JImbothefiveth
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Does anyone else see this and think "darwin award'?
How many of you have shot something more than a paper target at the range.
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RecoilRob
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Best thing I ever participated in shooting was a coffee can packed full with 4lbs of Tannerite, and a 16lb bowling ball on top.
Set them on top of an old Escort station wagon (right over the drivers seat) and had a buddy shoot it.
Blew the ball up in what looked like two major chunks and they went up into the clouds and we never saw them come down.
Car was a mess. Front of roof to the back seats just gone, and the back portion pounded flat to the floor to the tailgate. Doors blown pretty much off. Hole in drivers seat about 12" diameter. Hole in floor about same. Hole in hardpack earth underneath car measured at 18" deep. Respect Tannerite when you use it!
Set them on top of an old Escort station wagon (right over the drivers seat) and had a buddy shoot it.
Blew the ball up in what looked like two major chunks and they went up into the clouds and we never saw them come down.
Car was a mess. Front of roof to the back seats just gone, and the back portion pounded flat to the floor to the tailgate. Doors blown pretty much off. Hole in drivers seat about 12" diameter. Hole in floor about same. Hole in hardpack earth underneath car measured at 18" deep. Respect Tannerite when you use it!
When I was a kid I shot my neighbor's stud (male horse, intact) with a shotty. Darn thing came on our land, broke down some fence and was trying to breed our morgan. I didn't kill him - just convinced him to leave the area in haste.
rcmodel
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I can assure you it was done at long range, and entirely safe.
Better the cannon shell was distroyed in the middle of a large farm field with an earth berm surrounding it, then in the flea market where I found it, when someone dropped it on the floor!
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Probably 150 yards.
30-06 125 grain HP varmint load.
It took off like a pin-wheel and flew straight up until the powder charge burned out.
Came back down within a few yards of where I shot it.
BTW: Industrial Dynamite doesn't blow up when you shoot it.
It just gets crumbled and thrown around harmlessly.
John Wayne shooting the dynamite sticks in the air with a 44-40 to blow up the bad guys probably didn't happen unless the stuff was very old & unstable.
rcmodel
30-06 125 grain HP varmint load.
It took off like a pin-wheel and flew straight up until the powder charge burned out.
Came back down within a few yards of where I shot it.
BTW: Industrial Dynamite doesn't blow up when you shoot it.
It just gets crumbled and thrown around harmlessly.
John Wayne shooting the dynamite sticks in the air with a 44-40 to blow up the bad guys probably didn't happen unless the stuff was very old & unstable.
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streakr
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Years ago I bought a box of 40 old basketballs from a school district auction for 2 bucks. These old balls would not stay inflated and were surplused.
Took 'em to the range with the boys (8, 10 and 12 at the time) plus a couple bricks of 22LR and the 10/22 rifles.
We would inflate a few at a time and toss them out on the range...what a hoot! Moving, bouncing targets are hard to engage, but we finally got 'em all!! We saved our nation from the threat of evil old basketballs!! And it only took 2000 rounds of 22LR.
The boys (now 27, 25 and 22) remember that day fondly except for the clean-up
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Took 'em to the range with the boys (8, 10 and 12 at the time) plus a couple bricks of 22LR and the 10/22 rifles.
We would inflate a few at a time and toss them out on the range...what a hoot! Moving, bouncing targets are hard to engage, but we finally got 'em all!! We saved our nation from the threat of evil old basketballs!! And it only took 2000 rounds of 22LR.
The boys (now 27, 25 and 22) remember that day fondly except for the clean-up
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Jeeze, not only have I shot just about everything you can think of, I've shot railroad ties and metal plate INSIDE A GARAGE.
Some of the dumber stuff I've shot up...
propane tanks(not empty)
acetylene tanks(not empty)
oxygen tanks(not empty)
live ammo(as a target, not as ammo)
black powder
Me and my buddies used to play a shooting-drinking game. You had to drink beer...well, nevermind. You get the idea.
Some of the dumber stuff I've shot up...
propane tanks(not empty)
acetylene tanks(not empty)
oxygen tanks(not empty)
live ammo(as a target, not as ammo)
black powder
Me and my buddies used to play a shooting-drinking game. You had to drink beer...well, nevermind. You get the idea.
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Dove, quail, deer, rabbits, coyotes, squirrels, tin cans, rocks, trees, a few tweety-birds, rattle snakes, one low-flying buzzard (but that's another story in itself) and some paper and steel. And claybirds. A few ducks. A few turkeys. Skunks, possums and armadillos when I was a kid.
You murdered a WILLYS Jeep with an M2?!?! Aw man, you suck! That's sacrilege! WILLYS Jeeps are to be saved and restored! Or at least salvaged for the usable parts. Gawd, I hope it wasn't a WWII model MB.....
Oh, water-filled soda cans are the BEST!
twofourthree73
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Some great stories. I shot a friend's .44 mag at a milk jug. It disintegrated in 1 hit. My 9mm just poked holes in it.
Awesome story on the Tannerite RecoilRob. I would have loved to see that, although I would want a good roof over my head when the bowling ball came back down.
Awesome story on the Tannerite RecoilRob. I would have loved to see that, although I would want a good roof over my head when the bowling ball came back down.
KiltedClaymore
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propane tanks are always fun. lay one of the big 20 pounders on its side, back up about 150-200 yards, and aim for the nozzle. lots of fun, but it gets expencive quick! other fun things are: fruit, appliances, books (cheesy romance novles only, no literary classics), ect. just make sure to cleanup anthing that isn't biodegradable
Excluding animals:
golfballs
balloons
railroad ties
wood chunks
steel plates
pots and pans
automotive flywheels
disc brakes
fruit
water jugs
40 gallon drums
paper plates
cinder blocks
toilet bowls
12gr CO2 cartridges
clay pigeons
dryer vent cover
lightbulbs
florescent lights
panes of glass
tennis balls
coins
a cigarette
I'm sure there's a whole lot more. My father-in-law keeps a junk pile in the woods on his farm. Once or twice a year I pretty much have at it.
golfballs
balloons
railroad ties
wood chunks
steel plates
pots and pans
automotive flywheels
disc brakes
fruit
water jugs
40 gallon drums
paper plates
cinder blocks
toilet bowls
12gr CO2 cartridges
clay pigeons
dryer vent cover
lightbulbs
florescent lights
panes of glass
tennis balls
coins
a cigarette
I'm sure there's a whole lot more. My father-in-law keeps a junk pile in the woods on his farm. Once or twice a year I pretty much have at it.
Danus ex
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Last weekend I shot a discarded spotting scope (glass facing me), shot the ruined spraypaint can I set next to it, and then shot the woodchuck that came out to investigate just what was going on at the 100 yard line.
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Does the pope crap in the woods?
Oh yeah. All kinds of stuff. After watching some videos on youtube, I discovered the fun in plopping a mentos into a diet coke bottle and putting the lid on really really fast. When you shoot it, it is insane. Make sure you put it quite a ways down - preferably 50 yards.
I like biodegradable the best - fruits, veggies, clay pigeons, potatoes, charcoal briquets, etc. Potatoes and cheap and fun.
Oh yeah. All kinds of stuff. After watching some videos on youtube, I discovered the fun in plopping a mentos into a diet coke bottle and putting the lid on really really fast. When you shoot it, it is insane. Make sure you put it quite a ways down - preferably 50 yards.
I like biodegradable the best - fruits, veggies, clay pigeons, potatoes, charcoal briquets, etc. Potatoes and cheap and fun.
I'm one of these deprived urban gun owners who have only shot at paper.
Grew up in the country but the houses were too close together. Dad never took me hunting.
I've only taken my rifles to two different shooting ranges, and both require only paper.
My Red Ryder was a soda can decimator though. Matter of fact every piece of wood on that property had little BB pock marks on it.
Grew up in the country but the houses were too close together. Dad never took me hunting.
I've only taken my rifles to two different shooting ranges, and both require only paper.
My Red Ryder was a soda can decimator though. Matter of fact every piece of wood on that property had little BB pock marks on it.
Acera
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Scuba Tank. (still used to check zeros at deer camp)
Cell phone and pagers as hand thrown skeet.
Shaving cream cans make a good targets.
Cell phone and pagers as hand thrown skeet.
Shaving cream cans make a good targets.
Playing cards, rotten fruit, tv, computer tower, propane jugs, helium tanks, refrigerators, cars, clays, water jugs, golf balls, steel plates, electric motors, spray paint cans, remote control cars, baloons, and a couple animals( I ate them).
I once shot a whole set of plates my mother gave my wife and I, my wife made me do it(thats my story and sticking to it).
I once shot a whole set of plates my mother gave my wife and I, my wife made me do it(thats my story and sticking to it).
Geronimo45
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Shot one of those old Macintoshes - CRT monitor and 'puter all in one. With a Mosin.
Pretty thick glass they put in those things. The Mosin shredded in in five rounds.
Shot cardboard boxes regular, coke cans... most fun would have to be shooting plastic army men with BB guns... two people have their armies set up. We took turns shooting at each others' army. Whoever didn't miss, or missed less often, won.
Pretty thick glass they put in those things. The Mosin shredded in in five rounds.
Shot cardboard boxes regular, coke cans... most fun would have to be shooting plastic army men with BB guns... two people have their armies set up. We took turns shooting at each others' army. Whoever didn't miss, or missed less often, won.
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I havent tried this, but I have heard taking a thick phone book to the range is fun to see if you can shoot through it. anyone ever try this?
acmax95
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Bowling pins, soda bottles, cans, clay targets, and the coolest one was some old body armor my friend got a hold of. We shot the vests with .22LR, 9mm, .40, .45, and 12 gauge slugs. Everything over the 9 went through it.
Next trip out we are taking some watermelons to light up.
Next trip out we are taking some watermelons to light up.
chute2thrill
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Since my "range" is my buddies backyard... I don't have to worry about paper only... pop cans, golf balls, empty kegs, logs, empty propane tanks, anything glass... My personal favorite would have to be cinder blocks... Against my .30-06 with 185 gr.s they don't stand a chance...
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actually for the most part thru the years I plinked,where I went it was out in nowhere with various scrap to shoot,including old cars occassionly.I made target stands that usually I used sillohette targets not official target shooting ones.Only when I wanted to test a firearm I used a standard target,
I miss the freedom of plinking,skipping cans,shooting shotgun shells,water jugs whatever.I miss the freedom of not having to wait to call the line safe like at the range to go set up targets.
But my new area the only way to shoot is at a range,which is funny because it is more rural where I am now but all private fenced land with not enough distance of nothingness to be safe shooting out in the open.
But now shooting at a range with officiasl targets I think it is helping me realize how to have a goal of best groups I can where before a empty metal container at 100yds my goal was just to hit it not group on it the best I can.
When you go from just trying to hit a empty freon tank at a hundred with a AK with just the goal of knocking it over to trying to get as tight of group as you can on a paper target you start to realize that rifle or you (and ammo brand)is not as accurate as before when justing hearing "ping" was the goal.
I miss the freedom of plinking,skipping cans,shooting shotgun shells,water jugs whatever.I miss the freedom of not having to wait to call the line safe like at the range to go set up targets.
But my new area the only way to shoot is at a range,which is funny because it is more rural where I am now but all private fenced land with not enough distance of nothingness to be safe shooting out in the open.
But now shooting at a range with officiasl targets I think it is helping me realize how to have a goal of best groups I can where before a empty metal container at 100yds my goal was just to hit it not group on it the best I can.
When you go from just trying to hit a empty freon tank at a hundred with a AK with just the goal of knocking it over to trying to get as tight of group as you can on a paper target you start to realize that rifle or you (and ammo brand)is not as accurate as before when justing hearing "ping" was the goal.
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