hey everyone, i'm looking for some fresh ideas for some fun plinking targets with a .22lr. Here's what i've been plinking so far

 

paintballs (old and deformed, completely unusable)

animal crackers

condiment packets

 

so if you have some fun plinking targets that you would like to share please do

Golfball. The fun part is the followup shot when after the ball starts rolling after hit by the first shot.

Just bought a set of these for 22lr plinking (can also take 9mm)

 

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charcoal briquettes

water balloons

regular balloons

plastic easter eggs filled with powder

shotgun shells ala ants on a log

clay birds

shoot-N-see's

.22 Do-All Swinger Target

Home made swingers

bowling pins at the edge of a table

popsickle sticks

tongue depressors

and when you think you're a good shot: a playing card turned sideways!

 

We shoot stuff like this all of the time at the organized Black Powder events I frequent. We call em' Novelty Shoots, and they're a real BLAST to watch or shoot!

 

Dave

I have little kids at home. Any old toy that has no value makes a great target ...... happy meal toys, beat-up action figures, anything from the dollar store that the kids bring home from parties, army men, etc. My 9-year-old gets great pleasure in setting up an advancing army of toys and then picking them off with his Savage Mk II.

Where do you guys do plinking? The only places we can shoot here in north Jersey are at ranges, so I'm a bit envious. I may have to give serious thought to getting a weekend place in the Poconos.

I can plink all day at Old Bridge outdoor range. All you have to do is remember NO GLASS and clean-up after yer done!

 

Gallon milk jugs filled with red colored water hit with a .50 cal conical or a 12 ga. slug makes quite a good show! NO SODA, so it doesn't get sticky or draw critters or bees.

Are you serious Dave? I didn't think we were allowed anything like that at Old Bridge. Can I bring over a bunch of empty aluminum soda cans filled with colored water, destroy them, then pick the junk up and give it to the recyling center? I have not shot at the outdoor range by myself yet, only during the outdoor shooting events.

old pots and pans... they make good "steel" targets as well. I usually wait for our thick aluminum/teflon coated pans to get worn (the thicker the better... like Calphalons). They make a good audilble "gong" sound when hit. I bring them to the range shoot them up and bring them back home for our recycling bin.

good stuff, thanks everyone

I wasn't around for the fun, but a buddy of mine bought a bowling ball at a garage sale, put a shotgun shell in the finger hole, and split it in 3 pieces.

I'd like to find the knock down steel plates that they used in Top Shot 2. There were about ten plates inline and they got progressively smaller as you knocked down each plate.

This topic definitely gave me an idea on what to do with the 10 used bowling pins I've had for the last 30 years. I bought them when a local bowling alley was going out of business for $1 a piece.

 

I also thought of using old plates that you would get at yard/garage sales or from Christmas Tree Shops.

Hugs 4oz juice bottles from food stores. buy in case of 24 or 48. my son figured out you can get 2 hits/ bottle with a 22. First at the top to make little spray, second at the bottom to flip the bottle. The orignl WWF action figures are self sealing plastic and will take lots of hts from a 22. I shoot them with 308 as well.

The orignal WWF action figures are self sealing plastic and will take lots of hts from a 22.

Not to get OT but I wonder how much those would be worth without the bullet holes.

Are you serious Dave? I didn't think we were allowed anything like that at Old Bridge. Can I bring over a bunch of empty aluminum soda cans filled with colored water, destroy them, then pick the junk up and give it to the recyling center? I have not shot at the outdoor range by myself yet, only during the outdoor shooting events.

 

 

READ the Bylaws and the Range Rules for EXACT info. You have to clean up after yourself, but you CAN have lots of fun! Give me a call for more info.

 

Dave

Yup - I have a couple of the self sealers that Tim gave me. Awesome