[sstalder5]

What do you guys shoot at for fun?

After shooting skeet, trap, and sporting clays like 3x a week for the past few months, I've also gotten into pistol and rifle shooting.

Paper targets are okay, but I hate having to run downrange every few minutes to see what we hit and mark off or patch bullet holes.

Lately we've been shooting at steel targets so the ping tells us if we got a hit. We set up a long board with scraps of 1/4" steel plating hanging from paracord. That worked pretty well until we destroyed them with AR-15's.

Right now we have a shotgun range, a 100-200yd rifle range, a 25yd pistol range, and an action range. I get back from my NZ trip just in time for summer break and we're looking to build something really cool when I get back. We have 70 acres of woods and a 1 acre pond in the middle. Any ideas?

 

[ultraNoob]

What do you guys shoot at for fun?

After shooting skeet, trap, and sporting clays like 3x a week for the past few months, I've also gotten into pistol and rifle shooting.

Paper targets are okay, but I hate having to run downrange every few minutes to see what we hit and mark off or patch bullet holes.

Lately we've been shooting at steel targets so the ping tells us if we got a hit. We set up a long board with scraps of 1/4" steel plating hanging from paracord. That worked pretty well until we destroyed them with AR-15's.

Right now we have a shotgun range, a 100-200yd rifle range, a 25yd pistol range, and an action range. I get back from my NZ trip just in time for summer break and we're looking to build something really cool when I get back. We have 70 acres of woods and a 1 acre pond in the middle. Any ideas?

just watch his vids and you'll get some good ideas

http://www.youtube.com/user/FPSRussia?ob=0&feature=results_main

 

[sstalder5]

Haha I'm already subscribed to him. I can't afford to shoot at like half of the targets he uses though.

I've been looking at top shot for some ideas but nothing really stands out yet.

We do have access to a full professional wood & metal working shop. ...Now that I think about it, my friend's dad (the guy who owns the shop and the land) was a set designer for Star Trek. I'm sure he could help us out!

 

[johnbryanpeters]

Half inch steel plate with head and upper torso chalked on surface
Limestone boulder a little smaller than upper torso

 

[DirtMcGirk]

We used to cut out manhole cover sized 1" with a torch. Took forever, but we'd punch a hole through the top and then hang them from frames out of 4x4's. Was a lot of fun to try to tune them to make other sounds. Then just slap a coat of cheap spray paint over them, and fire away.

 

[IH8Rice]

These hit-reactive targets challenge the shooter to seek out the target and adjust for every shot. Originally designed for law-enforcement, military and fast-action pistol training, they hop and roll after every hit. The self-sealing material heals itself after each hit, enabling these targets to sustain more than 1,000 hits from any caliber, from .17 rimfire to .50 cal.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Shooting-Accessories/Targets-Chronographs|/pc/104792580/c/104769180/sc/104625180/Do-All-Impact-Seal-Ground-Bouncing-Targets/1217809.uts?destination=/catalog/browse.cmd?N=1100227&WTz_l=SBC%3BBRprd1217809

 

[ultraNoob]

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Shooting-Accessories/Targets-Chronographs|/pc/104792580/c/104769180/sc/104625180/Do-All-Impact-Seal-Ground-Bouncing-Targets/1217809.uts?destination=/catalog/browse.cmd?N=1100227&WTz_l=SBC%3BBRprd1217809

dad and I used to push tennis balls with our .357's. We'd each throw a ball about 15 yards out and see who could push it the furthest with 6 rounds. We'd go through 10-20 tennis balls a week easy.

 

[sstalder5]

I like shooting at metal. JBP will 1/2" steel stand up to rifle fire? Because the 5.56 from the AR's punched right through 1/4" and 3/8", and that was the biggest rifle round we shot at it. The manhole cover sounds like a good idea.

 

[johnbryanpeters]

I dunno, all I have is a pistol.

 

[SLOPE]

Gallon milk jugs full of water

 

[IH8Rice]

Gallon milk jugs full of water

cheap bottles of coke are fun too

 

[ultraNoob]

I like shooting at metal. JBP will 1/2" steel stand up to rifle fire? Because the 5.56 from the AR's punched right through 1/4" and 3/8", and that was the biggest rifle round we shot at it. The manhole cover sounds like a good idea.

With ball ammo, 556Nato should barely blow through 1/2" mild steel within 100 yards. It's also dependent on how rigid the plate is mounted.

It might be a fun experiment, to case harden the 1/4" steel plates and see how they perform next to the 1/2" steel with ball and steel core rounds.

 

[DirtMcGirk]

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Shooting/Shooting-Accessories/Targets-Chronographs|/pc/104792580/c/104769180/sc/104625180/Do-All-Impact-Seal-Ground-Bouncing-Targets/1217809.uts?destination=/catalog/browse.cmd?N=1100227&WTz_l=SBC%3BBRprd1217809

I haven't gotten the round count out of the ball I bought from them that I was promised. I think maybe 250 rounds mixed of .45, .357, .223 and some 12ga buck. Its falling apart.

 

[Westy]

Womp rats.