What's your favorite way to practice shooting?

[SAWHOSS]

BEES!!!
My nephew and I set up a couple of paper targets and pin apple halves to them!!
Two grown men giggling like loons!!!
This splat at 30 yards with HW 98!!
Challenging, and more importantly, FUN!!

  Talk about two grown men  giggling like loons, BULB and I are just happy to splatter an 8 and a half by 11 sheet of paper. And it's more than giggling, we are laughing our heads off.

[avator]

BEES!!!
My nephew and I set up a couple of paper targets and pin apple halves to them!!
Two grown men giggling like loons!!!
This splat at 30 yards with HW 98!!
Challenging, and more importantly, FUN!!

  Talk about two grown men  giggling like loons, BULB and I are just happy to splatter an 8 and a half by 11 sheet of paper. And it's more than giggling, we are laughing our heads off.

LOL...... just think how fun it's going to be when you move it out to 15yds...     oh, my bad

[chopstopher]

I only have about 8 yards of shooting space in my garage so I put old magazines in front of my pellet trap and let them have it! Pretty cool to see the back of the magazine blown out after a shooting session. 

[Rivers3Plinker]

No pics but I like to shoot:

• tomato cans & soup cans
• anything that's aerosol but empty enough to be junk
• anything that's defective that frustrated me recently like old electronics
• stuff the wife throws away like a compact or an old house decoration
• wine corks and bottle caps
• Birchwood Casey Shoot-N-C targets
• *** My favorite - old Christmas ornaments ***

I do not recommend shooting golf balls. I've had rounds ricochet back at me and hit my house.
I put all the above in front or inside my DIY pellet trap so I can easily dump the remains in the trash.
I just reposition the trap somewhere around my wooded acre at the side of my house.

Thanks to Palonej for the the apple slices idea. Can't wait to try that!

[SAWHOSS]

BEES!!!
My nephew and I set up a couple of paper targets and pin apple halves to them!!
Two grown men giggling like loons!!!
This splat at 30 yards with HW 98!!
Challenging, and more importantly, FUN!!

  Talk about two grown men  giggling like loons, BULB and I are just happy to splatter an 8 and a half by 11 sheet of paper. And it's more than giggling, we are laughing our heads off.

LOL...... just think how fun it's going to be when you move it out to 15yds...     oh, my bad

     BULB and I can't even see that far. We'll need to shoot at a bed sheet at that distance.

[avator]

Found a bag of army men at the dollar store... talk about flashback. Only problem is, back in the days of the daisy with the magazine in the barrel (can't remember model) you just pick the little green dude up and shoot him again. With today's airguns, he looks like dried chewing gum after one shot. And that's if he hasn't left the planet.

[WNCmotard]

Great, I'm a grown man and going to buy army men tomorrow. Man, what a perfect day it was here in the mountains today. Had a good day at work, it was 67 degrees out so all the snow is gone, and things are almost dry out. Naturally when 5:00PM hit, I RAN out the door and came home for some trigger time. I also discovered today, that I can get a perfect 50yd shot (maybe 75 by moving further back, not sure yet) shooting over the top of the carport. I'm one happy guy, and the weekend can't come soon enough since my Srod will be here.

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[stonykill]

Found a bag of army men at the dollar store... talk about flashback. Only problem is, back in the days of the daisy with the magazine in the barrel (can't remember model) you just pick the little green dude up and shoot him again. With today's airguns, he looks like dried chewing gum after one shot. And that's if he hasn't left the planet.

    Glad to see I'm not alone in my shooting practice.


    Agreed my Red rider from the early 70's, which still resides in my gun cabinet, just knocked over the little green guys.

   I see a trip to the dollar store in my future to buy myself army men

[TheBullsEye]

I love shooting paintballs. Both in the snow, on the ground or in the lake. Just throw out a handful and start splashing. Good fun and hard to hit.

good idea ill have to pick up some paint balls all of these ideas are awesome and can't wait til it warms up for good here in the mid west!

[Bill in SC]

Generally, to check zero and keep my general shooting skills honed, I shoot paper at 10 meters from the bench. Not as far to walk to change targets. :-) One thing I have found with shooting airguns at any range, the more money you spend, the more accurate the guns get!  ;-)

Bill in SC

[WNCmotard]

Generally, to check zero and keep my general shooting skills honed, I shoot paper at 10 meters from the bench. Not as far to walk to change targets. :-) One thing I have found with shooting airguns at any range, the more money you spend, the more accurate the guns get!  ;-)

Bill in SC

I'm assuming there's a down slope on that bell curve where I can't shoot as well as the gun is capable of, no matter the cost. 

[Rodent Reaper]

This thread is full of good ideas.  Thanks guys.

[Arjuna]

I have 10 meters in my basement for paper targets at a Do-all trap.  25 meters in my backyard with a knockdown target.  Inside, weather doesn't bother me and I don't bother any neighbors.  But it's not safe to shoot the knockdown target or army men inside.  I'm envious of those who have 100 yards to play with.

[pappa]

For critical sighting in, I use a sturdy tripod with a large V shaped rest padded with 3 inches of foam rubber and an indoor target taped to a  backstop padded with 4 inches of folded news papers at 10 yards. I next go to the front door, use the door sill to steady my forearm, and ping at 2 inch spinners staked into the front yard at 30 yards. I keep in practice by nailing squirrels and crows raiding my wife's bird feeders about 20 yards out on the same front lawn.

[woogie_man]

Gummy bears    They are darn near bulletproof.
Old vitamins
Necco waffers
Antacid tablets
Tooth picks
Life savers.... shooting through the center hole
Old keys and locks
Anything fun from the dollar isle at any major store
Rotten and old food......espically eggs

[Monkeydad1969]

Flipping cans and ripping the lids off:







Joe

[K.O.]

This was my back yard range 20-25-30 yards for stock 1322 & PC77, now with  mods, barrel tune and 1399 stock I use Quarter size dots stick on or drawn.

I also do quick chucker, pheasant, grouse, dove, quail, rabbit, jackalope, etc drawngs.

prone, kneeling, sitting knee rest, shooting sticks, side rested, unrested, and of course offhand. Sand bag zeroing.

I spend about 1/4 of my shots concisely making a check of form, 1/2 just plain relaxed shots and 1/4 hunting shots as if the game could get

spooked at any moment and there is need to shoot quicky but also relaxed and not feeling hurried what I call feel the shot shooting.

When my kids are around we go to the mountains nearby and  we take turns setting up targets  along  a 1/4 - 1/2 mile of trail.

I picked up a few of these cheap once  http://factorydirectcraft.com/catalog/products/1302_2533_1857-25147-standing_artificial_crow.html?utm_source=googlep&utm_medium=gpfeed&utm_campaign=gpfeed&gclid=CI__raSX2rwCFYqPfgod1xsAzw

man the list could go on and on on targets...   such as very small snowmen...

[45Bravo]

Flipping cans and ripping the lids off:







Joe

Pellet gun art!!!

I like it!!