IdealFugacity
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- May 7, 2007
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Took the .22 out again this weekend and had a lot of fun zeroing the scope on it...the Marlin 60 with CCI Standard Velocity rounds was putting 5 rounds in a ragged < 0.5" hole @ 50 yards, with less than 100 shots of experience under my belt. I took the girlfriend to the range on Sunday and she had some fun with the targets, but then to keep it interesting I used some extra tape and hung a couple of "Reactive targets" of trash items we found in her car. We had fun seeing who could hit the 4 targets the fastest with a 3 second penalty for any missed shots, etc.
I thought of a free reactive target I could make that I don't think will require "any" cleanup and not leave behind a mess but as it will be a while before I get to the range again (weeks) I figured I could ask if anyone's shot something like this before, and I could throw together a couple dozen in different sizes.
I cut a half-and-half carton in half leaving me a section which is 2" tall and 2.75" square on the sides. I then sliced up a cardboard box into a bunch of 2.75" squares and glued them in layers into the carton. The reason I did it like this is because the soda cans etc sometimes barely move at all when a bullet passes right through them, I figure the cardboard here should provide enough "Catch" that it will definitely show a good reaction to the bullet. Should make a nice Thwack sound as well.
Will this spray a lot of debris that needs to be cleaned up or should it provide painless entertainment?
I'll get to work on some 1" square models for squirrel kill zone targets next. As we saw this weekend...with the scope, and a decent rest, at 50 yards targets of this size aren't a matter of "can you hit it" it's more like "How fast can you hit it"?
Thanks!
I thought of a free reactive target I could make that I don't think will require "any" cleanup and not leave behind a mess but as it will be a while before I get to the range again (weeks) I figured I could ask if anyone's shot something like this before, and I could throw together a couple dozen in different sizes.
I cut a half-and-half carton in half leaving me a section which is 2" tall and 2.75" square on the sides. I then sliced up a cardboard box into a bunch of 2.75" squares and glued them in layers into the carton. The reason I did it like this is because the soda cans etc sometimes barely move at all when a bullet passes right through them, I figure the cardboard here should provide enough "Catch" that it will definitely show a good reaction to the bullet. Should make a nice Thwack sound as well.
Will this spray a lot of debris that needs to be cleaned up or should it provide painless entertainment?
I'll get to work on some 1" square models for squirrel kill zone targets next. As we saw this weekend...with the scope, and a decent rest, at 50 yards targets of this size aren't a matter of "can you hit it" it's more like "How fast can you hit it"?
Thanks!
