Favorite Things to Shoot at

[Eddie]

Tasty animals like deer, pheasants, squirrels, rabbits, quail and doves. They cook up so much better than those paper targets.

 

[84VETTE]

I shot an old toilet with 12 ga bird shot once. It was pretty disappointing to see that the lead shot just bounced off. Next time i'll have steel 00 buck.

 

[84VETTE]

get some diet bubba cola and shake it up, it will shoot like 15 feet in the air if u hit it just right.

 

[Jeff]

Steel.

 

[Mr. Habib]

Toilets Melons My daughter loves to shoot clay pigeons standing up on the back stop. Spinners and dueling trees. Balloons attached to a no shoot silhouette so that it bobs in and out from behind cover are fun, too.

 

[HICKMAN]

 

[Donnelly]

The first time I brought my wife out to shoot, we brought the .22 rifle and a $1 bag of water balloons. Took the time to blow them up to fist-size and then stapled them to the backstop. She had the time of her life. Felt like she was at the carnival. She's been hooked ever since.

They do bob in the wind, so it makes it a little challenging, especially at longer ranges. And don't forget to police all those pieces of latex afterward!

 

[QuellerOfChaos]

TV's used to be a favorite. I never understood the road signs target shooting. But just about anything that will break, shatter, or explode. Aerosol cans are a good one.

 

[Lock n Load]

Clay pigeons lined up on the 100 yd hillside for the ARs, keep hitting any orange piece you can see.

Golf balls and cans are always fun too.... pretty much anything reactive or gives an indication of a hit !!!

 

[Gungho_1989]

When we get the 22's out and I take my 7 year old along we stop by the dollar store and pick a few bags of Cowboys and Indians or Army men, set them up on a 4x4 or Rail road tie and start plinking. See who can knock the other guys army off first.
old toaster ovens are a bit of fun as well. Haven't done the computer or microwave thing but did ruin a perfectly worthless washing machine once.

We were actually thinking about going this Sunday weather permitting.

 

[duke]

Spray paint cans are fun. They give a satisfying cloud of paint when hit.

 

[a.bentonab]

I read on here some time ago that enough wet paper makes a decent redneck ballistic gel. I was throwing out loads of paper from my early college days and decided to save some. I stuffed paper in an approximately 12x12x12 box (anyone from evansville area, it is a Grippos box, yum). Phonebooks would also work nicely. One of these days I will wet it up and shoot it with some different rounds I've got.

 

[Cain71]

Barn cats...people just drop em off and at last count there were about 50 running around the neighbors place. In the trash,crapping in wifes flower beds,and some are so inbreed they have extra parts.... We shoot them.

 

[dak109]

Shot a can full of expanding foam sealant. What a mess but was cool to watch. Oranges, onions and grapes are fun too.

 

[243rem700]

Cans full of pop with rifles. The geyser that shoots up is amazing.

 

[dieselman]

tannerite.

 

[flyinlow78]

Golf balls, rocks with a .308 at long range, matchbox cars. 2 liter bottles full of water with a .223.

I second the phone books soaking wet. I duct taped them together, soaked them overnight, and they really do make a good way to capture bullets.

 

[indoorsoccerfrea]

I love shooting 12 gauge spent shells with a .22, irons only. they fly sideways, far down-range, straight up, etc.

 

[Leadeye]

Anything I can salvage lead from.

 

[JetGirl]

Once I froze some water balloons with food coloring in them. Then RachelMarie and I blasted them. THAT was pretty fun.