Instant gratification

[mudburn]

Went to the range with my brother-in-law while in North Carolina over Thanksgiving. The range is in a rural area, and the neighboring farmer's cows had gotten out and deposited a few 'land mines' on the range. We weren't shooting BP that day, but even with .22 hollow points, those cow patties were instant feedback targets. The manure was spread that day! :haha:

Darryl

 

[Maynerd62411]

Manure piles :rotf: My Mom showed me long ago, how they used to put lady Fingers in fresh piles , light and run. Lots of fun there. :rotf:
I used to sit on the bench by the back door and shoot green apples off the tree with a .22. My Mom loved it. Walnuts blow up pretty good , too.

 

[Gordon Horn]

At one shoot I attended, they used the large styrophome cups and filled them with flour or lime and hung them from the standard at the 50 yd. line. Great fun! White smoke on both ends of the range.

 

Several years ago I went to a scrap yard and cut the web from the middle of a 36 inch I-beam. Then I took it home and fashioned two buffalo targets. They came out about 18 inches high by about 24 inches long. Then I fabricated a couple stands for them. As they're built as big swingers they don't require resetting and have been left on the range for years. We've shot them out to 500 yards. They don't move a lot as they are quite heavy, maybe 60 lbs, but they make a satisfying "thunk" when hit with a soft lead projectile. You won't hear it past 300 yards. If painted white you also see a white dust cloud from both the paint and the bullet disintegrating.

That's been 15 or more years ago and we still shoot them. They show little wear as they're 3/4 of an inch thick. Jacketed bullets aren't allowed on these mild steel targets as they will destroy them.

I've shot all the other targets mentioned and I believe all of them are great fun! Rocks, (which we have no shortage of!), set up on top of my target frames are a lot of fun also.

Vic