GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Anybody besides me collect empty kitchen targets? Cooking oil jugs, etc.? If you can hit a quart Mazola jug w/handgun at 10 yds I figure that's gudnuf. :mrgreen:
Kitchen targets
- Thread starter GunnyGene
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I have close to 100 milk jugs ready for the next outing. Only problem will be the time to fill all of them with water, then the weight of them hauling them all to our shooting spot. They still recycle just fine after being blown apart---might at well get an extra use of them before they hit the recycle bin.
Cheap warm soda pop cans. Full. One of my better shots was a two liter bottle at 135 yards. Open sights with a reload (mine) of a British 303. It was good for me anyway.
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
AJGUNNER said:
Forgot y'all got to sort your trash up there. :wink: Don't have that here. It all goes in the landfill or out in my back 20.
contender
Ruger Guru
I use milk jugs, soda pop bottles etc as targets. Fill with water, shoot, & watch the smiles when hit!
hogan
Single-Sixer
Eggs at 200yds with the .243win.
My kids like to head to the produce department at Costco for cheap bio-degradable targets, shoot and feed the critters at the same time, pumpkins in the fall are the best with a bit of tannerite added. :lol:
They tried that full soda cans thing once with cheap soda from Wal-Mart, they decided it wasn't such a good idea when I made them pick up all the sticky cans and load them up in trash bags before we left. :lol:
They tried that full soda cans thing once with cheap soda from Wal-Mart, they decided it wasn't such a good idea when I made them pick up all the sticky cans and load them up in trash bags before we left. :lol:
GA Cracker
Blackhawk
Fill'em up when they are emptied and then on shooting day you don't have to spend a bunch of time filling them up. I also compare different type ammo on the filled water jugs of all sizes. I enjoy showing folks how much difference there is when they shot a filled milk jug with a standard load or a FMJ and then letting them shoot the water filled jug with the Winchester PDX1.
graygun
Hunter
milk jugs
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GunnyGene
Hawkeye
Shirley, you Don't mean these. :lol: :wink:
Jim Puke
Hunter
I use the jugs and paper plates...lot of paper plates...good targets.
contender
Ruger Guru
Nice jugs!
I do most of my shooting in the cooler months so I save all of my larger juice jugs, plastic laundry detergent containers etc. during the year. Kids love a reactionary target! I probably have 50 nice targets for my granddaughters to enjoy. Here's a pic of my GF who I use to fill the jugs, the ones I brought, on-site 
exavid
Hunter
I like balloons, attach them to sticks and poke them in the ground so the balloons are a couple feet off the ground. For my 7 year old grandson I put them out about 100yds for him to shoot at with his .22 Savage Rascal.
rugerjunkie
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Reactive targets with water flying everywhere! Whats not to like!
A box of clay birds are pretty cheap too. We used to set up plywood stands out in our pit and fasten the birds with 3 drywall screws on each one so the jolt of impact wouldnt knock them off. Put them on in 2 distinct groups so you can have some friendly competition to see who clears their side first! Fun up close or out at 100 yards!
They may take a little time to set up but its well worth it for the amount of fun!
A box of clay birds are pretty cheap too. We used to set up plywood stands out in our pit and fasten the birds with 3 drywall screws on each one so the jolt of impact wouldnt knock them off. Put them on in 2 distinct groups so you can have some friendly competition to see who clears their side first! Fun up close or out at 100 yards!
They may take a little time to set up but its well worth it for the amount of fun!
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6gun said:
Use diet soda, whatever is in them to make them sweet is not sticky, it doesn't even attract bees.
Seltzer water is even cheaper and even less sticky, but is clear so you don't get that color burst when hit.
My dad used to shoot necco wafers with his MKII at 25 yds and clay piegeons at 100. Not bad for a .22,
