Chapter 4 · Range Equipment · p.21
4.1Targets – General Principles
Only targets listed in Appendices B may be used for USPSA Rifle, Shotgun, or Multigun matches. Only official, USPSA-licensed cardboard targets may be used.
Scoring targets used in all USPSA Rifle, Shotgun, or Multigun matches must be of a single color, as follows:
The scoring area of scoring cardboard targets must be of a brown or tan cardboard color, except where the Range Master deems that a lack of contrast with the surrounding area or background necessitates that a different color be used. If a different color is required for contrast, all scoring targets on that stage must be the same contrasting color.
The entire front of scoring metal targets must be painted a single color, preferably white. Shotgun targets may be unpainted.
Self-indicating metal scoring targets need not be painted after each competitor.
No-shoots must be clearly marked or be of a single color different from scoring targets. Metal no-shoots in the general size and shape of authorized cardboard targets may be used. Metal no-shoots do not have a non-scoring border.
Targets used in a may be partially or wholly hidden through the use of hard or soft cover:
Cover provided to hide all or a portion of a target will be considered hard cover. When possible, hard cover should not be simulated but constructed using impenetrable materials (see Rule 2.1.3). Whole cardboard targets must not be used solely as hard cover.
Cover provided merely to obscure targets is considered soft cover. Shots which have passed through soft cover and which strike a scoring target will score. Shots that have passed through soft cover before hitting a no-shoot will be penalized. All scoring zones on targets hidden by soft cover must be left wholly intact. Targets obscured by soft cover must either be visible through the soft cover or a portion of the affected must be visible from around or over the soft cover. Use of soft cover to obscure Shotgun targets is prohibited.
No target or no-shoot target, be it cardboard, metal, or frangible, may be designed, manufactured, or modified such that it has a hole in its scoring surface through which rounds may pass without striking the surface of the target.
Declaring a single, intact target to represent two or more scoring and/or penalty targets by use of tape, paint or any other means is prohibited.