Fun targets

[ctdemolay0405]

So, I was thinking, what fun things do you guys shoot at the range, target wise. not just paper. I love skeet shooting (mostly because when you hit the bird, you can usually obliterate it, which has a certain sense of satisfaction) and occasionally I'll grab a few clay pigeons and take them to the range to shoot with my rifles or pistols (though i haven't shot in months). :wallbash:

The other fun one is bowling pins, which i used to have plenty of when i worked at a bowling alley at school.

What do you guys do?

[spectre]

have shot pins before it was fun. on saturdays we have informal pistol steel shooting at the range. I saw an RC hummer that i wanted to buy at wally world ($36) to tie balloons to and send it down range.

[7.62guy]

dollar cans of shaveing cream. more fun than you can imagine.

[holescreek]

I used to like to tie strings to empty cardboard .22 boxes (the little ones that came in a brick) and anchor them into the hill at 75 yards with a framing nail. That way I could dance them all around the berm with my High Standard .22 autos and not have to keep going down to throw them back up on the side of the hill.

[oldpaint0]

Tannerite, I wish, I would catch the woods on fire with that stuff. It looks like it would be pretty cool though. Anymore I by Dollar General 9" paper plates. They are cheap and come in quantity.

[Milsurp]

Fire extingushers.

[oldpaint0]

Fire extingushers.

Our targets are 100 yards away and on the side of a mountain ridge. You have to go down one steep ridge into the valley and then up the other steep ridge to the target stand. It is really good excersize, but by the time I would get up there!!!

[7.62guy]

Fire extingushers.

yep, those have been lots of fun too.

[Otis61]

The bowling pins are really fun at 400+ yards. Try to hit 10 with 10 shots. Not an easy task with any rifle.

[snapshot762]

dollar cans of shaveing cream. more fun than you can imagine.

Yes they are!:icon_biggrin: Also use clay pigeons, bottles full of water (great fun to shoot with 5.56), emty shotgun shells (generally shoot these with a .22). Once shot a bunch of outdated canned goods, fun, but smelly. (done on private property, not a public range)

[Milsurp]

Our targets are 100 yards away and on the side of a mountain ridge. You have to go down one steep ridge into the valley and then up the other steep ridge to the target stand. It is really good excersize, but by the time I would get up there!!!


Not to put out fires. You shoot them. Really big white cloud appears when shot.

[k98k792]

Plastic fun pit balls. Brightly colored and come fifty to a box. Play shoot it as it lays. First guy hits it,the next guy has to hit it where ever it goes... with in reason. Some just go poof and almost disappear,others soak up dozens of rounds.

[rebel49]

At the Plinking pit we use water bottles, stuffed animals (more fun if soaked with water first), tennis balls, bowling pins, friut of any kind. In season Hedge balls ( osage orange) and the all time favorite- Pumpkins. we had about a thousand pumpkins this year for the annual Pumpkin Shoot. Shoulder to shoulder firing line about 250' long.
Rebel49

[Sapheit warrior]

Cheap bulk pack candy suckers. They explode nice with a plinker. and they have a stick to push into the ground.

[BMG 7.62 A4]

Stuffed Elmo. (will have to soak him in water next time)
Also pumpkins at Thanksgiving Day shoot.

[ctdemolay0405]

i was thinking of pool cue chalk cubes, but not sure at what range. they're 1x1x1 inch, at 100 yards...... not sure i could do it without magnification.... that speaks volumes about my marksmanship skills.... or lack there of

[pgp888se]

my sister has a small grove of apple trees.the apples are always green and never much bigger than maybe 2 inches,they explode like mad if hit in the right spot, peaches work well too, but she only has one peach tree.

[Old Grump]

Acorns with a S&W M41 pistol at 50' or less. Well almost always less because you can't see them otherwise. It helps if you own the land that the oak trees are on.

Walnuts lined up on top of your target stand shot with M1 Garand. A little hard on the target stand but when you make a hit you have to find a new target.

After the third cross piece replacement I finally learned to but them in a V block of wood, drill a hole through them and run a string about 24" long through the walnut. A lot easier on my target stand but now with those little nuts blowing around in the slightest wind it makes 100 yard shots almost impossible with a scoped 22 and harder with the M1. If you are spotting and your partner, (my brother), hits one all you see is a tan cloud and then the giggling starts. It doesn't take much to amuse a couple of 60+ year old goats.

[ctdemolay0405]

So i was thinking. I grew up next to a mechanic, who does a lot of work at his home and has piles of old parts in the yard. I was thinking, what if i took an old steel wheel (with no tire on it anymore) and weld a chain at like 10 and 2 o'clock positions and hang it from a saw-horse or something. would this make an efficient make-shift gong? would .223, .308 and .30-06 just bounce right back or pass through.

I'm just wondering about the safety aspects, as i have (available) all parts, and it would be a zero cost, long term (hopefully) target, rather than boring paper

[SteelCore]

I think I've done all the aforementioned.
Fire extinguishers
water bottles
paper
space heater
lawn mower
computers, routers, monitors, printers
clays
coins
propane (small)
shaving cream
mannequin heads
bowl pins
steel plates
bricks and cinderblocks
tomatoes
pumpkins
assorted crap toys
sticks (try to snap them in half...as challenging as shooting coins!)
golf balls
helium balloons
Other pressurized tanks and cans

My faves are steel plates, balloons, clays, coins, and bricks. plates for long range give you audible hit feedback. Clays, and bricks are nice reactive targets, which change form so you know if you hit. Balloons with helium tied to a string and weighted are the coolest. Party supply stores sell He tanks with striong and 50-100 balloons for 25-35bux. They move around in the wind, and that makes for a challenge. They are also nice reactive targets, since they dissappear when you hit them.

the trick to getting good action from a pressurized tank/can target is not to get a through-and-through shot, but rather to skim one side of the can so as to tear only one hole in the can. Then it really takes off!

DISCLAIMER: I don't endorse or recommend any of the above listed items as taRGETS. See my avatar icon for guidance.

[jfowl31]

So i was thinking. I grew up next to a mechanic, who does a lot of work at his home and has piles of old parts in the yard. I was thinking, what if i took an old steel wheel (with no tire on it anymore) and weld a chain at like 10 and 2 o'clock positions and hang it from a saw-horse or something. would this make an efficient make-shift gong? would .223, .308 and .30-06 just bounce right back or pass through.

I'm just wondering about the safety aspects, as i have (available) all parts, and it would be a zero cost, long term (hopefully) target, rather than boring paper

all of the above would pass straight through a steel wheel. And they would ricochet is crazy directions because of the curves and all on the wheel. You'd hear the hits, but who knows where the bullet would go after that.

We took 1" plate steel and welded an elbow onto the rear, that slips down into a coil spring from an early 90's Jeep ZJ. It leans forward just enough that the bullets deflect into the ground right in front of it, and it absorbs a little impact to make the plate last longer to high powered rifles.

[spectre]

christmas day there was a few guys with some tannerite at the range. they are the ones in the pic i posted with the g3 fireball and the guy standing in front of the firing line. it mad a really nice loud thud you could feel in your chest at 100 yards. they put a bottle with it in a pumpkin and lets just say it was cool

[oldpaint0]

Not to put out fires. You shoot them. Really big white cloud appears when shot.

Nope, I got one hanging on the wall that I am looking at. It cost 60 bucks and I can find a whole lot more ammo to shoot DG paper plates with for 60 bucks. :icon_biggrin:

[SSwee]

Has anyone else found out that it is not good to shoot cylinders/ tanks like old empty 35# freon bottles. I thought it would be neat until I found out that if hit at the right place, the projectile would make a couple of rounds inside and come back out who knows where or which direction. It only took 2 shots to happen. Lucky no one was harmed.
SS

[rep30cal]

I was shooting LifeSavers at 250 yards and didn't hit any then I found out my shots were going thru the centers so I put away the BB guns.

But really necco wafer candies and old dollar store crackers make good targets and you don't have the clean up because the critters will get it for you.

[MicroPilot]

I was shooting LifeSavers at 250 yards and didn't hit any then I found out my shots were going thru the centers so I put away the BB guns....

I have the same problem with old CD's....the shots always go through the hole in the center! :bash:

Sections of PVC pipe work good. Lots of pieces go flying with hits. El cheapo store brand soda cans (full) make good targets.

[Old Grump]

I was shooting LifeSavers at 250 yards and didn't hit any then I found out my shots were going thru the centers so I put away the BB guns.My brother told me that once so to help him out I gave him some masking tape to cover the holes with. He said he was done shooting any way but thanks. He wasn't as good as you though he was shooting at them at 25 yards.

[SteelCore]

i was shooting lifesavers at 250 yards and didn't hit any then i found out my shots were going thru the centers so i put away the bb guns.

But really necco wafer candies and old dollar store crackers make good targets and you don't have the clean up because the critters will get it for you.

hah! Roflmao!

[tater]

Old left over ceramic tiles work good also.

[kagans]

So i was thinking. I grew up next to a mechanic, who does a lot of work at his home and has piles of old parts in the yard. I was thinking, what if i took an old steel wheel (with no tire on it anymore) and weld a chain at like 10 and 2 o'clock positions and hang it from a saw-horse or something. would this make an efficient make-shift gong? would .223, .308 and .30-06 just bounce right back or pass through.

I'm just wondering about the safety aspects, as i have (available) all parts, and it would be a zero cost, long term (hopefully) target, rather than boring paper

I would think they would pass through. All the steelies(as they are called in the bis) that I have touched are very thin.

[ctdemolay0405]

that, and too many holes, i'd be better off just finding steel plates

[tump]

the lil hug (barrel) drinks in the grocery store work very well, and there like $4 for 24ct..:icon_biggrin: