There’s something refreshingly straightforward about gear that just works. I’m talking about gear that gives you no fuss, no fanfare and doesn’t require endless setup videos to watch prior to heading out. That sums up my experience so far with Infinite Defense Infinity Targets. After running their products through several months of structured handgun classes and personal range work, I can confidently say this is a system that knows what it is. And it delivers.
Hands On With Infinity Targets
When I first got my hands on Infinte Defense’s targets kits, I received two USPSA bundles. This assortment even came with paint and red adjustable stands. It also included a Circle Drill target with 12 outlined scoring zones and a stencil for painting them in. Furthermore, Infinite Defense’s targets included a small steel gong set with a frame too.
I didn’t have to cobble anything together. These kits come almost entirely complete. All you have to do is add some lengths of furring strip (1x2s) for the USPSA targets, and you’re all set. While needing to source your own vertical posts may sound like a hassle to a first-timer, it’s actually a feature. Ask anyone who’s loaded up a car with gear before a long drive to the range!
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Having control over the height of your target lets you adapt to your vehicle space, your range’s backstop layout or the specific drill you’re running. Infinite Defense provides a solid system of essentials and lets you adapt the rest. Not only that, furring strip stakes are cheap, and they’re also consumable. They’ll eventually need to get replaced after getting shot-up.
The Value Proposition
Over the spring, I’ve been using the target kits from Infinite Defense with two groups of students, totaling 15 shooters. Each class runs twice a month and each student fires around 100 rounds per session. Mind you, not every shot goes into the Infinity targets, but a good number of them do.
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The USPSA silhouette has taken close to 2,000 rounds of 9mm by my count, and it’s still serviceable. Sure, there’s some daylight showing through in certain spots, but the target is still holding together which I find impressive. Not to mention, the targets are still useable.
Even better is that once these targets are completely “shot out,” I’ll be able to cut them down and salvage the remaining material for specialized targets. This includes head boxes, reduced zones and pieces I can implement in low-profile drills. This is why I don’t view the Infinity targets as consumables in the traditional sense, they’re a long-term investment.
When it comes to maintaining Infinity targets, there is hardly anything to worry about. These targets are built from a heavy and rubberized material that’s roughly ¾ inch thick. When struck, the rubber compound shrugs off handgun rounds and resets for more. Granted, the material can only handle so much. You certainly don’t want to shoot Infinity targets with slugs or heavy rifle calibers because that will reduce their service life. But I’ve intentionally shot mine with everything from .50 AE to shotgun buckshot and birdshot. Sometimes my students inadvertently send a few of their hollow-point carry rounds downrange by accident. Even then, the targets have still held up fine. Officially, Infinite Defense recommends to avoid shooting their products with hollow-point ammunition. I think that’s entirely valid since hollow-point expansion will tear more material out.
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Infinity Targets: Feedback & Observations
Because Infinity Targets are manufactured from rubber, I’ve noticed that they sometimes tend to have a recycled rubber smell–it always shows up strongest on hot days. Don’t leave them in the trunk in August unless you want your car smelling like a tire shop! That’s about the only “environmental” downside I’ve noticed. I’m based in the Northeast and haven’t had any issues with them in cool spring weather or damp mornings. Ultimately, Infinity Targets lay flat, take rounds and stay upright. They’re targets after all. And they do their job well.
Now, one of the features I really appreciated, especially as an instructor, is the paintability of these targets. Infinite Defense sends the Circle Drill target with stencil-ready scoring zones, but the real magic is in the paint you choose. I’ve had the best luck with steel target paint—the kind used on hard plates. It lays on thick, dries fast, and gives you clean visual contrast. I’ve also experimented with marking paint for grass and turf, which sprays inverted and works well when the target is lying on its back. It’s not as clean or consistent when the target is upright, but it works in a pinch. The included stencil for the Circle Drill is a great touch—it allows you to mark and score drills in color-coded sequences, or assign different exercises to different zones. That makes the target incredibly modular for range classes or individual shooters running varied routines.
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As for the small gong set, it’s worth mentioning that these aren’t steel—they’re also made from the same heavy rubber material, giving you that same safe shooting experience without steel frag. For handgun work, that means no splash, no ricochet risk, and good compatibility with most ranges. You don’t get audible feedback, but you do get good movement and repeatable, visible performance, which can be more valuable in high-round-count sessions.
On Target
Who is this system for?
Honestly, anyone serious about dedicated and focused handgun training. Infinite Defense’s targets aren’t cheap paper targets you’ll burn through in one day. They’re also not pure steel, so you won’t get the audible feedback you might expect from a hardened steel target. However, what you do get is a safe, reliable and affordable target system that lasts a long time under strenuous use. The rubber targets take paint just fine. They’ll also show shot placement clearly. Like I mentioned, when they get too chewed up, you can cut them and re-purpose them in other configurations. It’s definitely useful for someone like an instructor who will no doubt witness high round counts over a season–that math quickly starts to work in their favor.
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Beyond the objective benefits that Infinity targets provide, I also enjoy using them. I like the tactile quality they provide to my training. The visual feedback without worrying about jacket or bullets fragmenting provides excellent peace of mind. Not to mention, since bullets just punch through, there’s no need to reface after every drill. This keeps my training flow clean, and lets students focus on performance instead of fiddling with cardboard.
Infinite Defense’s targets aren’t gimmicks. They’re purpose-built tools that respect the shooter’s time and the instructor’s workflow. In a market full of one-time-use training aids and expensive maintenance-prone systems, that’s a welcome shift. I’ll keep running mine until the light shines through too much to ignore. Even then, I’ll find new ways to use the scraps.
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