I found this today at the rifle range
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Turn it into a wildcat
EddieG54
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My granddad use to make my brother and I whistles out of old spent rifle casings. A few that I tried to make looked a little like that
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that a good shot! right in the middle!
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
Details, details? May be a new cottage industry?
Wait till you find the CO[sub]2[/sub] soda-making cartridges I've shot pretty close with a .22. (One or two were full at the time, but I quit that as being almost as dangerous as bullets when that 900 psi CO[sub]2[/sub] suddenly got loose. Not recommended.)
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The other side of that coin is, people leaving their trash laying around. On the other side of that, having done that they usually fly off to never never land.
lightman
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When I first started wet tumbling I tumbled some cases like that, minus the bullet hole, just to see what it would do. Some of them had been in the burn barrel. After about 8 hours they looked new. Afterwards I destroyed them to keep them out of circulation.
It all depends on what type of firearm is used and at what distance. The OP never stated what the distance was.
All of the shot cases and hulls I find are usually at the 25 yard berm with some at the 50 yard berm. With an accurate rifle using a scope that shouldn't be that difficult of a shot or it could be jut pure luck.
CoalCrackerAl
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I have a 2032 battery i shot a hole in at 50 yards.
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ok… 50 yards is 1/2 a football field. If you did that then you should apply for the olympic shooting team. Mens Team Sir!!!
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It took a few shots to hit it. 
I've read that police snipers use empty brass as targets and do that quite often. Most people think of snipers as long range shooters, but in LE around 40 yards is the typical range, military snipers usually shoot farther, but not always. LE snipers usually have to be able to thread shots through very small openings to hit their targets at more moderate ranges.
I've never tried, but don't think it would be very hard at 50 yards with a rifle zeroed for 50 yards. Several of my 22's should do. As well as a few of my centerfires if I took the time to zero at that range.
I've never tried, but don't think it would be very hard at 50 yards with a rifle zeroed for 50 yards. Several of my 22's should do. As well as a few of my centerfires if I took the time to zero at that range.
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I shot the battery with my Axis .223. It has a decent FFP scope on it. With hold over and under marks.
Citadel 3-18x50 LR1 Riflescope – Sightmark.com
Citadel 3-18x50 LR1 Riflescope – Sightmark.com
True. Most shots by police sharpshooters are at 100 yards or less.
And making a one shot hit on a case even at 100 yards is pretty easy with a good rifle/ammo and a good shooter.
230RN
2A was "political" when it was first adopted.
You need to learn how to use Kentucky Elevationage.
On my handguns, I learned how high to hold the front sight above the rear sight plane for various ranges. But I had a lot of practice shooting on the Grasslands* at targets of opportunity at unknown but estimated ranges. It gets to be a knack after a while. When I first said I used ""Kentucky Elevationage," people laughed.
Kentucky Elevationage does not work well with the issue 1911 since that front sight is pathetically small.
Terry, 230RN
* This was on the Pawnee National Grasslands, when basically, you could fire a .30-06 in any direction at any angle without hitting anything but planet Earth. I understand it's a different story up there nowadays.
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I spotted my problem. . . .
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Well, I once knew a B27 target that would disagree.
My son and I were zeroing my Savage Axis Edge, .223, at 100yds, when he asked if I thought I could hit the target with the Remington Rand 1911 I had from my PD. I replied, “sure”, drew the pistol, held over and squeezed. About a second later we heard the hit. Son said, “right shoulder”. I adjusted my windage and slowly emptied the magazine. All 8 hit the silhouette.
Pure luck, no doubt about it. But we both still claim it. The chief of that PD still carries that 1911. I think one of the coolest parts of it was the wait from ignition until impact. There was a very distinct moment in between.
mokin
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I found a penny somebody had tried to shoot a hole through. It had a good dent in it, I'm guessing about .22 diameter. I suppose it was taped on a target when it was shot. What the shooter didn't count on was the penny getting blown through the paper.
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