What "fun" targets are your fav's

[dave951]

New game for Scout camp this summer. 5 shots offhand at 30yd. 5pts per hit on squeeky toy. 0 for a miss. -8 if you so much as nick the seat and the lid slams shut and yer done!

 

[waarp8nt]

I've had the 12" AR500 target for a few years. It's been silver, white, red and will be just about be any color that I have left over in paint.

Recently got the buffalo and IDPA target as seconds from the same fellow I got the 12" target. The IDPA target was especially cheap since it had a little rust on it. Might have to give it an appropriate paint job for the 4th of July.

 

[david w]

My friend who owns the LGS, gave me a bit of tannerite to try a while back.

 

[B P Maniac Shooter]

My 1/4" steel zoo critters......

 

[simonbeans]

One more. I made this one many years ago. I usually hide it behind some logs or brush.

 

[Packrat]

I agree with Flinklockar, I reallylike the split the ball

 

[Badger One]

Hello

The range I belong to has two sets of 6 falling steel plates with a rope that you pull to reset. Lots of fun to see how quickly you can knock them down.

Cheers!

Mike

 

[Old-Duckman]

When I was in my 20’s several of my friends worked in auto body shops. There was a string of shops and at the end of the road was a dump. People threw all kinds of things in the dump and we shot every Friday.

The two things that I shot that impressed me the most were:
1 - A gallon jar of some kind of pickled vegetables. It was unopened and when I shot it basically exploded and you could smell it from a good distance away.

2 - This one is a little weird…I assume that the possessions of a dear departed one were unceremoniously thrown away in the dump. I found one half of a full set of dentures (don’t remember if they were uppers or lowers). One shot and they basically disintegrated…no tooth to be found!

 

[sheriff john]

Steel, hedge apples, dirt clods. Getting lazy and cheap.

 

[Eutycus]

My wife "let's" me dispose of outdated canned goods. They make pretty good targets,messy but good.

 

[Robby]

Water filled milk jugs, I like reactive targets and they make a nice thump sound when they explode, 50-100 yards, quart or gallon, all good.
Robby

 

[dave951]

Shoot a tater with a 58cal.

 

[Va Hunter]

I had a Krylon sales rep give me around 300 cans of defective spray paint to destroy. Fun to watch it go up, around and about everywhere. Really fun targets.

 

[Thomas.bill92]

I always like steel, eggs also make a fun target but they are getting expensive these days just like the generic canned sodas I used to shoot all the time. Round lollipops are an easy one to set up, just mount a horizontal board or branch of some sort, drill a bunch of holes and put the sticks in the holes.

 

[pajeepman]

Different sizes have different point values. We shoot the trophy at the end. You have to call your target. The pirate needs a peg leg. The purple creature was ventilated nicely.

 

[Old-Duckman]

I had a Krylon sales rep give me around 300 cans of defective spray paint to destroy. Fun to watch it go up, around and about everywhere. Really fun targets.

And they give a perfect paint job to anything near enough to it. I haven’t had the pleasure of shooting 300 of them but the few I have shot were enjoyable.

 

[pajeepman]

The shooting clubs in Europe and back East would use artistic illustrations on a plank or circular board, that were targets, that could be mounted on a wall after.. These ranged from military enemies (King George lll as an example) or wild beasts

Pp0

 

[Dale Allen Raby]

Empty plastic gallon jugs filled with water and capped. Add a few drops of food coloring if you wish. They explode so nicely... and they approximate the size of a whitetail deer's kill zone, OK, maybe a bit smaller, but if you can hit a gallon jug, you can kill a deer.

Half-gallon milk cartons work well too, but they don't stay in once piece if you fill them with water, so you have more of a mess with them.

The price of these targets is great: FREE!

 

[CZMark]

Plastic sandwich bags half-filled with flour and hung from a string. They make a very visible dust cloud when hit.

 

[hatman]

Empty plastic jugs (gal milk, 1/2 gal, qt, pint) tied to a couple feet of heavy cord and then to a plastic tent stake into the berm. They jump when hit. I spray paint them in florescent green or orange for better visibility. Pretty darn cheap reactive targets.