Favorite non paper targets

[ARCHIVED THREAD] - Favorite non paper targets

Posted: 5/22/2005 8:53:08 PM EDT

OK guys whatta got? this was inspired by the why wwe shoot metal thread, what other dumb crap are we shooting that is a ton of fun? i really liked that guys idea about shooting 2x4's in half.

Posted: 5/22/2005 8:56:04 PM EDT

[#1]

cell phones and walkie talkies

Posted: 5/22/2005 8:57:17 PM EDT

[#2]

old computers

Posted: 5/22/2005 8:57:19 PM EDT

[#3]

Live animals.

I shoot a manhole cover... but I may stop until I can move it back a ways...

Posted: 5/22/2005 8:57:54 PM EDT

[#4]

I try not to make a habit of it, but shooting almost empty spray paint cans is VERY fun!

nice reactive target...those suckers will FLY!

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:02:16 PM EDT

[#5]

shook up soda cans are fun!!

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:03:19 PM EDT

[#6]

watermelons

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:03:44 PM EDT

[#7]

$2 for 12 cans of soda.
Cantalopes and honeydew melons
water jugs

Things I would like to shoot.
Propane tank, full WD-40 can, charged fire extinguisher.

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:08:09 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:
OK guys whatta got? this was inspired by the why wwe shoot metal thread, what other dumb crap are we shooting that is a ton of fun? i really liked that guys idea about shooting 2x4's in half.

Not if those 2x4s are the target A-frames. I'll take and post a few pictures of the remnants. (See the Burro Canyon threads in the CA forum)

I like bowling pins tied to target frames. You put them on top and then they fall when hit and while they are hanging they spin or jump when hit.

I also like some of the steel falling plates for pistol, have to use lead bullets only though.

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:09:29 PM EDT

[#9]

Tannerite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:09:36 PM EDT

[#10]

$2 bag of Apples or Oranges. Great reactive targets. Great bio-degradeable targets.
Got tired picking up electronic debris and shredded sheet metal at range cleanups.

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:10:17 PM EDT

[#11]

Stacks of AOL free disks.
Water balloons
+1 on the shook-up soda cans.
clays - then the smaller pieces of clays until I can't see 'em.
Necco Waffers
Little green plastic army soldiers.

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:12:16 PM EDT

[#12]

Bowling pins, fire extinguishers, Propane tanks

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:12:21 PM EDT

[#13]

tree stumps, old hot water heater tanks

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:12:52 PM EDT

[#14]

Quoted:
Tannerite!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

We have a winner!

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:18:16 PM EDT

[#15]

Massively discounted pumpkins, on November 1st.

Cheap, big, bright orange, biodegradable & reactive.

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:24:53 PM EDT

[#16]

bowling ball pins. Patty

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:40:14 PM EDT

[#17]

Quoted:
Live animals.

Beat me to it.

Posted: 5/22/2005 9:49:39 PM EDT

[#18]

Terrorists. Problem is, I still haven't found any at the range (yet).

CW

Posted: 5/22/2005 10:05:05 PM EDT

[#19]

I know its already been said, but I love to shoot full cans of cheap soda. BTW pick up that mess when your done, please.

Posted: 5/22/2005 10:17:05 PM EDT

[#20]

Potato's are fun.

Citrus.

Other fruits and vegetables. The thing is, you don't have to clean them up. They will either be consumed or they will decompose harmlessly.

Posted: 5/22/2005 10:17:17 PM EDT

[#21]

wild goats.

Posted: 5/22/2005 10:34:04 PM EDT

[#22]

Well, every time my associate makes me a new, custom gun, I go for a drive in the country, with a round melon. I draw a face on it, and suspend it from a rope, go out about 100 yards, and zero it in. You should see the effect of a mercury filled round on it. By the way, do you know Charles de Gaulle's schedule?

Posted: 5/22/2005 10:38:36 PM EDT

[#23]

Water jugs. When they're empty and you shoot them near the ground, they'll jump pretty high. I wonder if I piss off anybody else when a plastic jug flies into their line of site?

Posted: 5/22/2005 10:39:37 PM EDT

[#24]

Quoted:
Well, every time my associate makes me a new, custom gun, I go for a drive in the country, with a round melon. I draw a face on it, and suspend it from a rope, go out about 100 yards, and zero it in. You should see the effect of a mercury filled round on it. By the way, do you know Charles de Gaulle's schedule?

CW

Posted: 5/22/2005 10:58:26 PM EDT

[#25]

Steel plates, 2L sodea bottles filled with water, bowling pins, spraypaint cans, groundhogs aka woodchucks.

Posted: 5/22/2005 11:03:00 PM EDT

[#26]

Clowns.

Posted: 5/23/2005 1:09:09 PM EDT

[#27]

stray cats with .22 cb shorts in a Browning lever with a 4x burris.

Lebrew

Posted: 5/23/2005 1:16:39 PM EDT

[#28]

jackrabbits

Posted: 5/23/2005 1:18:39 PM EDT

[#29]

I was going to use a koran, but ran out of tp and had to use it

Posted: 5/23/2005 1:40:41 PM EDT

[#30]

Quoted:
Things I would like to shoot.
Propane tank, full WD-40 can, charged fire extinguisher.

I've done all three, and they're all cool. My favorite is the little portable propane cans with a lit road flare right next to it. Nice fireball, burns quickly so it doesn't catch much on fire (if anything).

Shaving cream is also nice, because it's nicely reactive, but you don't have to clean much up (just pick up the can and let the rain deal w/ the shaving cream).

Posted: 5/23/2005 4:53:10 PM EDT

[#31]

Metal targets.

Posted: 5/23/2005 4:56:03 PM EDT

[#32]

Golf balls spray painted orange on tees.

Cheap, easy, hard to hit at distance. Any simple binoculars will work to let you know if you hit or not.

Posted: 5/23/2005 5:03:19 PM EDT

[#33]

Golf balls, charcoal briquettes, clay pigeons, saltine crackers.

Posted: 5/23/2005 6:09:39 PM EDT

[#34]

Golf Balls and/or Paintballs. they are really fun at 100yds. challenging as all hell.

Posted: 5/23/2005 6:25:53 PM EDT

[#35]

The larger size can of refried beans. There is a local scratch-n-dent food store that sells them for under a dime each.
The difference between .30-'06 FMJ and A-Max needs to be seen to be believed.

Larry

Posted: 5/24/2005 3:04:48 AM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:
Stacks of AOL free disks.
Water balloons
+1 on the shook-up soda cans.
clays - then the smaller pieces of clays until I can't see 'em.
Necco Waffers
Little green plastic army soldiers.

I used to use the discs but I almost always shot through the hole in the middle.

Posted: 5/24/2005 3:23:36 AM EDT

[#37]

rollaids, cigarette butts, empty shell cases, animal crackers, coke bottles on end shot through the neck, cd's on edge, cards on edge.

now back years ago when i was drinking, me and friends would go out and drink and shoot candles at night with our pistols.

Posted: 5/24/2005 3:50:37 AM EDT

[#38]

Taliban.

Posted: 5/24/2005 4:27:05 AM EDT

[#39]

IVANS!
AOL cds
pineapples
watermelons

Posted: 5/24/2005 4:35:27 AM EDT

[#40]

Steel, old PCs & monitors, TVs, large appliances, small appliances, discarded fruits & vegetables, canned goods, spray paint, toilets, plastic bottles filled with water, and any other container that may hold water.

Of course 99% of this stuff I am not able to shoot anymore. I used to shoot at a place that doubled as a garbage dump so there was always lots of interesting things to shoot.

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