barnfrog
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Whenever I heard or read things like "plinking" or "plinking loads," I always thought of people shooting without really caring if their gun or ammunition was very accurate or precise. "Plinking" in my mind was little more than glorified noise making. Sure, plinkers were aiming at a target, but they kind of expected to miss a goodly number of times because their "plinking gun" or "plinking ammo" was maybe only good for 2 or 3 MOA at best. Not that I cared if others plinked, but when I shoot I like to know my gun and ammunition are dialed in so I can be relatively sure that misses are my fault.
But today for some reason I decided to look up the term and found that, at least according to Wikipedia, plinking is often intended as marksmanship practice, but is just more informal. To wit:
So based on this information, I guess I plink. Is this what most of you think of as "plinking?" Do you plink?
But today for some reason I decided to look up the term and found that, at least according to Wikipedia, plinking is often intended as marksmanship practice, but is just more informal. To wit:
"The primary attributes of plinking that make it appealing as a sport are as follows: easy availability and broad variety of locations, minimum cost, freedom in practice, outdoors environment, and more engaging shooting experience when compared to established target ranges. Since not all people have reasonable access to a target range, outdoor shooting done at home or other nearby piece of land is a natural alternative, and for many, homemade shooting ranges are the only way to keep up good marksmanship."
It would seem that one plinks whenever they are shooting at things other than paper targets and doing so someplace other than a formal shooting range. Nothing about sub-standard firearms or ammunition or not caring if one hits what they're aiming at.
So based on this information, I guess I plink. Is this what most of you think of as "plinking?" Do you plink?