Plinking target ideas: What ya got?

SuperMag · Aug 18, 2012

Paper targets are fun, but reactive targets are way more fun. Tin cans, balloons, and Justin Bieber CDs--we all know about. Me, I like to set up brass cases and pop 'em off the target stand.

Here's another one. Lay some joint compound into a rubber ice cube tray, screed the top smooth, and let it dry a few days. Pop the cubes out and set 'em up for targets. Even a little 22-cal bullet turns them into a big white puff of dust. Silicone rubber ice trays are perfect for this. Cheap, easy, and totally biodegradable with no litter at all.

What off-the-beaten-path target ideas do you have?

DoormanTNT · Aug 18, 2012

Now that is a hell of an idea.
Most of my shootin is confined to paper at public ranges.
Damn I gotta find a new buddy with a backyard range.

Mark75H · Aug 18, 2012

Can of shaving cream from dollar store makes a nice splatter most of the time

If you want sound and action without mess, I hang a piece of sheet metal or aluminum from a piece of light chain (actually using junk aluminum fan blades I collect from work)

SuperMag · Aug 18, 2012

Hmmm...shaving cream!

I have a few 6"-diameter 3/8" thick A500 steel plates that I hang from 5' tall "shepherd's hook" plant hangers (Wal Mart, Lowe's, Home Despot). These hangers are made of 1/2" diameter steel rod stock. The plates make a real racket and they swing. One thing to do is not hang them with the steel rod (hanger) directly behind it. Instead, add a few links of 3/8" chain and have the hanger turned sideways, so it's right or left of the plate when you shoot. The stands last forever this way.

SuperMag · Aug 18, 2012

I can't take credit for the ice cube thing. This tip came from Mike, who shoots an Astra .45 pistol pretty well.

august1410 · Aug 18, 2012

Oranges. Grapefruits.

Zombie_013 · Aug 18, 2012

I used to shoot wire fasteners (probably called something else) in my dad's garage with a Crossman bb gun

Threeband · Aug 18, 2012

Grapes.

Charcoal briquets

Coffee Creamers

ColonelHurtz · Aug 19, 2012

Go to the dollar store and get a couple of bags of plastic army men.
They make great .22 targets.

Get two different colors and you and a buddy can have a war.
Last plastic army man standing wins.

Marshmallows make great targets.
After Easter, you can buy stale Peeps for real cheap.
And they come in bright colors.

DoormanTNT · Aug 19, 2012

I remember walkin my buddys property on the shore in July shooting grasshoppers with the 22's

Fishguy · Aug 19, 2012

The kids and I hang different size balls from tree limbs (with appropriate back stops, of course) at different distances when we go to the family cabin in the woods at the undisclosed location. I will turn screw hooks into baseballs, softballs, tennis balls, and golf balls and then tie them with a long length of twine or string. We then shoot at them with the 22's and they are good fun. You shoot them while they are standing still to get them swinging, then try to get them while they are moving.

Caeb75 · Aug 19, 2012

You can get cases of pool chalk for relatively low prices online. Just like the joint compound thing, but in different colors.

Minuteman · Aug 19, 2012

Looks interesting:

http://challengetargets.com/

dj_in_md · Aug 19, 2012

Paint balls.

hvymax · Aug 19, 2012

I string plastic bottles and cardboard tubes from cables. Fortunately we are using Gripple cable hangers on the job I am on so the cut off's are fair game.

Name Taken · Aug 19, 2012

Tannerite.

Kman · Aug 19, 2012

sidewalk chalk
peeps
apples

Rem700fan · Aug 19, 2012

Full Wally world brand soda cans, balloons with chalk dust added before being blown up, lit candles, and my personal favorite...ground hogs. For my grandson I laid a piece of poster board under cans of old spray paint and had him shoot to create a work of art that we framed and now hangs in my man cave.

Skins_Brew · Aug 19, 2012

Someone list.the AGC friendly reactive targets they have. I have shot clay pigeons, ice and tennis balls.

shaddydan · Aug 19, 2012

Name Taken said:
Tannerite.

Remember that tanneritr will be illegal in md after October :mad54:

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