Can sniping at 100yds

[Col. Plink]

Have been having some fun lately shooting cans of water at 100yds. Spent just a minute or two making some loops out of twine, and hung them from the target rails by the tabs. Have had a ball nailing them at 100yds with a CZ mini-Mauser! The shredding of the aluminum is quite impressive, usually with left or right side completely blown out. Interesting to note it is almost impossible to distinguish entry from exit. Part of this post should be directed at the Barnaul ammo which really shined in 7.62x39 and in my pump .308...

The CZ and a Nikon 4x puts 'em right on the crosshairs at 100yds; so the 12oz cans are fairly easy to hit, but good fundamentals are needed.

I had to make some adjustments to the Remington 760 using the .308 Federal 150-gr SP's I thought I had sighted it in with, but having few of those along I had to switch twice. Both the Barnaul Bear Silver softpoints and Brown fmj's responded with consistency after a test shot and a tick or three's adjustment on a rudimentary scope (Bushnell Sharpshooter 3-9x). I was able to hit a 12oz can with an fmj, but the impact of a Silver softpoint on a 24-oz can full of water was tremendous! There was nothing left of it that could be discerned from the bench. The piece that was large enough to see launched over the berm out of sight.

I prefer to see it as more childlike than childish, but I just love plinking, which takes on an entirely new dimension in 7.62!

My collecting and marksmanship efforts may just be satisfied with seeing how many cool things I can get to hit cans of water at 100yds. Well, someday maybe 200...

 

[jpwilly]

I wish I lived in the country where I could set up a plinking range! Grew up in the country but have been stuck in the cities since 18. Reactive targets and varmints are very fun to shoot!

 

[rondog]

IMO, plinking is what shooting is all about! Paper targets get so boring, but water-filled cans & jugs, clays, bottle caps, golf balls, cookies, and all manner of "reactive" targets never gets old. God Bless America!

Try shooting water-filled soda cans at 100 yards with an M1 Garand and open sights (or any old battle rifle w/iron sights). Hitting them like that will do ya good and make ya proud!

 

[Col. Plink]

I hear ya! I have done clays with a Garand at that distance, and was watching through a spotting scope when a buddy of mine did-in a beer can full of water with it and it was amazing! It just blew up, left nothing on the string.

To be honest, I don't live on open land but have joined a rifle club that allows aluminum cans and plastic bottles if placed on the berm between the rails or suspended between them. Such fun! I have the added pleasure of creating a new target every time I drain those newly re-issued Dublin Dr. Pepper's!

 

[375shooter]

There is definitely a lot of fun in this type of shooting. I haven't done this in a while, but I used to plink empty 12 gauge shotgun hulls at 100 yards with my M700 .223, from the sitting position. I had about an 80% hit rate. That's pretty good shooting, if I don't say so myself.

 

[swiftak]

We like to do long range shooting with hand guns. A hundred yards or so with a 22 pistol is alot of fun.

 

[Realbigo]

i wish i had a place to do fun stuf like this

 

[Col. Plink]

I think I shoot 'things' better than I shoot targets... Center of mass, maybe?