Air Gun Plinking

[RainDodger]

That's a great idea about the spoons! I'm gonna do that myself rather than spend $$ on a commercial version.

Up to now, I've driven a stick into the ground and stuck a plastic water bottle on it, about 40 yards from my deck. You can hear the pellet hit the plastic and it lasts a long, long time... like a year or so.

 

[tasco 74]

i have a permanent air gun target in my backyard all the time..... it's an actual size steel bowling pin 1/8 in thick and it hangs on an old realty sign... i can shoot air rifle an pistols in town all afternoon (sometimes i do) with out getting any attention or trouble from neighbors.... i also have a small empty probane gas tank cut in about the same size of a bean can with a hook on it to shoot because my rws just shreds cans and the tank holds up to the hits a lot better.... in the winter i shoot at targets in pellet traps to see how small of a group i can get.......... air gun plinking is good, safe, clean, cheap fun....

LIFE IS SHORT.....

 

[sonier]

Rangeruck not so good idea shooting the shotgun shells primers that are loaded, its fun but dangerous. dont reccomend it ive had shotgun shells do some weird things when doing that so be careful.

 

[dagger dog]

The silouettes shot at by the high power and rimfire shooters , ram , hog,turkey, chicken are also scaled to .177 cal air gun and are intended to be used at 10 meters the chicken is about 1& 1/2" tall and half that wide and is very hard to get consistant knock downs shooting standing. They are also available as swingers so you don't have to reset targets every round.

 

[GUN BOY]

dagger dog, I was looking for something that I could set up for free, no offense.

Also

A little off topic, but yesterday I asked my dad if we could reload 12 guage shells with fertilizer instead of shot for our potato patch.
Unfortunately he thought it's be too costly…

 

[Mandolin]

Won't the fertilzer go boom when you fire?

 

[Maverick223]

Won't the fertilzer go boom when you fire?

No, it is very stable, and most does not have the proper ratio of constituents (needs very high nitrogen), besides you need a catalyst (fuel) for the very high heat required. Uhm, I know this from organic chemistry...yeah definitely chem. class.

 

[DMZ]

Necco wafers at 25 yards.

 

[GUN BOY]

Won't the fertilzer go boom when you fire?

We never tried it, And probably never will.

 

[ccsniper]

anyone try paintballs on toothpics or golfball tees? or water balloons?

Because here in Australia ammo is really overpriced and because air rifles don't use gunpowder and are small they are cheap. They are also near silent and have a really small amount of kick. That's why

+1 cheap cheap cheap!!!

 

[proplinker]

How about English sparrows and European starlings. I have a 1895 bank barn and have killed well over 25 since August 2nd

 

[JohnKSa]

Have to agree. Small pests are the best reactive airgun targets and you're not only getting practice you're doing something else worthwhile by reducing the impact of non-native species on your local ecosystem.

 

[WNTFW]

Crackers in a slot in a board
Marshmallows
Charcoal briquets

Just think about the mess it will leave behind before shooting anything.

A spinner target works well also.

 

[ccsniper]

I am kinda disappointed that no one has mentioned American Airgunner

http://www.americanairgunner.com/

 

[tasco 74]

i have heard of spraying a plain white sheet of paper with sugar water and waiting till the flies and bees show up for some SMALL game hunting.... just wait until the bug is on the paper then try your skill...... i would suggest you let the bees go as we need them to pollenate(sp) plants or we'll all be up the creek........ flies are fair game though..............................


LIFE IS SHORT.....

 

[GunTech]

why in the hell would you wanna shoot an airgun ive hated airguns since i shot my first .22

Have you ever shot a quality airgun (e.g. Beeman R1, R7, R9, RWS 48, etc)? My new RWS 350 magnum will kill squirrels and such out to about 70 yards, is as accurate as an match 22 and can be safely and legally fired in my backyard. I'm paying $6 for 500 rounds of ammo.

I love conventional firearms, but airgun have a nice niche. Unless you live in the country, you probably aren't going to be able to hunt vermin in you back yard with a 22.

 

[Franco2shoot]

Try tossing a couple lemons or limes in the freezer. Even room temp these are good targets. I put a long wood screw through them and have a spot on the fence rail that I can set them up on.


KKKKFL

 

[7X57chilmau]

Tums tablets make a nice chalky "poof" if you hit'em well. Challenging past 20yds. Put out a dozen at a time, scattered in the yard (safe locations!).

J

 

[SDC]

Peter Capstick once wrote an article on what he called "mini-sniping", where he would stand empty 9mm cases up at various ranges, and then try to zap them with a high-end air rifle; it is CHALLENGING, and takes every bit as much skill as full-bore target-rifle shooting at scaled-up ranges.

 

[Brazos]

I shoot air rifles quite a bit for the same reasons as you. I like shooting air rifle silhouette so I bought targets from http://www.metaltargets.com/
They made a set of chickens, hogs, turkey, rams for a cheap price. Granted since you are from Austraila the shipping will cost as much as the targets but I am sure there is somebody around there that can do the same.

As for Chevyforlife I suggest you study what air rifles are about before you make such a comment. I nice air rifle is a true pleasure in life that you are missing out on.

Brazos

 

[JTH]

Up to a couple years ago, I had no idea, how advanced air rifles have become. I'm contemplating buying one but I still like the Benjamin Pump Pellet rifle. It's virtually the same rifle that I shot 40+ years ago as a kid.The new generation rifles, really have gone high tech. with power to match. I don't think I care to invest $150-$300 in an air rifle though. For the silence factor though and inexpensive ammo, you could put some serious hurt on a prowler, I'd just have my 870 close buy as backup. I'd probably just save up a little more and but another SKS or another AK. Still they would be cheap fun for plinking purposes.

 

[JohnKSa]

I am kinda disappointed that no one has mentioned American Airgunner

Thanks for the link. I wasn't aware of that show.

I don't think I care to invest $150-$300 in an air rifle though.

I started out with that philosophy.

Then one day I realized I was spending more time shooting my airguns than shooting my firearms because of the added flexibility/convenience of where I was able to safely shoot, because of the ease of maintenance and because of the inexpensive ammunition.

It suddenly dawned on me that it made absolutely zero sense to cheap out on the airguns and have to hassle with lousy triggers, flimsy plastic and inadequate sights as a result, when I was spending more time with them than with my firearms.

At that point I stopped looking at my airguns as firearm substitutes and started treating them instead as a separate outlet for shooting pleasure. Once I adjusted my philosophy then it was clear that money spent in making my airgun shooting time more pleasant was an excellent investment.

For example, I have a (firearm) rifle that I shoot at most a couple of times a year and yet I spent around $800 on it--I'll bet that most of us could cite a similar example from their firearms ownership experience. In that light, why should I feel that spending $800 on an air rifle that I shoot several times a month or more is somehow a less sound use of my money? It clearly doesn't make sense, but that seems to be the attitude that many have.

 

[Kernel]

^^^^^^^

Well said!

 

[DnJ90]

I like to use animal cookies.Kind of like going on a safari!