Target Practice Shooting Games [8 Fun Gun Games]

Are you  looking for some fun target practice shooting games to help hone your skills and add some fun competition?   Whether you want to make your own shooting targets or pick up one up online, here are some shooting games worth taking to the range. Practice makes perfect and these gun target games will make shooting fun for kids and adults alike.    

Although most of these games are for gun shooting, they can be used or adapted for Archery or almost any type of shooting that involves sending a projectile downrange to a target.

There are several types of target practice shooting games including paper target games, dueling tree stand targets, as well as the classic skeet or trap shooting.  Some of these can be purchased and some can be put together quickly at home for next to nothing.  

Free Target Shooting Games

There are multiple sites out there that have free printable target games. Printing your own gun target games is quick and easy, assuming you have a printer. If you don’t, you can also hit up your local library and usually print for cheap.

1. Basic Target Shooting games

Keep score for each ring hit on these Alien, deer, duck, gopher, or other targets from NSSF.  There are multiple ways to play, either each person gets his own target and set amount of rounds or use one target and alternate shots between shooters.

2. Dartboard

Print free targets from Targets.ws.   Play traditional dart games, like 301 or cricket. To play 301, go from 301 points to zero faster than your opponent. Make it harder, by having to double in and/or out. For more detailed dart rules or other dart game ideas check out these dart games.

3. Battleship

Also from Targets.ws, in versions to save ink, you can print a game of battleship and try to sink your opponents ship before he sinks yours.

4. Golf Targets

Can’t decide on playing golf or shooting?  Do both with this free printable golf target.  Out of ink?  Simply draw your own golf course targets and try for the lowest score in a game of Golf target practice.  

5. Billiards shooting game

Print for free at Targetz.com

Quick and Easy Target Shooting Games

6. BattleShip Targets – Splattering Battle at Sea Target

High vis splatter in vital areas and white splatter in others makes determining a hit easy from downrange.  Be the first to sink your partners battleship.  These are great target shooting games for Kids.

 

Quick Tip

If you need an easy solution for holding up your stick-on or paper targets, keep an eye out for old election or advertisement signs.  People often stick them by trash after election day and they make for a great structure to attach targets.  Don’t forget thumb tacks or duct tape for holding up your target practice shooting games.

You could also order a Cheap-O Gun target.  It comes with sight in targets and can be used for attaching target games to it after sight in. 

Dueling Trees 

More for the gun shooters, this can be adapted for Archery by using balloons attached to a vertical post like pvc or other material that is unlikely to damage an arrow.

 7. Birchwood Casey .22 Rimfire Dueling tree

Get all of the paddle targets over to your opponents side, or at least the most before running out of ammo.  

8. Handgun Shooting Games

For hand guns, check out the Birchwood Casey Handgun Dueling Tree 

Before you head out for target practice at the range don’t forget your eye and ear protection. You can check out our target shooting tips and read up on our other shooting articles here.

Do you have a fun gun game or target idea we should know about? Let us know in the comments.