Target size to distance formula?

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Target size to distance formula?

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Not sure if this has been brought up before, but is there a formula to simulate a smaller target as to what the distance would be of an average sized body ? Not sure if I made my question clear, so I'll try another way....a 12" metal silhouette would resemble a person a what distance ?
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I'll poke around and see if I can find it, but I remember the youth rifle team at our club using a particular target to do just that. They would shoot and the regulation target at 200 yards and then a smaller one to simulate a longer distance. Mind you, though, all it will do is simulate what the target will look like at that greater distance. It won't help any with holdover or anything else.
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I think it wold be 12"/ distance to the 12" target X distance to new target = height of desired target.
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Okay, whatever your target size is would be reduced by a fraction of the two distances involved. For example, if you wanted to simulate shooting at a 12" diameter target at 200 yards at only 50 yards it would be like the following.

50/200 = 1/4

Therefore, you could use a 3" diameter target at 50 yards to simulate what you would see at 200 yards with a 12" diameter target. Then shooting at that 3" diameter target at 200 yards would be like what you would see that 12" target at 800 yards.
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Assume shoulder to shoulder is 18" and your target is 12" so 12/18 is 2/3 original distance. If you want to simulate shooting at 300 yards you can place your 12" target at 200 yards and shoot. It is still a 6MOA big target.
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