Shooting golf balls & stuff for fun

[MTNSTRYDER]

Golf balls a sand pit and any 22.Take walks on a golf course when their closed you will find plenty.I made my own mega booms with a drill and cheap valve stems.Only chase golf balls with a gun in a safe area like a sand pit.Makes head shots on critters to eat much easier.

 

[mstreddy]

small bottles of colored
water we make with food color.

Yep, those can be a lot of fun. Even just spray painting the plastic bottles. They are reactive enough with most calibers.

And, I like the statement on not outdoing the kids.
Adults, though are fair game!

 

[croberts]

We used to fill milk jugs with water and a drop or two of food dye, then shoot them with high powered rifles. Of course, almost anything you shoot with a high powered rifle is pretty reactive...

 

[George P]

We used to fill milk jugs with water and a drop or two of food dye, then shoot them with high powered rifles. Of course, almost anything you shoot with a high powered rifle is pretty reactive...

We would take paint cans that were basically empty, fill with water, shake a little and hammer the lid down tightly. Then place the can lid side down and shoot with high-powered rifles. The cans would go 35-50' high and "make a pretty picture" (remember Oddball in Kelly's Heroes?).

 

[someguy2800]

I like to hang steel plates by a single 2 foot chain. That way they start swinging side to side when hit and you have to try to hit them while moving. Fun with rifles and pistols. Its fun to do it at 200+ yards with a lower velocity rifle as you have to time the bullet travel time and shoot in front of it.

 

[George P]

I like to hang steel plates by a single 2 foot chain. That way they start swinging side to side when hit and you have to try to hit them while moving. Fun with rifles and pistols. Its fun to do it at 200+ yards with a lower velocity rifle as you have to time the bullet travel time and shoot in front of it.

You might want to look into getting a Texas Star; that's a lot of fun too.

 

[someguy2800]

You might want to look into getting a Texas Star; that's a lot of fun too.

Seams like a lot of work to set it back up every 5 shots, especially at 300 yards.

 

[George P]

True for 300 yards, but for handguns........it IS a lot of fun

One guy I used to know who shot a Browning BPCR in ??45-70?? (might have been a little bigger), had a steel gong made that was basically a rectangular steel box without a bottom; it hung from two chains on some form of hanging device so that when he hit it at 200 yards, not only did you see it move, it had a LOUD boing-type sound you could readily hear even with hearing protection.

 

[1976B.L.Johns.]

Used one gallon bleach jugs filled with water placed upside down in a gravel bank.Sometimes the bottom of the jug would blow off & up then float back down like a Frisbee! (Of course a high powered rifle does the trick)

 

[Armored farmer]

Not too exotic, but fun.

 

[ACES&8S]

Yep, those can be a lot of fun. Even just spray painting the plastic bottles. They are reactive enough with most calibers.

And, I like the statement on not outdoing the kids.
Adults, though are fair game!

I was surprised at how often a Dad would want to outdo his kid who has just done a good shot, so the rule here
is = We Revoke Their Man Card & change their opponent to my wife.
She can beat most guys with a scoped rifle & if she doesn't , the trash talk alone will humble most anyone.

 

[ACES&8S]

We used to fill milk jugs with water and a drop or two of food dye, then shoot them with high powered rifles. Of course, almost anything you shoot with a high powered rifle is pretty reactive...

My wife's recipe is 12 drops of red & green , 14 drops of yellow , & so on. She had never heard of that idea & figured she
was the first in the world to think of it, she probably thinks her idea has spread like wildfire.
Love how they explode with the colorful splash.
Good to know these things.

 

[ACES&8S]

True for 300 yards, but for handguns........it IS a lot of fun

One guy I used to know who shot a Browning BPCR in ??45-70?? (might have been a little bigger), had a steel gong made that was basically a rectangular steel box without a bottom; it hung from two chains on some form of hanging device so that when he hit it at 200 yards, not only did you see it move, it had a LOUD boing-type sound you could readily hear even with hearing protection.

Wonder that didn't break the chains.
I have a 1/4" thick by 6" steel plate at 280 yards for 223 rifle & t/c pistol. Once upon a time one of my buddies had to try it with
his 22-250. It center punched thru the steel with no problem , the 223 will dent it good but nothing like that . Pretty sure its 1/4" thick.
Opened my eyes to the fact that a 22-250 is a 223 magnum, just like a 30-06 is a .308 magnum.
I had just got back into reloading then.

 

[ACES&8S]

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Not too exotic, but fun.

Odd thing about those type targets is even if people that don't have a shooting range will buy them because they
are perfect.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

I train all the time with point and shoot. When not at the Powder burner range, I train in my Back yard with Pellet Pistols. I love to shoot shotgun hulls. They go flying. I also love to take out a Precision rifle and and wait for a slight windy day and shoot the center vein out of a leaf. Take time. One shot one kill. You really get in touch with Mother Nature and One with the gun.


With Russian IZH Baikal and Bug Buster Scope.

 

[someguy2800]

Wonder that didn't break the chains.
I have a 1/4" thick by 6" steel plate at 280 yards for 223 rifle & t/c pistol. Once upon a time one of my buddies had to try it with
his 22-250. It center punched thru the steel with no problem , the 223 will dent it good but nothing like that . Pretty sure its 1/4" thick.
Opened my eyes to the fact that a 22-250 is a 223 magnum, just like a 30-06 is a .308 magnum.
I had just got back into reloading then.

I made my father in law a couple 12" round 3/8" thick mild steel plate for him to shoot out of some scrap. High power rifles like a 223 or 270 put a pretty good crater in them but will not go through. I shot my 444 marlin about 12 times into one of them with a 320 grain hard cast which would knock over the target stand on every other shot. The 444 did not crater it but put dimples the size of golf ball in it and eventually turned the plate into a dish shape. One day I had my Mosin Nagant over there and put about 10 rounds into it at 100 yards with brown bear 208 grain soft points. Much to my amazement the steel jacketed soft point mosin rounds all went straight through it. Still can't comprehend how that mosin round goes through it when a 30-06 or 270 doesn't come even close. Must be the steel bullet jacket. If I shoot his mild steel targets with my 357 maximum contender pistol with hollow points it will indent a ring into the steel exactly the size of the hollow point on the bullet. All my plates at my house are 3/8 or 1/2 AR500 and nothing even puts a nick in them.

 

[rayatphonix]

Nobody’s mentioned my favorite, walnuts. Every fall our walnut trees drop and we have several thousand green walnut husks. They are about 2” in diameter and explode if hit in the center. I simply put the on a fence post, 2x4 or whatever and go at it. Best part is no cleanup.

 

[jmorris]

That reminds me of one I cannot believe I didn’t think of.

I bet I spent more than a hundred hours of my life when I was a kid shooting sycamore balls out of trees at our farm, with my Benjamin.

Lots of “exploding” targets and you don’t even have to clean up when you are done.

A before and after.


And you can go through a tin of pellets on a single tree.

 

[ACES&8S]

I made my father in law a couple 12" round 3/8" thick mild steel plate for him to shoot out of some scrap. High power rifles like a 223 or 270 put a pretty good crater in them but will not go through. I shot my 444 marlin about 12 times into one of them with a 320 grain hard cast which would knock over the target stand on every other shot. The 444 did not crater it but put dimples the size of golf ball in it and eventually turned the plate into a dish shape. One day I had my Mosin Nagant over there and put about 10 rounds into it at 100 yards with brown bear 208 grain soft points. Much to my amazement the steel jacketed soft point mosin rounds all went straight through it. Still can't comprehend how that mosin round goes through it when a 30-06 or 270 doesn't come even close. Must be the steel bullet jacket. If I shoot his mild steel targets with my 357 maximum contender pistol with hollow points it will indent a ring into the steel exactly the size of the hollow point on the bullet. All my plates at my house are 3/8 or 1/2 AR500 and nothing even puts a nick in them.

Mosin Naagant is the horse power king per my son in law, he did the same thing here at only 60 yards with one of those "cave man
rifles". That's what he called it before his magnificent victory over 223 & 44 magnum rifles in a looser eats crow match.
It didn't only penetrate thru the 3/8" steel , it blew a huge hole thru it & it hung on the wall in the shop for years before we found
a use for it.
He used the cheapest looking ammo I had ever seen up till then. The kind that looks like it was made in China by Wil E Coyote
incorporated.
He now owns 3 of them & I wont let him , or at least cautioned him, not to shoot one per bolt way to tight.

 

[ACES&8S]

That reminds me of one I cannot believe I didn’t think of.

I bet I spent more than a hundred hours of my life when I was a kid shooting sycamore balls out of trees at our farm, with my Benjamin.

Lots of “exploding” targets and you don’t even have to clean up when you are done.

A before and after.
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And you can go through a tin of pellets on a single tree.
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I had no idea they would do that!!!
Unfortunate however they sneeze me to death & we cut them all down when we first moved here.

 

[ACES&8S]

I train all the time with point and shoot. When not at the Powder burner range, I train in my Back yard with Pellet Pistols. I love to shoot shotgun hulls. They go flying. I also love to take out a Precision rifle and and wait for a slight windy day and shoot the center vein out of a leaf. Take time. One shot one kill. You really get in touch with Mother Nature and One with the gun.

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With Russian IZH Baikal and Bug Buster Scope.
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I will show that pic to my son, he will want one.

 

[Shimitup]

One for my friends in IT. Fast way to delete C:\

 

[NWPilgrim]

Nobody’s mentioned my favorite, walnuts. Every fall our walnut trees drop and we have several thousand green walnut husks. They are about 2” in diameter and explode if hit in the center. I simply put the on a fence post, 2x4 or whatever and go at it. Best part is no cleanup.

Excellent idea. We have lots of various nuts around here that would make great plinking targets. I don't like wasting edible food for targets, but using nuts or fruit laying on the ground going to waste would be excellent.

 

[Jeb Stuart]

That reminds me of one I cannot believe I didn’t think of.

I bet I spent more than a hundred hours of my life when I was a kid shooting sycamore balls out of trees at our farm, with my Benjamin.

Lots of “exploding” targets and you don’t even have to clean up when you are done.

A before and after.
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And you can go through a tin of pellets on a single tree.
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Don't forget cattails.

 

[ACES&8S]

One for my friends in IT. Fast way to delete C:\
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Excuse my ignorance , I just got into lever actions about 2 years & regret my focus being on AR stuff & semi auto
pistols during that time , but WHAT IS THAT BEAUTIFUL RIFLE ?
I have a low amount of memory left what with all my job required before I retired & funny thing is you can't erase
it & make room for important stuff like lever actions.
Just a guess to show my ignorance but could that be a model 99 ?
I know I could look it up & avoid looking like a rookie but to open my mouth & remove all doubt of
my intelligence is my usual 1'st impression.