Indoor Range: Fun Things To Try?

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Sometimes, I get a little bored shooting at the range. Anyone have safe suggestions for making it a little more interesting? I've tried:

1) Shooting one handed.
2) Hanging multiple targets and transitioning between them.
3) Shooting quickly.
4) Practicing changing mags.
5) Hanging targets from only one clip so it swings back and forth while shooting.
6) Shooting wrong handed.
7) Shooting with both eyes open.
 
Wouldn't the natural progression be:

8) Shooting with both eyes closed?

How about shooting over the shoulder using a mirror?

Load some dummy rounds between live rounds and see how much you flinch.
 
9. Shooting a happy face on the target
10. Take random scattered shots with a .22 then try to shoot those holes bigger with a larger caliber
11. draw your own targets (clowns, dinosaurs, pumpkins, etc...)
 
Instead of a bullseye or anatomy shaped target, try horizontal bars (4x1 inches) and then vertical bars (1x4 inches) then finish it off with either a 1x1 box or a small dot in the middle of a white paper?
I try doing a "tiny el pres" sometimes by finagling three targets to one hanger and then running the drill ...
Hrm ... try running the target all the way back and shooting 15 rounds without checking impact?
Dunno, I don't like shooting indoor much, either. >.<
 
My current "project" at the indoor range is to get a 50 shot group all inside a 2" bull at 50 feet, each time, every time. I've been working on that for about a year now. I'll probably be working on it for at least that much longer. It sure is fun, though. When I finish, I'm going to run the targets back to 25 yards and repeat.
 
Thanks for all your suggestions! I'll give'm a try next time at the range (except shooting eyes closed and over the shoulder with a mirror (grin) ).

And yes, I was talking about a commercial range which doesn't allow shooting anything but paper -- so it's all about what the paper's got/how I'm holding the weapon (safely.)

They'd probably get pretty mad if I wadded up paper then threw it downrange while trying to shoot it out of the air.

Anyone have suggestions for two player range games? Someone suggested tic-tac-toe and a variant of the poker game they played on "Top Shot".
 
The way I've seen pistol poker played, you take turns taking shots. Each player takes 5 shots. Shooting an un-shot card puts it in your hand. Re-shooting a card leaves you shorthanded. Player with the best poker hand after the ten shots wins.

Even if you're a perfect shot, the game requires a lot of thinking -- you have to shoot cards that not only block your opponents hands, but also help your hand. Some people play with a time limit, within which you must shoot.

I assume the shooting should happen at the edge of your skill range -- where you might miss, say 1/5th of your shots, into a play card size image.
 
Cutting the cardboard target hanger in half with #00 buck?

Yes, I did it. I was testing out my shotgun, and I realized they were going to have to change the cardboard after I was done anyway, so I just cut it in half. I love my Saiga.
 
I like to send a silhouette target out to 50 feet, and before I shoot I'll hit the button to bring the target back in. The trick is to keep all of your bullets in the kill zone, and empty the gun while the "bad guy" is charging you. We even do this with my son's 9mm ar-15. It's a blast to try and get all 32 shots off before the target reaches you.
 
Similar to Warden's idea, I took a sheet of 8.5 x 11 and cut two slits from the edges towards the center, leaving about 2.5 inches from the center uncut.

It took me about 4 shots with a 9mm to saw the paper in half at 21 feet.

I call it shooting out the noose.

Of course, the easier version is to just cut a 2.5 inch wide strip of paper and try to cut that in half, as the vertical aim doesn't matter as much as the target I cut.
 
Put up a bulletproof piece of lexan hanging so no ricochets can come back and hit you and you can pick away at old motors, lawn mower engines, vacuum cleaners, etc.

Just be sure you have plenty of ventilation from the lead that will become atomized in the air! Also, make sure you are well-protected from ricochets!
 
yea, i can't stand when someone gets enjoyment out of their firearms
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What? I think you misunderstood. He was saying the requirements (only paper targets, standing at a single firing line, no moving, ... sometimes no holster use, no "rapid" fire, etc.) enforced at most indoor ranges are why he doesn't like them.

You must admit, that sort of thing is pretty stifling.

I do know of a few commercial indoor ranges that do accommodate "practical" shooting, at least during designated match days or practice sessions, but that takes a lot of coordination with both the owners and a group of interested shooters who will commit to showing up during those specified events and making it worth the owner's while (i.e.: paying) as he'd have to close the range to other shooters while the USPSA/IDPA types set up and ran their stages.
 
The Wiry Irishman--I am trying to keep 50 shots on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of paper!!
I have never shot anywhere except into my pond dam, but we are in the process of moving to Ft Worth. Don't know where I am going to shoot now.
 
This used to be a monthly competition on another board:

Get a sheet of posterboard or cardboard, around 22x28

Glue or tape 2 sheets of copy paper to the posterboard.

Stick a 3" Post-It in the middle of each sheet of paper.

This gives you two targets

4 Rounds in five seconds. 2 rounds per target. (One or two hands, standing)

Post-it 10 PTS
Paper 8 PTS
Poster 5 PTS

Repeat three times: Any score over 110 is excellent.

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One competitors target.
 
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