B-19 50 Yard Free Pistol Targets in Less Than 100 Qty?

Gwhite · Post by **Gwhite** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 5:49 pm

I bring my own target frame to my club to practice free pistol, and I get a lot of mileage out of a full sized B-19 target. I just use the repair centers. My last B-19 lasted me several years, and after replacing that one, I only have a couple left. It's been so long since I bought any, I can't remember where I got them, but I know I didn't buy 100.

Does anyone know of a mail order place that might sell a pack of 10 or 25? There's so little international shooting around here that none of the shops carry them.

Thanks!

Gwhite · Post by **Gwhite** » Fri Jul 20, 2012 8:06 pm

I found an answer to my own questions. This place:

http://www.pistoleer.com/targets/handgun/,

allows you to order targets in quantities as low as a dozen. It's not immediately obvious that this is the case, you have to click on the little pull down arrow next to the price.

So, the next question is: Does anyone have any experience ordering from Pistoleer? It's small company (3 employees), but they've been around for 9 years and I found a couple favorable mentions on-line. Their shipping charges seem a little high, but I've seen worse.

BenEnglishTX · Post by **BenEnglishTX** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 6:35 am

Gwhite wrote:So, the next question is: Does anyone have any experience ordering from Pistoleer? It's small company (3 employees), but they've been around for 9 years and I found a couple favorable mentions on-line. Their shipping charges seem a little high, but I've seen worse.

Yes, I've ordered from them several times. AFAICT, they don't sell Edelmann or Kruger but for the brands they do sell they seem to have everything. Overall, they seem like good folks and they've even responded quickly to an email I sent them, something I didn't expect. That responsiveness was a pleasant surprise.

Unfortunately, the email was a complaint that when they sent me my last box of targets, they FOLDED the targets to fit them in the box. Now, understand that this was 250 D1 (long, torso-size tombstone targets such as used in the Bianchi cup) targets, so they could be loosely folded over without a problem. Still, in the past they had rolled those targets and put them in a long, skinny box. When this batch arrived folded (to emphasize - folded over loosely, not sharply creased), I was taken aback. The targets are now on a flat surface with weights on top and when I take them to a meet tomorrow, they should be fine.

In their email to me, they said it was impractical to ship a box that was too flat and thin. Shipping damage was too likely. They have a point. I think it's fairly obvious that if someone orders a dozen targets and they try to ship them flat, the targets are likely to arrive as a crumpled mess; thus, I do understand the predicament faced by pistoleer.

I said all that to say this: If you order a small quantity of targets, make sure you put in the comments field of the order that they should NOT fold the targets, even loosely. Instead, instruct them to find a proper size box so they can roll the targets.

Rover · Post by **Rover** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:08 am

"proper size box"?

They're called mailing tubes.

BenEnglishTX · Post by **BenEnglishTX** » Sat Jul 21, 2012 10:32 am

Rover wrote:"proper size box"?

They're called mailing tubes.

Usually, but it depends. Most of the targets I've gotten from pistoleer have come in square cross-section boxes. For D1 targets, I'd imagine they are substantially cheaper than tubes and they work fine, actually curling the targets less than if the targets had been rolled sufficiently as to fit them into the smallest possible diameter (and thus cheapest) tube. Larger orders arrive in target-size boxes, packed flat. I've never actually gotten a tube from them for any order, though for the OPs needs a tube would be perfect. He can always ask for a tube if he wants to hammer them with semantics.