Targets

SwedeSteve · 04-28-2008, 04:25 PM

More like a brick HOUSE for me, LOL!

LefthandShooter · 04-28-2008, 04:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marion57

Dang would have to be a big bricket for me to see it at 100 yrds

Me too!
(Do they make ones 12" square?)

Wingwiper · 04-28-2008, 04:34 PM

I use a target that has 1 inch grids and I place a White Pasty in the center. I aim for the pasty and with the 1" grids, I am able to make a good sight adjustment. When I shoot, I want to learn from my shots fired.
For fun I take a .22 LR and go to the dump and shoot Rats, or little targets of opportunity such as, labels on junk, buttons on radios etc, whatever may be in the dump that shows a challenge. In another thread, I made a joke but something I did many many times for a great challenge. Take a bottle and lay it on its side and go back and shoot the bottom of it out without damaging the neck of the bottle. Increase your range until you can't do it anymore and keep trying. I have done it at 55 feet. Oh! No scopes and no benching. Give yourself HARD challenges.

Lefthandshooter,

A one inch pasty shows up fine at 100 yards. You'll see it against a Black background.

SwedeSteve · 04-28-2008, 05:17 PM

The only pasty's I like are best viewed CLOSE up, LOL!

parad0x · 04-28-2008, 06:11 PM

Old equipment is fun to shoot, plus you were going to throw it out anyhow.

Old laptops and old hard drives make fun targets. Wood bowling pins. The water bottles I bring to the range, after I drink them, fill them with sand and shoot them.

It's most fun to shoot a target that moves or falls when you shoot it.

Capt'n Mil Coll · 04-28-2008, 06:34 PM

Now do those pasties have tassles as well?

billy · 04-28-2008, 06:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by marion57

Dang would have to be a big bricket for me to see it at 100 yrds

id need the whole grill!

marion57 · 04-28-2008, 07:44 PM

I hear ya billy .. I like the fruity target idea myself !!

Shoottathril200 · 04-28-2008, 07:57 PM

I feel jealous guys. You get all those fancy targets and all I get are propane tanks and dead cattle to check ballistics.

Sins-of-Mosin · 04-28-2008, 08:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by LefthandShooter

I got 9 of these (brand new Full) for targets the next time I get to the parent's farm! We will build a fire behind them first, get back about 100 yards, and POW!!!!!!!!!!!!

Noob! Move up to the big one!

Mike82 · 04-29-2008, 12:20 AM

i like Thril200's idea....Sins, ur tanks are too small....noob....go to a propane tank graveyard with some 180+gr FMJ HB's and just use krylon to paint targets....I'd do this when I know there's no-one, mainly law enforcement, anywhere closeby

SwedeSteve · 04-29-2008, 02:30 AM

Holy shiiiite! I wanna do dat!

Farmer · 04-29-2008, 08:39 AM

For fun i use mini clay pigeons, also bio degradable and fluro orange
For sighting in i use the sniper target from remington.com

R5CYA · 04-29-2008, 01:26 PM

the side of a barn. it's the only thing i can hit.

LefthandShooter · 04-29-2008, 04:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sins-of-Mosin

Noob! Move up to the big one!

Been there - done that.
Back in the mid 1980's we shot a tank off of a gas grill. The airport tower 3 miles away called the fire dept. when they saw the fireball. Bond fires usually had multiple aeresol cans - one with 120 cans and several hundred rounds of old rifle/shotgun ammo.
Also was around when my older brother's friends filled a 6 foot weather ballon with acetylene oxygen mix and put a 15 minute cannon fuse on it. Blew a hole 1' deep by 6' across and broke windows a mile away. Since it was close to the gas company's underground storage there was about 30 company vehicles along with 2 counties sheriff's vehicles, 2 cities, and some state highway patrol cars. They never found the spot nor cause due to a well camo'ed blast site.
(I knew how to make Napalm when I was 8. Used it to burn green brush piles.)

SwedeSteve · 04-30-2008, 03:10 AM

LOL! You are as sick as Moose, and billy!

Mike82 · 04-30-2008, 03:33 AM

yay....but have you ever filled a 55gallon drum in black powder, homemade napalm, diesel fuel, and 90%rubbing alky(for the pretty colors)....and set that son off....it was money well spent....didnt have any fuses or anything, so we made a fuse using a loooong trail of diesel fuel, and recorded it....my buddy burned the tape soon after tho, especially since the back of the K-mart got blown off using a similar method >.>

vcpilot79 · 05-02-2008, 01:59 PM

just wanted to share this with you guys...walmart has these targets that are made up of eco friendly non toxic chalk that are bright orange so you can see them easy. its nice and cheap and the box claims that the chalk has exploding action once it gets hit. its called Visichalk and this set up with 12 round chalk targets set me back a whopping $6.98! they have boxes of refils of chalk for even cheaper. only thing is that they are kinda small...i put a spent round next to the target as a comparison. i plan on getting my second m91/30, turning it into a sniper, and having fun with these.

gandog56 · 05-02-2008, 02:19 PM

Whatever is on sale. I don't have any favorites. But I use orange target dots on all of them!

SwedeSteve · 05-02-2008, 02:25 PM

Well, we've def been inventive!

04-28-2008, 04:25 PM	#41
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,549 Images: 1	More like a brick HOUSE for me, LOL! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-28-2008, 05:17 PM	#44
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,549 Images: 1	The only pasty's I like are best viewed CLOSE up, LOL! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-28-2008, 06:34 PM	#46
Capt'n Mil Coll Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Right behind you. -NRA Member- Posts: 3,386 Images: 45	Now do those pasties have tassles as well? __________________ Let's light this fuse and see what happens!

04-28-2008, 07:44 PM	#48
marion57 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Missouri Posts: 3,620	I hear ya billy .. I like the fruity target idea myself !! __________________ You can have my gun when you pry it from my cold dead fingers Please Mr Custer I dont wanna go

04-29-2008, 12:20 AM	#51
Mike82 MMmmm.....I Like PIE!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Starkville, Mississippi USA Go BullDAWGS!!! Posts: 2,735 Images: 7	i like Thril200's idea....Sins, ur tanks are too small....noob....go to a propane tank graveyard with some 180+gr FMJ HB's and just use krylon to paint targets....I'd do this when I know there's no-one, mainly law enforcement, anywhere closeby __________________ No Trespassing! Violators Will Be Shot! Survivors Will Be Shot Again!

04-28-2008, 04:34 PM	#43
Wingwiper Banned Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 789	I use a target that has 1 inch grids and I place a White Pasty in the center. I aim for the pasty and with the 1" grids, I am able to make a good sight adjustment. When I shoot, I want to learn from my shots fired. For fun I take a .22 LR and go to the dump and shoot Rats, or little targets of opportunity such as, labels on junk, buttons on radios etc, whatever may be in the dump that shows a challenge. In another thread, I made a joke but something I did many many times for a great challenge. Take a bottle and lay it on its side and go back and shoot the bottom of it out without damaging the neck of the bottle. Increase your range until you can't do it anymore and keep trying. I have done it at 55 feet. Oh! No scopes and no benching. Give yourself HARD challenges. Lefthandshooter, A one inch pasty shows up fine at 100 yards. You'll see it against a Black background.

04-28-2008, 06:11 PM	#45
parad0x Registered User Join Date: Apr 2008 Posts: 4	Old equipment is fun to shoot, plus you were going to throw it out anyhow. Old laptops and old hard drives make fun targets. Wood bowling pins. The water bottles I bring to the range, after I drink them, fill them with sand and shoot them. It's most fun to shoot a target that moves or falls when you shoot it.

04-28-2008, 07:57 PM	#49
Shoottathril200 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: New Mexico Posts: 53	I feel jealous guys. You get all those fancy targets and all I get are propane tanks and dead cattle to check ballistics.

04-29-2008, 02:30 AM	#52
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,549 Images: 1	Holy shiiiite! I wanna do dat! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-29-2008, 08:39 AM	#53
Farmer Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Limbri NSW Au Posts: 496	For fun i use mini clay pigeons, also bio degradable and fluro orange For sighting in i use the sniper target from remington.com __________________ Cheers, Rob I'm into gun control - I always use both hands!!!!!!!

04-29-2008, 01:26 PM	#54
R5CYA Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: San Bruno, Republic of Kalifornia Posts: 2,068	the side of a barn. it's the only thing i can hit. __________________ Badges? We got no badges! i aint gotta show you no stinking badges!

04-30-2008, 03:10 AM	#56
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,549 Images: 1	LOL! You are as sick as Moose, and billy! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers

04-30-2008, 03:33 AM	#57
Mike82 MMmmm.....I Like PIE!!!!! Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Starkville, Mississippi USA Go BullDAWGS!!! Posts: 2,735 Images: 7	yay....but have you ever filled a 55gallon drum in black powder, homemade napalm, diesel fuel, and 90%rubbing alky(for the pretty colors)....and set that son off....it was money well spent....didnt have any fuses or anything, so we made a fuse using a loooong trail of diesel fuel, and recorded it....my buddy burned the tape soon after tho, especially since the back of the K-mart got blown off using a similar method >.> __________________ No Trespassing! Violators Will Be Shot! Survivors Will Be Shot Again!

05-02-2008, 01:59 PM	#58
vcpilot79 Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: coastal california Posts: 54	just wanted to share this with you guys...walmart has these targets that are made up of eco friendly non toxic chalk that are bright orange so you can see them easy. its nice and cheap and the box claims that the chalk has exploding action once it gets hit. its called Visichalk and this set up with 12 round chalk targets set me back a whopping $6.98! they have boxes of refils of chalk for even cheaper. only thing is that they are kinda small...i put a spent round next to the target as a comparison. i plan on getting my second m91/30, turning it into a sniper, and having fun with these. Attached Thumbnails

05-02-2008, 02:19 PM	#59
gandog56 Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Montgomery, IL. Posts: 11,784	Whatever is on sale. I don't have any favorites. But I use orange target dots on all of them!

05-02-2008, 02:25 PM	#60
SwedeSteve Suspected Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Anchortown, Alaska Posts: 23,549 Images: 1	Well, we've def been inventive! __________________ Thank God we don't get as much Government as we pay for! -Will Rogers