Daisy Shatterblast targets- HoughMade approved!

[HoughMade]

A set of Daisy Shatterblast targets made into my younger son's Esater basket yesterday. In the afternoon, we tried them out with my trust Red Ryder (the one my dad bought me in 1982). These things are fun. They are clay target, around 2" in diameter.

If you hit them dead center, they'll shatter and fly apart very satisfyingly, throwing pieces up to around a foot into the air and 5 feet behind the target. If you hit an edge, it will chip off and you can try for a more centered hit. The disposable nature of them may put people off, but it costs between $6 and $7 for a refill box of 60, and that's actually a lot of shooting. You can put the larger pieces back into the holder and try to hit them again, so I'd estimate you can get about 75 to 90 hits out of a box of 60, reusing the larger pieces (though we only did about a dozen yesterday).

My son and I felt some irrational hubris and were trying to his them from 50+ feet (both sitting and "Creedmoor")...which with the Red Ryder's lack of rifling is optimistic, but we were doing pretty well closer to 25-30 feet which is more rational for a smooth bore.

We're going to see what we can do at distance with our rifled pellet guns on another day. My older son wants to use his bolt action .22 rifle with shorts on them. We'll see.

 

[DanVoils]

Will clay pigeons fit into the holder?

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

I've been seeing those in the stores. They did look fun.

 

[HoughMade]

Will clay pigeons fit into the holder?

They are about 2" across. Mini's may come close, but I think they are bigger than 2"

 

[chezuki]

A set of Daisy Shatterblast targets made into my younger son's Esater basket yesterday. In the afternoon, we tried them out with my trust Red Ryder (the one my dad bought me in 1982). These things are fun. They are clay target, around 2" in diameter.

If you hit them dead center, they'll shatter and fly apart very satisfyingly, throwing pieces up to around a foot into the air and 5 feet behind the target. If you hit an edge, it will chip off and you can try for a more centered hit. The disposable nature of them may put people off, but it costs between $6 and $7 for a refill box of 60, and that's actually a lot of shooting. You can put the larger pieces back into the holder and try to hit them again, so I'd estimate you can get about 75 to 90 hits out of a box of 60, reusing the larger pieces (though we only did about a dozen yesterday).

My son and I felt some irrational hubris and were trying to his them from 50+ feet (both sitting and "Creedmoor")...which with the Red Ryder's lack of rifling is optimistic, but we were doing pretty well closer to 25-30 feet which is more rational for a smooth bore.

We're going to see what we can do at distance with our rifled pellet guns on another day. My older son wants to use his bolt action .22 rifle with shorts on them. We'll see.

My dad shot these as a kid, and taught me to do the same. We cut an 1/8" groove in a 2x4 to hold them. They are technically edible, but BB targets are a much more suitable use. They are a little over 1" in diameter, cost about $0.50 per roll.

 

[HoughMade]

I've shot those too....but not with a smooth bore Daisy from 20-30 feet. We shot those with .22s from about 50 feet.

 

[Kirk Freeman]

Uncle to dad: try them with tracers. Really cool around dusk.

Piney Mountain Ammunition Co.

 

[DanVoils]

Uncle to dad: try them with tracers. Really cool around dusk.

Piney Mountain Ammunition Co.

At 1070 fps they are essentially subsonic. I wonder how they work out of a suppressor?

 

[medcoxo]

YEP,, I love these things!!! Nice 'reactive' targets. Use them a lot myself.

 

[Dog1]

I have some of the metal ones. The kids love shooting at them. We go through a case of birds each time we take the 22's out.

 

[rbane3]

Glad you guys had a good time! Something about family holidays and shooting just go together. Here's an idea I found:

[video=youtube;nGBrfpWc4oQ]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGBrfpWc4oQ[/video]

This guy is a bit... odd in his delivery. But I picked up a spool of 16 gauge wire and a box of clay pigeons for ~10 bucks total. A pair of tin snips may run you $8-10 and a 1 time cost.

 

[HoughMade]

Will a Red Ryder BB at 350 fps break a clay pigeon?

 

[rbane3]

Will a Red Ryder BB at 350 fps break a clay pigeon?

You've got me there. I haven't a clue. Just offering a possibly more economic solution

 

[padawan]

I'll take Neccos for $.50, Alex...

 

[Thor]

Ping pong balls work great with a Red Ryder. You can shoot them all day and they move every time you hit them.

 

[Restroyer]

We use these at the kids 4-H shoots with .22LR rifles. They take little clips and hold the Daisy Blast Clay Targets onto a piece of Cattle Rail Fencing (the fencing with the wide squares). Kids love it.

 

[BogWalker]

Will a Red Ryder BB at 350 fps break a clay pigeon?

In my experience it tends to just leave a hole rather than shatter them.


Rural King used to have very similar holders for full size clay pigeons. I've got a set and use it for .22 target shooting.

 

[patience0830]

Bag of dum-dum suckers and a staple gun. Brick of .22 ammo. Accurate rimfire rifle. Recipe for fun.

After you break the suckers, you see how many times you can cut off the stick.

 

[Gluemanz28]

I like to take 1" flat washers and shoot through the center.

Its even more fun to throw them in the air and shoot through the center with our Ruger 22 Bearcat.

 

[Leo]

I would take my boy out with cheap cookies, from the stale bread store. Cheap, bio degradeable and the birds love them. They might even fit in those holders you just bought. I like the neco wafer idea.