Quoheleth
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I took an early day today and snuck out to the range for a late lunch/early afternoon off. Beautiful day in SE Texas - 85 or so, light northerly breeze and partly cloudy. Gnats were bad, but ce est la vida - such is life.
A few nights ago, I had taken a piece of cardboard and hot-glued various "environmentally friendly" reactive targets to it - a tube of Necco wafers, some stale RITZ crackers, and some really nasty store-brand cookies. The Neccos were about quarter-size and the cookies were about the size of baseballs (3" or so), so I had a good range of sizes. For shiggles, I hot-glued two pennies to the cardboard, too. Why? Because they were on the floor when I plugged in the hot-glue gun, that's why
I set my target about 10 yards from the firing line. Before anyone says, "What's 10 yards?" remember: Necco wafers at that distance are pretty small!
I loaded my open-sight Browning Buckmark with Federal Bulk Pak ammo and let 'er rip. What a blast! I have gotten so used to shooting only holes into paper that I had forgotten how much fun it is to see something happen - a candy wafer shatter, a RITZ cracker disintegrate, a cookie chip away - when hit by a .22. The surprise was from the two pennies: one must have been grazed, b/c it got knocked off of the cardboard. The other penny must have gotten centered by a bullet, b/c it punched a full penny-size hole through the cardboard - looked like a .75 Wadcutter hit it!
I shot about 100 rounds, I guess, and missed far more than I hit - especially the Neccos. The cookies were easy pickins, the RITZ difficult, and the Neccos were a downright challenge. But it was a lot of fun. I know there have been threads on "what are your favorite reactive targets" before, but I wanted to share my experience today.
Oh...cost factor...cardboard was free, so:
Necco wafers: $1.00
Stale RITZ: $.75
Nasty cookies: $1.50
Afternoon of grins, giggles, hoots, and relaxation: priceless.
Q
A few nights ago, I had taken a piece of cardboard and hot-glued various "environmentally friendly" reactive targets to it - a tube of Necco wafers, some stale RITZ crackers, and some really nasty store-brand cookies. The Neccos were about quarter-size and the cookies were about the size of baseballs (3" or so), so I had a good range of sizes. For shiggles, I hot-glued two pennies to the cardboard, too. Why? Because they were on the floor when I plugged in the hot-glue gun, that's why
I set my target about 10 yards from the firing line. Before anyone says, "What's 10 yards?" remember: Necco wafers at that distance are pretty small!
I loaded my open-sight Browning Buckmark with Federal Bulk Pak ammo and let 'er rip. What a blast! I have gotten so used to shooting only holes into paper that I had forgotten how much fun it is to see something happen - a candy wafer shatter, a RITZ cracker disintegrate, a cookie chip away - when hit by a .22. The surprise was from the two pennies: one must have been grazed, b/c it got knocked off of the cardboard. The other penny must have gotten centered by a bullet, b/c it punched a full penny-size hole through the cardboard - looked like a .75 Wadcutter hit it!
I shot about 100 rounds, I guess, and missed far more than I hit - especially the Neccos. The cookies were easy pickins, the RITZ difficult, and the Neccos were a downright challenge. But it was a lot of fun. I know there have been threads on "what are your favorite reactive targets" before, but I wanted to share my experience today.
Oh...cost factor...cardboard was free, so:
Necco wafers: $1.00
Stale RITZ: $.75
Nasty cookies: $1.50
Afternoon of grins, giggles, hoots, and relaxation: priceless.
Q
