Those big real estate signs that are held in by star droppers - cheap plastic and very light. The ones that say sold are easier to use as ppl don’t give a rats then lol

[Stoney]

What's the point of it? how does it all work? We just used a bit of thin metal sheeting, marked a aiming mark on it and fired a shot, worked out where the majority of pellets were above, below or 50/50 and that told us whether we needed to adjust the comb up or down, left or right.

That's all I do too, but some people like to count lots of little holes and assign numbers to various parts of the pattern. It's probably more import for shooting at small targets at longer ranges, like clays?

That's exactly what and why I want to do it blade. I have a 67 Aya SxS I want to see where it shoots and how it patterns for the field. But also, more importantly, I have a Miruko trap/sporter with a very tight top barrel ( Invector + chokes ) 1/2 shoots more like 3/4. So I need to do some investigation. I managed to get into Officeworks today and buy a 10m roll of butchers paper for $4 and two black markers for $3 cheap as chips, although I would honestly prefer the targets I posted above. I might ask Office works how much to print them to my specs. Cheers fellas for your imput and advice.

[bigfellascott]

Those big real estate signs that are held in by star droppers - cheap plastic and very light. The ones that say sold are easier to use as ppl don’t give a rats then lol

Just wait for the next election, there will be heaps with wankers heads on em we can get for nothing

I'm still using the ones that were left behind from the last election.

[bigfellascott]

What's the point of it? how does it all work? We just used a bit of thin metal sheeting, marked a aiming mark on it and fired a shot, worked out where the majority of pellets were above, below or 50/50 and that told us whether we needed to adjust the comb up or down, left or right.

That's all I do too, but some people like to count lots of little holes and assign numbers to various parts of the pattern. It's probably more import for shooting at small targets at longer ranges, like clays?

Nah none of that craps needed, all you need to know is where are the majority of pellets going in relation to the POA. most will be 2/3 higher than the POA usually or 50/50 - I think 60/40 or there about is the prefered (don't quote me on it as it's been quite a while) people seem to like to overcomplicate things for some reason

[duncan61]

I used cardboard years ago and it really helped hunting with my greener knowing where my shot pattern was with 4 shot.I learned that I should point under rabbits at close range and over when they were out a bit.I collected a lot of bunnies at 50-60 yards that had no mark on them but were dead as.The full choke on the greener probably helped a lot.Most fellow hunters were surprised at the distance I could get rabbits at.Mountain ducks however would just shake there wings and fly off

[Oldbloke]

Just a thought, wall paper?