target practice?

I got a free latex paint-ball grenade with about a quart of orange paint. I tied it to a steel fence post at 200 yards. My grandson hit it first shot with the 308 Win and it sprayed about a 15 foot radius brite orange. Good thing it's all non-toxic and bio-degradeable. He is 12 years old, and got a kick out of blowing it up.
 
I like shooting cantaloupes that are over ripe, they are my favorite. I also like to shoot paper for precision. It's kind of a game with me and my dad to see who can get the smallest group.
 
I shoot varmints for practice. Can't say that I "never" shoot at non living targets, but outside of load development or checking zero, it's pretty unusual that I'm aiming at anything but a live target when the pin drops. I find real live targets in their natural habitat to be by far the best practice, for me.

- DAA
 
This time of the year is great for shooting grapefruit. My wife's grandmother lives in a retirement community where the streets are lined with grapefruit trees and we just stop by on the way out and pick up several buckets full of them off the ground. The boys get a real kick out of watching them explode when they are hit by the .17 or the 223 hollow points. Plus they are biodegradable and we don't have a big mess to pick up after a couple hours of shooting.
 
I shoot steel cinder block molds that can often be had free from brickyards if they make their own cinder blocks (most do) when they get out of tolerance. It's 1/2" stuff that kinda resembles stainless steel the size of cinder blocks obviously, and seems to last forever. Just get 3 pieces of rebar a couple copper or galvanized plumbing T's, pound 2 in the ground put the T's on top, slide the 3rd rebar thru, and hang steel from it with S-hooks. You'll have to burn the holes in the steel as a carbon bit won't touch it.

For big long-range tgts. I use 4-5 ft. pieces of electrcal conduit, big pieces of cardboard, 2 more pieces of rebar, and cable ties (zip straps). Attach the carboard to the conduit with the cable ties all along the edges, pound the rebar into the ground and slide the tgts. over them. Cheap, quick to assemble, light and very portable.
 
Steel! No mess, no going down to tape, just set it up and shoot, bring it back when done.

'Rock hunting' as described above is very good fun too, if you can find a good safe place to do it.
 
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Dude......That is sooooo ghetto. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif



Yeah, I was kinda surprised at the admission too.

Chupa
 
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