Posted: 9/10/2013 10:35:55 AM EDT
| We're having a group of friends get together for some shooting fun in a month or so. Other than the usual gong on a chain, balloons, eggs, etc what are some fun things you guys have done to shoot at? We've already got some tannerite, golf balls on tees, clay pigeons, etc. Just looking for some new ideas. |
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We're having a group of friends get together for some shooting fun in a month or so. Other than the usual gong on a chain, balloons, eggs, etc what are some fun things you guys have done to shoot at? We've already got some tannerite, golf balls on tees, clay pigeons, etc. Just looking for some new ideas. I saved up some old cheap frying pans tied them to tree limbs along with an old toaster we tied up by the cord. Bought a bunch of bowling pins from the local alley for a buck a piece. All that tied on tree limbs made for a fun 4th of july just remember to clean up. The old toaster was a kid favorite |
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I saved up some old cheap frying pans tied them to tree limbs along with an old toaster we tied up by the cord. Bought a bunch of bowling pins from the local alley for a buck a piece. All that tied on tree limbs made for a fun 4th of july just remember to clean up. The old toaster was a kid favorite Quoted:
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We're having a group of friends get together for some shooting fun in a month or so. Other than the usual gong on a chain, balloons, eggs, etc what are some fun things you guys have done to shoot at? We've already got some tannerite, golf balls on tees, clay pigeons, etc. Just looking for some new ideas. I saved up some old cheap frying pans tied them to tree limbs along with an old toaster we tied up by the cord. Bought a bunch of bowling pins from the local alley for a buck a piece. All that tied on tree limbs made for a fun 4th of july just remember to clean up. The old toaster was a kid favorite That's a good idea. Yard sales are full of crappy old frying pans. |
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Quoted: We're having a group of friends get together for some shooting fun in a month or so. Other than the usual gong on a chain, balloons, eggs, etc what are some fun things you guys have done to shoot at? We've already got some tannerite, golf balls on tees, clay pigeons, etc. Just looking for some new ideas. |
| Exhaust manifolds and or mufflers if you have any laying around. Also depending on the power of your guns you can shoot cinderblocks or bricks. Nothing wowed the family quite like seeing xm855 break red bricks to pieces and 7.62x51 turn a small wall of cinderblocks into rubble in short order. |
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I set a day like this up for the first part of a bachelor party not too long ago. We had a mix of pretty serious shooters all the way down to a few guys who had never shot before at all.
From what I saw, the key is to have some competition and head to head type stuff that everyone can observe and participate in, as well as some blasting sessions where everyone can just lineup and shoot away freely. Paintballs taped to your backers react really well to .22lr. Most casual shooters will find it pretty satisfying to hit a paintball with open sights from 30 yards or so. Head to head contests using simple cups (or whatever) filled with water were a lot of fun. Different patterns, different distances, etc. All you need is a big quantity of cups and a 5 gallon bucket of water to setup a lot of runs. It was interesting to see in those types of head to head contests some of our best target shooters didn't really dominate with pressure, time, and reloads added into the mix. These need to be fast and simple to setup each run, thus the cups of water. We tried poker shooting cards but that was way too slow for a crowd. Small gourds are also great. I setup a line of tables as a clear firing line, and gave a 2 minute serious talk at the beginning about only pointing downrange, nobody in front of the tables. Even dealing with ~30 guys and several inexperienced shooters there were no safety/sweep issues. Just some brass landing on skin here and there. |
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I made these a while back, been using them for a 2 or 3 years now with no problems.
Link to old thread ETA: Wow time flies (getting old really makes time go by fast  ), Just saw the date I did that thread, I have been shooting at those things for 8 or more years.
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