Fun stuff to shoot

[brainwake]

I have been doing more outdoor shooting on private land as of late. I have picked up a couple of the steel swinger style targets. They are fun and we enjoy them.

But I was thinking that I would like to find some cheap fun stuff to shoot.

We tend to mostly plink with .22 But I also tend to pull out the 357 and plink with that a lot.

So got any ideas? Let's hear them. You know we all love pictures!

please don't say cans....LOL....you can if you want...

I guess one minor caveat is that I don't really want to make any messes.

 

[Certaindeaf]

More steel plates! Oh, I forgot the cheap part.. but they're reusable!

 

[Chevelle SS]

A safe

 

[allaroundhunter]

Lollipops.... But honestly, I love tying a smallish balloon to an RC car and trying to pop it with the .22

 

[Arkansas Paul]

Cut the tops off of a 2 liter bottle and fill it with water. Freeze and then remove from the bottle and store in ice chest. Shoot them at the range. Great reactive targets and no mess to clean up.

 

[Certaindeaf]

Little green toy army men offhand with the .22.. they are trying to shoot you!

 

[larryflew]

24 pack of soda on sale. Cans yes, but full ones. Reactive and cheap. Spray paint cans from recycling that are partially full. Paint ball balls on golf tees. Colored water in used water bottles.

 

[hso]

I don't really want to make any messes.

Good attitude since even on your own property you don't want your range to look trashy and if it ain't your property you're doing harm to the shooting community to trash it up.

Spray paint cans from recycling that are partially full.

Probably not a great idea if after you pick up the cans the paint is left behind.


Any form of frozen water or small foodstuffs like crackers or cookies or hard candy that will promptly disappear in nature is pretty good (although desert environments can take a lot longer to remove traces of some foods).

There are 70-80 wafers in a standard box of vanilla wafers. A box can be had for $2.50-$3.00. So for under $3 you get ~75 crunchy targets.

There are 75 "Jolly Rancher" hard candies in a lb and a 5lb bag costs $20 delivered off the net. That's almost 400 brightly colored shaterable small targets in a bag (and you can eat some of them as you go).

 

[Captains1911]

Bowling pins

 

[SharpsDressedMan]

Small propane bottles.

 

[firesky101]

I do enjoy playing rimfire golf with golf balls. Set a point, and see who can get past it with the fewest shots. First 5 rounds with pistol, then switch to rifle. Alter rules to suit, and since golf balls are pretty tough cleanup is just a trip downrange.

 

[cfullgraf]

At my home range, I shoot plastic bottles filled water and steel plates. I go prepared to police up the exploded plastic bottles after they have been shot.

I need to freeze some and try that, although I would still need to collect the plastic.

I have shot at crackers and clay targets.

 

[MrCleanOK]

Ice blocks. They are reactive when hit, break into smaller and more challenging pieces, and leave nothing to clean up. They will also keep your drinks cold on the way to the range.

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[WALKERs210]

Do like I have done, choose one tree that you don't want on property. Invite your grandson, son, grand daughters and the like to spend a day chopping wood. One tree took about 4 weeks to cut down using every thing from .22 up to a .300 Win Mag along with tons of 44cal black powder firearms. After it falls take chain saw cut it into firewood and your set for the next winter. Also if you cast your own bullits you can salvage a lot of lead.

 

[JRs12Valve]

Take a solo cup, fill it with water, freeze it, and pop the ice out. You don't have to worry about finding plastic, you can use it over and over again, and you have a nice stack to take home instead of a trash bag. Also use food coloring in ice blocks for different colors.

More steel .... aaaaand cans

 

[vagunmonkey]

Dry wall cut into 4x4 or 6x6 squares "puff" nicely when hit and takes many hits. Drill a hole in the corner and hang them from a frame or limb.

 

[hariph creek]

Soda cans (full, unopened) are a ton of fun.
But, get diet. No sticky mess to deal deal with, when you pick them up. You do clean up, right?

I won't do it again, on account of the mess but...
I shot a tube of that expanding foam insulating stuff, with a JHP (9mm or 10mm, can't remember?).
Wow! Neat-O!

 

[almherdfan]

Fast food condiment packs, stapled to pizza boxes.peanuts in shell. Old baseballs & softballs.

 

[SlowFuse]

Eggs, Crackers/Cookies and blocks of ice are some of my favorites that require no clean up.

I also like to use the V shaped holders for clay pigeons with 22s, you can usually shoot one 3 or 4 times before they split. Thats something that requires a little clean up.

Theres also a "game" that I play every now and then for a little competition. You can make it an easy game like 50 yards or challenging, like maybe 400 yards... I get wooden pallets from work. Take a pack of balloons and blow them up (get kids to do it) and staple ten or so in rows on the pallet. With a sharpie write numbers on them. Call your shots.

 

[Deep Fried]

Do like I have done, choose one tree that you don't want on property. Invite your grandson, son, grand daughters and the like to spend a day chopping wood. One tree took about 4 weeks to cut down using every thing from .22 up to a .300 Win Mag along with tons of 44cal black powder firearms. After it falls take chain saw cut it into firewood and your set for the next winter. Also if you cast your own bullits you can salvage a lot of lead.

This. Got two were working on now.

Just don't do like I did and stand real close. I got hit between the eyes with a richoched piece of birdshot.

 

[smalls]

I just bought these stands that hold clay pigeons. I got like 5 in a pack for $18, plus clays. Bought it at Gander Mtn.

And they're "self healing", so if you hit the part that holds the clay, it won't break.

 

[JohnhenrySTL]

I like old water heaters.

 

[vamo]

Rotten Pumpkins, though I'm sure fresh ones would work just fine.

 

[Outlaw Man]

Do NOT shoot a can of sliced carrots at close range with a dirt backstop and a JHP .45 ACP.

Also, do not ask me how I know this.

I remember as a kid when my Dad and I would go squirrel hunting and the tree rats weren't giving us much to shoot at, my Dad would toss a stick into a dry creek bed and have me shoot it. It's a great way for kids to hone their rimfire skills, and there's nothing to haul to the range or clean up after. One day the creek wasn't so dry, and he threw the stick onto the ice. (It was shallow and completely frozen, so no issues with shooting at water.) I eventually figured out that shooting ice was way more fun.

I got one of those self-healing orange target "balls" from Academy for Christmas last year, but I still haven't had a chance to try it. I would imagine they're fun if they work like advertised.

 

[Queen_of_Thunder]

1. Dig hole.

2. Place 2x4 in hole.

3. Return dirt to hole.

4. Ready, Aim , Fire.

5. Repeate steps 1-4 as needed