.22 to the range

beats the heck out of video games, old movies, and lawn maintenance!

Sounds like a fine way to spend a morning (or an afternoon) to me.

That truly sounds like a great day. No pressure, no group size, unadulterated fun.

xring3 said:

Targets were dandylion puffs.

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dieselchief said:

beats the heck out of video games, old movies, and lawn maintenance!

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Shooting dandelion puffs in the back yard from our deck is lawn maintenance. No wait - that might be the opposite of lawn maintenance. Maybe someone could figure out a way to put 2-4-D into exploding 22LR bullets.

That sounds like a fun break from serious competition and paper punching.

I've spent several afternoons shooting cat tails, pinecones, dirt clods and the like. Nice change of pace.

Sweet

I love shooting at small stones in the berm with my .22s. Another thing I do is steal my grandsons little green army men and snipe them at 50 yds. Childish but fun. When I was young my Red Rider accounted for many little green scalps. Good times.

I have also enjoyed little green army men targets. The kids left some out and our dog chewed them up pretty good so I got the idea to set them up at pistol range and try to pop their heads off with my lil ugly Heritage. Was alot of fun! ......childish, but fun

I've always enjoyed shooting rimfires and have gotten back into silhouette shooting the last few years. Kinda like shooting dandelions or little green army men, you shoot, hear a clang and the silhouette falls over, hopefully.

I plink empty shot shells, a good hit sends em sailing.

That sounds fun....I like to cut down Polk salad by shooting down the stalks.

xring3

Sounds like fun but I hate dandelions and by shooting at them you cause their seeds to be dispersed further on the lawn: more seeds, more future dandelions. In the way of organic targets I still love to shoot up pumpkins, watermelons, and tomatoes. For non-organic fun not only do we shoot at plastic water bottles, we try and see who can knock just the bottle cap off without knocking over the bottle.

we try and see who can knock just the bottle cap off without knocking over the bottle.

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Offhand at 50 yards.....

TN Outlaw said:

That sounds like a fun break from serious competition.

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Sounds to me like someone needs to plant the dandelions in neat rows and turn it into a competition: Puffball silhouette shooting.

Well, no. That would take the fun out of it!

Fifty yards at .22 metallic silhouettes with a 10-22, or 25 yards with a handgun. It's especially fun with a red-dot sight on my ruger MKII.

I usually start by shooting at targets stapled to cardboard on a stand and wind up attempting things like shooting the staples off the targets. Shooting that last staple is gratifying.

Shucks,,,
.22 only days are my norm.

Shoot for hours and it only costs about $10.00.

Aarond

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Cut some scrap 2x4s into squares for .22 RF. Drill a hole 1" from one edge and get some wire to hang it. First hit gets it moving. Try and keep hitting the moving target. Eventually a piece will split off making it smaller and smaller. Just keep shooting at the smaller piece until your left with the tiny piece still on the wire. A decent piece of wood will last a surprisingly long time. Free and it's biodegradable. Lots of fun.