How many of you have shot something more than a paper target at the range.

[KiltedClaymore]

just remembered a fun thing to do! get a big can of tomato soup (expired, cause food waste is a crime to me) or stewed tomatoes. something red and liquid thats canned. get a stuffed animal about the same size and a TINY bag of tannerite. like the little snack bags. take the bag of tannerite, tape it to the front of the can. open up a can-sized hole in the bottom of the animal and insert the can, tannerite facing front. sew/stable that bad boy up and take it shooting*!


*not for use around sensitive kids!*

 

[ThomasT]

Hey Jerry that explains it. But what about the ex wife? LOL.

 

[EdLaver]

The one thing I have enjoyed shooting is in a pond on a friends land. Seeing a 7.62 x 39 kick up water in scary and fun at the same time!

 

[azhunter12]

Ive gotten deer

 

[JERRY]

she got away.....

but i was saying those to be in line with your joke.

 

[ThomasT]

Hey Jerry i knew it was a joke. I'm glad to see someone else shares the dark humor. I just hope the "for real" thing wasn't too bad for you.

 

[Cosmoline]

Squirrel, hare, ptarmigan, grouse, etc. and one enraged muskrat. Also I've shot down numerous trees, shot a hornet's nest, shot a motel, shot a car, shot an old shack, shot a guy in Reno for looking at me funny

 

[RancidSumo]

Where do you get tannerite? I really REALLY want to shoot some!

 

[neededausername]

Many steel targets with a .22 handgun(I shoot in smallbore silhouette competitions), a duck with a .22 rifle, steel targets with a 30/30 T/C, that was fun.

 

[10-Ring]

Lots of paper - steel plates - clay targets - frozen jugs of water - old car panels & a couple ducks

 

[Legionnaire]

I hunt. Taken whitetail with shotgun slugs, .30-06, .308., .30-30, .243, and .44 Mag (revolver), as well as bow & arrow. Lots of small game and inanimate targets as well. Most fun targets were steel silhouettes out to 900 yards.

 

[Oohrah]

Rancid Summo, most of the shootin magazine advertise
tannerite. Pretty impressive bang once it's mixed and
a high power round goes into it.
Most two and four legged varmits (Marines 57 to 65)
No bear even though I live in bear country (Don't care for the meat) and haven't found time for elk hunting. Largest game in this area would be bear up to 450 and the Elk can run
larger depending on the type.
Other than targets, pretty well confine shooting to those
things I eat

 

[Claymore1500]

A 1 gallon paint can (the kind house paint comes in) fill it with water, put the lid on tight, then put a quarter on a rail road tie and sit the can on the quarter, shoot it with a high power rifle.

After you blow up the can, look at the area where the quarter was, you should see an imprint of the coin, The one I did, you can read "United states of America" albeit backwards.

 

[aka108]

I just hope that whatever you use you clean up afterwards.

 

[CRITGIT]

Golf tees
Golf balls on a frozen pond
Clothes pins
Marshmallows on a pond
Frozen orange juice round lids
Homemade dough balls painted bright orange
Necco Wafers (the oldest candy in America)
Plain and peanut M&Ms
Plastic water bottle tops
Clogged spray paint cans left for dead
All these "blowds up" reeeeaaaal goooooooooood!

CRITGIT

 

[powermad]

Clear cutting with the shotgun is fun.

Nastiest thing I ever shot was a dead elk.
It was summer and as I was going out to my shooting spot I came across it.
I figured I may as well see what my reloaded 9mm would do. It was unimpressive.

Hmmm wonder what 3" 00 buck out of an 18" barrel at 6 feet will do.

Went home smelling like rotted meat.

I came to the conclusion that if I ever have to fire it in the house at someone I will have to move.
The 1st shot is 2 3/4 birdshot, after that its drywall and carpet time.

Fridges and chest freezers filled with water are fun to poke holes in with .308 and up. Huge geysers of water.
Phone books soaked in a bucket and dried out are cool but messy.
Pumpkins filled with red jello are fun.
I have been meaning to get some Tannerite. They are local too.

 

[Matt304]

rcmodel:

Sounds like a fine way to get on the ATF watch list buying the aluminum powder in quantity.

And also a fine way to blow yourself up messing with it!

We had a local idiot that made his own M-80's using aluminum powder.

He ended up blowing up his trailer house with him in it a few years ago.

rcmodel

Rcmodel,

Fine aluminum powder is not illegal to possess or own. It is regulated from fireworks supply companies. Get it elsewhere, like eBay.

And no, ammonium nitrate based reactive targets are NOT sensitive. They won't do anything when lit by fire. They are not sensitive to even moderate shock. Shooting the pile with a .22 will not set it off. This is why when used in a demolition, they need a detonator to set the stuff off.

The types of things you are talking about which are dangerous are flash powder mixtures, which are incredibly sensitive to static and shock. That is what is used in M80s, because it is sensitive to fuse initiation.

This could very well be illegal to make in some states, so proceed with caution. But as I remember reading in the Orange Book, Federal law actually allows rural use of explosive mixtures by regulater individuals. Farmers have been blasting stumps for years with ammonium nitrate. It is the various states which will impart additional regulations on top of that law. I read that it is completely legal in certain states to mix your own reactive targets, and use them on site, in a rural area. You cannot distribute or transport them mixed on publics highways, however.

I don't care much about shooting reactive targets, but I thought I would put it out there for others, because the videos look pretty darn neat. If you don't believe me, watch this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nkwzWw1ciqc

 

[NASCAR_MAN]

The 1,629 thread got me to thinking. I suspect quite a few urban gun owners have never had the opportunity to shoot anything more than paper with their rifles and have little to no idea what the rounds will do to flesh or hard materials. A few might have had a chance to shoot some computer monitor or tv, depending if your range will allow it.

Got me to thinking what the percentages here were.

Have you shot anything more than range paper with your rifle?

I've shot small deer with everything from a 50 Grain 222 to a 165 Grain 308.

Most notable were:

222 (50 Grain) - the shot deflected from the limb of a Mesquite Tree and key-holed at the base of the spine above the shoulder. Deer fell instantly.

30-30 (150 Grain) - Deer hit solidly under shoulder (shoulder not broken or damaged). Ran 75 feet and collapsed. Furthest run I've ever had.

308 (165 grain) - Deer hit Solidly under shoulder. Death-o-Matic.

Just some experiences.

Nascar

 

[ProCarryNAustin]

Ahhhh Memories

At one outdoor range I used to go to in Houston, there was a thrill-seeking grey squirrel that would appear out in the rifle lanes between 100 and 200 yards. To really appreciate this, picture the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. There would be a slight delay of sheer disbelief followed by a volley of gunfire straight out of WWI. Said squirrel would start running back and forth and finally disappear off the side of the range. This happened several times. Had to be the same critter each time. Never seemed to get hit. I often wondered if it was some pet of the range owner sent out to drum up ammo sales.

Daniel
Austin, Texas

 

[MikeD999999]

My wife and I were the sole shooters of this car. When we started, it had glass and the hood was shut. The engine and gas tank had been removed.

We did most of the damage with about 12K rounds of .308 from the 1919A4, 5K rounds from an AK, and about 2K rounds from a 10/22, all full auto.

My wife decided to concentrate on the door hinges until the door fell off.

Mike D.

 

[NASCAR_MAN]

At one outdoor range I used to go to in Houston, there was a thrill-seeking grey squirrel that would appear out in the rifle lanes between 100 and 200 yards. To really appreciate this, picture the final scene of Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid. There would be a slight delay of sheer disbelief followed by a volley of gunfire straight out of WWI. Said squirrel would start running back and forth and finally disappear off the side of the range. This happened several times. Had to be the same critter each time. Never seemed to get hit. I often wondered if it was some pet of the range owner sent out to drum up ammo sales.

You are a sick man....just like me.

But I like the way you think!

Sam

 

[22-rimfire]

I guess my favorite plinking targets are clay pigeons, necco wafers, cans of water with a cap on them, fruit, and similar. Reactive targets are fun!

 

[KiltedClaymore]

I just hope that whatever you use you clean up afterwards

+100000000000000000

i do alot of shooting on public land (like alot of folks do out here, because Ben Avery only allows paper) ans there is trash EVERYWHERE. leave the place better than you found it. leave no trace. please, otherwise these types of places will continue to disappear.

 

[BADUNAME37]

I went into an old house when I was a kid that was condemned to be torn down and had a hay day with my 20 gauge shotgun!

Shooting holes through walls, doing ballistics, etc.

 

[rero360]

Humans do tend to be reactive targets. Never actually shot someone but I had to fire a warning shot once infront of some guy's car, I've never seen a car stop so fast in my life lol.

I've shot plenty of stuff, comp monitors, cinder blocks, old cars, APCs, Russian tanks, some random factory out in the middle of the desert. stuff like that.