Abstract: A target with hit counter including a ratchet wheel rotatably mounted in a housing, and a target member pivotally mounted in the housing, with said member having a pawl for rotating the ratchet wheel a predetermined amount in a forward direction. The housing includes a second pawl mounted thereon for preventing reverse rotation of the ratchet wheel. The apparatus includes an element for biasing the target member toward the ratchet wheel, and a pointer fastened to the rotatable ratchet for indicating a score on a scoring board.

Abstract: A target system for use with spring, air, and CO.sub.2 operated pistols and rifles and with slingshots. The target system prevents ricochets by use of a flexible backstop suspended within a housing while permitting the shooter and spectators to easily discern where the projectiles have penetrated a target which is disposed across the front of this housing. The system utilizes supports incorporated into the housing to receive tubes upon which the target is wound for easy movement and removal of used targets and installation of a new roll of targets to replace a used roll. Each individual target on the roll is indexed to a display position by hand winding of the tubes. A locking mechanism incorporated into the supports cooperates with the tubes and wound target material to tautly position each target in the target opening. A chamber in the base of the apparatus entraps projectiles, permitting collection and removal without damage for reuse.

Abstract: A one-piece dart comprising a shaft having an integral suction cup at its forward end and an integral, air actuable, propelling element at its rearward end, the dart being molded from a soft, flexible plastic material. A spring activated air operated dart gun including a dart barrel having a non-circular cross section uniform throughout the length of the barrel, the propelling element on the dart being complementary to the dart barrel so that the propelling element makes a substantially air tight seal with the dart barrel. A dart barrel and a dart propelling element which are substantially square. An air operated dart gun having a barrier for positively preventing physical contact between an air displacing piston and the dart, and for making physical contact between the piston and a foreign object in the dart barrel virtually impossible. A piston provided with a central conical element facing the dart barrel.