Fun Shooting Targets

[splitbeing]

[chuckling]

Yet another fine argument for keeping up to date on tetnis shots.

[Ronno6]

I take bottle caps and flatten 1 edge.
Then sit on a bar magnet on a support.
Shooting them makes them spin off in a whirrr

Only drawback is locating them in the grass...........

Walk barefoot in the grass and they will locate you.

Got action video of the whirlycaps?

Nope...when I hold the camera I can't hit the caps.............

[caudie]

 

[TorqueMaster]

Where did you find these silhouettes at ?
I have a bunch of the air venturi's which have been available at Walmart for a few years but am looking for others.
I didn't know where were other shapes available.
I'd especially like to be able to find a pack of just the little chickens since I now have a good way to not loose them.

I've probably had 6 sets of these the past few years and the only little chicken I have Is from the brand new pack I just opened.

I bought a small spool of neon pink string -- I think it's intended for masonry work -- and tie a few feet to each silhouette leg.  Makes them much easier to locate.  I suppose I could tie the other end to something, but this way it's still fun to see just how far a chicken or pig can fly.

Metal detecting makes a good auxiliary hobby to airgunning, too...

[Birdhunter]

Homemade splatter targets. I cut out correct sized templates with my scroll saw of the various silhouette targets (chicken, boar, turkey & ram). Take a bright piece of card stock and cover one side with (cheap) packing tape. Tape the template over the side with the packing tape and spray with (cheap) black paint (or any contrasting color). Let dry and remove the template. Place the target at the appropriate distance and have fun. Cheap black paint comes from the "Everything's a dollar" store. For card stock, I bought a 1000 or so index cards from a local office store when it closed.

Jim

Great idea, thanks for sharing. This has a lot of possibilities with the tape and paint.

[Birdhunter]

Here is one of my favorite home made targets.  A piece of scrap wood, 3 metal duplex covers, a sheet of fake stone or brick from model train store, a pack of army men from dollar store.  I call this my 300 yard sniper shot from 10 meters.

This is a great idea! could put other small targets up there as well. Thanks for the great idea!

[Birdhunter]

Just realized I replied to posts from 7 years ago! Duh, need to be more aware! Sorry!

[Steelontarget]

Steel targets at https://www.atlastargetworks.com/collections/1-4-ar400-rimfire-targets-17-hmr-22lr/products/halloween-targets?variant=47002791805243

[desmobob]

Just realized I replied to posts from 7 years ago! Duh, need to be more aware! Sorry!

Don't worry about it!  It's a fun subject and I ended up going back and re-reading the thread from page one.  :-)

[airgunaut]

While looking at some clothes hangtags, it occurred to me that they would make nice fluttering targets if hung from a line, dancing in the breeze.

Could suspend three vertical cords of them, with three tags on each cord. Or clip a horizontal line of them. Pellet trap front would accommodate either way.

I don’t often buy clothes, so there are only two tags awaiting duty. But there should be at least two more arriving from a mail order in the next couple of weeks. All these tags are a stiff cardboard or paper and have holes near the top already.

[Matchstickshooter]

 Bottle caps and plastic bread wrapper tags work pretty good too.
Can be hung or glued to a paper target.