If you use the six o'clock hold as InTheWoods recommends and don't change the sight settings, then you'll get a lot of life out of every paper target: just rotate it a quarter after each group or two. Regarding the sight getting lost in the target: I don't color the sight blade, but I do use red targets and I find it much easier to shoot for the X ring with those then with a black target. Very nice gun, by the way, and fine shooting.