Who else is getting bored with paper targets??

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Who else is getting bored with paper targets??

Posted: 9/19/2001 3:30:33 PM EDT

Man, I'm getting tired of old lifeless paper targets at the range. What sort of interesting things do you guys take to liven things up. Cans? Juggs? Bottles? What?

Posted: 9/19/2001 3:32:39 PM EDT

[#1]

puppys

Posted: 9/19/2001 3:32:54 PM EDT

[#2]

cans.

Buy some "Sams choice" at Wal mart. Let it sit in a hot car. Shake it up. Shoot it.
Very entertaining.
2 liters filled with water is good to.

Posted: 9/19/2001 3:34:28 PM EDT

[#3]

Hey, I never thought of full soda cans!

Posted: 9/19/2001 3:52:23 PM EDT

[#4]

I give them a gun and tell them to shoot back.........[sniper]

Posted: 9/19/2001 3:56:23 PM EDT

[#5]

paper? PAPER??? we don't shoot no stinkin' paper!

you show up for bulletfest, and i'll give you steel by the TON to blast at!

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Posted: 9/19/2001 4:02:59 PM EDT

[#6]

I understand that paper is the best way to determine how well I am shooting. But I haven't found anything more gratifying than the "clank" of a bullet impacting steel downrange.

If you're looking for a disposable steel target, a 1/8" walled four inch diameter pipe hung off a chain provides cheap service. First wall gets penetrated completely by 55 gr BT, but second wall stands up to BT.

Pistols, you can buy those whacky spinners. Please wear eye protection under 30 yards.

There are fab companies on the net that offer "armor steel" plates of different configurations, but I was always too much of a cheap bastard to buy them even when I had a good job.

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:05:04 PM EDT

[#7]

bowling pins are the most fun for me

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:06:42 PM EDT

[#8]

I still shoot some paper targets but mostly I shoot 6" round (head shot) and 10"x15" (torso shot) steel plates. I like the "ding" sound it makes when I hit it.

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:07:14 PM EDT

[#9]

HEY.........I was wonderin` where my toyota went................[pissed]

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:08:43 PM EDT

[#10]

How about an 8 inch sqaure of 1/8 thick aluminum suspended by safety wire? would this cause ricochets or would it just go straight through with little reaction.

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:09:04 PM EDT

[#11]

Campy,

Ohhhhhh. Can I come play next time???

[heavy]

James

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:23:55 PM EDT

[#12]

Silhouette shooting is a very nice change of pace. We shot an 8 week smallbore silhouette league this summer at my home club and I am hooked. We shoot informally now on Mondays with the plurality deciding what we shoot. I always vote for silhouette.

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:36:43 PM EDT

[#13]

I like citrus fruit. Spectacular explosions

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:39:26 PM EDT

[#14]

I like to shoot at coffee cans.... cus I cant see beer cans at 100 yards

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:45:44 PM EDT

[#15]

Please wear eye protection under 30 yards.

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You should ALWAYS wear eye protection when firing any weapon at any range.

Posted: 9/19/2001 4:50:54 PM EDT

[#16]

The items range from small to large:
Soda cans, water bottles, laundry detergent bottles.
Wood boards, phone books. One time I dug a small hole and stood a railroad tie up and shot at it starting from the top and chipped away until nothing was left

Posted: 9/19/2001 6:06:53 PM EDT

[#17]

Animal crackers and plastic Army men. A good challenge at fifty yards with my 10/22. I use a scope for these targets!

Posted: 9/19/2001 6:36:04 PM EDT

[#18]

Molotov Coctails are great. Use gas in a soda can or whatever.

Ice blocks are easy to make out of soda cans. fill with water, freeze, peel off the aluminum. Leave it on if you want, but it will melt faster.

Sam's Red Creme Soda.

Old computer hardware
old lightbulbs

If you are lucky enough to live near suitable water, use floating logs...

"Yes Commander, Osama Bin Laden's aircraft carrier is in range..."

Posted: 9/19/2001 6:42:32 PM EDT

[#19]

Cans of penetrating oil placed by flares.
Can you say boom.

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:16:38 PM EDT

[#20]

Dillon Precision, the maker of reloading equip, is selling these self-sealing no-splatter targets. You have to shoot at them with round nose bullets 45 & 9mm leave just pin hole. SWC and hollow point bullets will DRAMATICALLY reduce target life.
Check them out at [url]http://dillonprecision.com/template/p.cfm?maj=50&min=0&dyn=1&[/url]

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:18:35 PM EDT

[#21]

an old, non-functioning, 19" computer monitor...

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:28:23 PM EDT

[#22]

AOL CDs, Shook Up Cans of Soda, Empty Beer Bottles, 2 Liter Bottles, Big Boxes (For Shotguns), Halloween Skulls with Klinton Masks over Them (I like Headshots on shit like Klinton.) Anybody know where I can get some Bin Laden Masks to shoot at.

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:28:46 PM EDT

[#23]

Eggs

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:31:47 PM EDT

[#24]

How about a pyramid of Soda Cans (Full of course) shook up and hot. Now take any gun with a 100 Round Drum and open fire. Continue shooting until you are out of ammo. If your close enough you may even get soaked with soda. Its kinda fun.

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:33:10 PM EDT

[#25]

Just use your imagination. Any kind of water bottle--milk jugs explode great, 5-gallon jugs from restaurants that had fryer grease make a neat sound and explode good. If you have a safe place (very rare!!) to do it, fill a bottle with gasoline and put a candle on top. Start with a small bottle as you will be AMAZED at the results. Bowling pins are good, especially with handguns. Certs, wafers, crackers, cookies, fruit--apples are in season, cheap beer, Rosie O'Donnell dolls with exploding targets taped to the chest (ask ColtShorty about this, hehe), tennis balls, racquetballs, ex-wives (just kidding, sort of), terrorists (NOT kidding!), cats, prairie dogs (might involve travel), anything, really, except glass and metal objects likely to cause ricochets. Be careful with the one mentioned above involving objects floating on water. The surface of water will cause ricochets. This is fun if it is a pond with a large hill behind though. The possibilities are endless. Newbies love water jugs--they are always best to use when teaching someone. Oh, I forgot water balloons and clay pigeons set against a hill, especially with handguns.

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:37:46 PM EDT

[#26]

Cars. Bonus points if you load them with dynamite or binary explosives.

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Posted: 9/19/2001 7:38:45 PM EDT

[#27]

Take a gallon milk jug.
Fill with water.
Place in freezer.
Give it plenty of time to become frozen solid.
Cut the plastic off of the ice.
Shoot ice with a high-powered rifle.

Excellent for demonstrations of hydrostatic pressure.

Spare change. This is more for the sniper rifle guys. Fun to brag about the time you shot a dime at 100yds. Remember to keep the coin.

Oh yeah, cats.....lots of cats!!!!

Posted: 9/19/2001 7:39:09 PM EDT

[#28]

I started my boys out on clay skeet targets.You can shoot them to powder and don't have much to clean up. They are 4" round and bright orange. They will break even whenhit with a .22 short, and the boys get instant feedback.

Posted: 9/19/2001 10:13:15 PM EDT

[#29]

Quoted:
Be careful with the one mentioned above involving objects floating on water. The surface of water will cause ricochets. This is fun if it is a pond with a large hill behind though.

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Allow me to elaborate:

[b]Suitable[/b] water must have a steep slope behind it or a large hill. Creeks are good because they usually have steep banks. If you are unsure where the bullet will bounce to, look at the reflection in the water. If the reflection is sky, don't shoot. But if it is ground/trees, go for it. The bullet will bounce off the surface of the water at slightly less of an angle than it was struck at.

Shots that are 45 degrees or more down into water won't richochet.

If you try the gas thing, make sure you bring a shovel and bucket of H2O. In other words, don't assume you won't start a fire!

Posted: 9/20/2001 4:59:45 AM EDT

[#30]

I love the auto-poppers...

http://www.mgmtargets.com/autopopr.htm

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