a density within the range between 0 9 1 4 g cm 3 preferably about 1 16 g cm 3 a covering layer 6 made of extruded polypropylene preferably copolymer e g copolymerized with ethylene is attached to the body member 4 it should be noted that the covering layer 6 is only attached to the front side 20 and the back side 18 of the body member 4 of the shooting target 2 the covering layer 6 may be glued to the body member 4 it can be seen that a covering layer 6 is attached to both the front side 20 and to the back side 18 of the body member 4 on the other hand the top side 22 and the bottom side 24 of the body member 4 are not covered by a covering layer 6 the thickness c of the body member 4 is significantly larger than the thickness a of the cover layer 6 attached to the front side 20 and the thickness b of the cover layer 6 attached to the back side 18 of the body member 4 of the shooting target 2 fig2 a illustrates a prior art shooting target 2 u2032 that has been used for rifle shooting two projectiles 14 u2032 16 u2032 are fired towards the shooting target 2 u2032 and their traces 8 u2032 10 u2032 are indicated several polystyrene pellets 12 have come lose due to the penetration of the projectiles 14 u2032 16 u2032 through the body member 4 u2032 of the shooting target 2 u2032 additionally a relatively large cone shaped or pyramid shaped polystyrene pellet 12 u2032 has been torn away the polystyrene pellets 12 will fall to the ground and cause pollution of the environment moreover the body member.