What non-standard "targets" have you shot at?

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jcoyoung

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Just wondering what creative target choices some of us have used to break the monotony of shooting at paper and steel targets.

I've used the following:
Clay pigeons hung on a board ($5 for 135 targets can't be all that bad)
Rotten apples (can you say "SPLAT"
Milk jugs full of water
Pop cans full of water
Steel and aluminum blocks (scrap from the machine shop)
My friend and I would also shoot the water spigots off of the 55 gal drums we used to put the targets on. We don't shoot at the spigots now because we've done such a good job...


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[This message has been edited by jcoyoung (edited February 07, 2000).]
 
I have a farm:

Various melons/squashes
Tomatoes and other produce
pieces of PVC pipe...very fun, but a pain to clean up

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Cat, Crows, Coyotes and other critters that start with a "C"... Just Kidding... ;)

I have drilled holes in old car fenders & doors, and tires... Used to take tires, strap cardboard or plywood on it, and roll it down a slight grade, and practice shooting moving targets... Always mindfull of the backstop.
 
Bowling pins, frozen jugs of water, fruits and veggies, Neco wafers, old plastic cars and airplanes I buy for that purpose from the Salvation Army, (really neat if you put an apple or plum, or grape in the seat as pilot, getaway driver) I'm such a kid!
 
Well, I can add to the list:
--watermelons, cantaloupes, honeydews, oranges, grapefruits, pumpkins, soaked phonebooks, junked cars and trucks, fridges, microwaves, toatsers, old surplus 386 laptop computer, fax machine with thermal paper, glass and plastic bottles of all shapes and sizes, water balloons, cardboard boxes, packing peanuts in garbage bags, dept. store mannequin found on roadside, 36 x60 portarit of first wife and myself...
 
My brother in law and I headed over to a friend's house who had an outdoor range on the property. Using my Springfield 1911 and his .30 rifle and muzzleloader, we had fun blowing up dead hard drives and a Tektronix Xterm (really old computer). When you're frustrated by the computers at work, there's nothing like putting holes through your old hardware.

/Sciri/
 
I have violated the civil rights of numerous beer and soft drink cans, als oplastic milk containers and stacks of wet news print (for bullet recovery).
 
Lessee here. Pumpkins and cantaloupes (sp) mostly, but I have shot a Tec-9 (it was the target) ;), various hot water heaters, washing machines, and a Volkswagon. :D

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A large hollow pumpkin filled with scrambled eggs and ketchup...

CMOS

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GOA, TSRA, LEAA, NRA, SAF and I vote!
 
Find an open spot with a good backstop.
throw up quarters and dimes and shoot em with your favorite handgun! Not only do you lose all of your money,you look like an ASS in front of all of your friends! ( damn those guys on tv !!!!!!! )
CALVIN
" IM THE NRA! "
 
This isn't quite as fun as produce, but I feel I've become a much better shot. I use the cardboard trays that hold cases of soda. They are the size of the avg. torso, and they have no clearly defined aiming point. Sorta like an IPSC/IDPA target, on-the-cheap.
 
I enjoy shooting shook up, warm full beer cans. They go fizz!! :)

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Just as there is no such thing as too much fun,
there is no such thing as owning just one gun!!!

Off my meds (quit smoking), armed to the teeth, and loose on an unsuspecting society!!!
 
I'd like to try shooting at a "wet pack" to see what the deformed bullets look like.

Someone posted this about several months ago on AR15.com, they told how you take about six phone books and soak them in the tub over night... they swell up twice as big. Transport them to the range in garbage bags so they dont dry out, and then tape them together all in a row. Shoot them then length of the row.

M.
 
I grew up bout 5 miles from the county dump. Was just an old canyon where everyone dumped their trash. All of us kids would go there to shoot as we always had plenty of targets. So if it is in your trash, I have shot it.

Most interesting was dynamite. Out in the high sierra desert was a lot of fun getting rid of some of the old stuff that we used on the farm.



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Richard

The debate is not about guns,
but rather who has the ultimate power to rule,
the People or Government.
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Spotted owls, bald eagles, and such... just kidding! LOL

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Poker chips, porcelean(sp?) tiles, expired aspirin tablets, candles, bars of soap, stale hard candy, potatoes, apples, stale Ritz crackers.....
So, basically anything that's not worth much $ and breaks,cracks,splats,explodes upon impact.
-Kframe
 
Lets see, dynamite, propane tanks (full and empty), plastic jugs of gasoline, apples, tomatoes, watermelons, several old cars, televisions, stoves, diswashers, computers, tape players, tennis balls, empty cartridge cases, flying clay pigeons (with a 1911), ceramic tiles, bricks, hanging steel pipes, more dynamite, rolling tires with a target in the opening, full beer and soda cans that had been in the sun for about 6 hours, blocks of ice and junk. :cool:

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