Cans of spraypaint and birdshot are a particular favorite of mine. A couple of AOL CD's glued together make a passable replacement for a clay pidgeon, but not all launchers/throwers will handle 'em.
~Z
~Z
fun things to shoot
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Anybody have any pictures or movies of strange things shot with either a slug or buckshot? I had an old CD-ROM that I put 2 slugs through, the top almost a perfectly cut hole, and the back end raises almost an inch from the surface...
http://12.226.191.5/870/boom.htm
http://12.226.191.5/870/boom.htm
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I had some old cds that were scratched and unplayable and used those, I also like to use spray paint cans too. I used to have a small boombox that didn't work, I put in number 8 bird shots, and needless to say, it didn't last long. It is illegal, but sometimes road signs are fun, lol, just kidding. I like to use old used 12 or 20 ***** shells and fill them up with dirt or sand and use a bb gun or .22 on them. Want a challenge, try a baseball!!
I ahve some old Vacuum Tubes that tested bad so will use them at the range, will see how they react when shot with my Marlin 39 & Wingmaster 20ga....
Hey guys, if you like to shoot things and enjoy watching them shatter into a zillion pieces with a satisfying puff of smoke, then YOU are a candidate to become a clay target shooter. :lol: That's what it's all about. 8)
Why scrounge around for old worn out stuff to shoot when you can buy a box of about 100 clay targets at Wal Mart for about $4. Get a hand held target thrower or one of the ones with a spring and a throwing arm and you are in business. Get a buddy to share the expense and take turns throwing targets for one another. Be safe, of course. :!:
It's loads of fun, really. :!: Give it a try. :lol:
Why scrounge around for old worn out stuff to shoot when you can buy a box of about 100 clay targets at Wal Mart for about $4. Get a hand held target thrower or one of the ones with a spring and a throwing arm and you are in business. Get a buddy to share the expense and take turns throwing targets for one another. Be safe, of course. :!:
It's loads of fun, really. :!: Give it a try. :lol:
I've got a bunch of old DLT-style tape cartridges that were trashed by a company I used to work for. Best ammo for these is really the .54 lead ball out of my muzzleloader (big, heavy, slow moving projectile). A hit in the center sprays tape up to 50'. Can be a pain to clean up, but it's fairly effective at alleiviating computer-based frustration.
Ulysses is right about clays, though... :lol:
-- Sam
Ulysses is right about clays, though... :lol:
-- Sam
If you really want to impress the young ones with shooting - take a juice can (4 x 10 inches) and fill it with water. They go all to pieces when hit and the kids learn real early that guns are not toys!!
Take a look at some of the suggestions here
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=966
http://www.shotgunworld.com/bbs/viewtopic.php?t=966
you guys are gonna liek this... I just go out to the "carcass pile" and theres always something to shoot there. As i clean geese, ducks, chickens, magpies whatever, i throw them on this pile, within the next few days its usually gone. the other weekend we had about 35 goose carcasses there, came back later and shot 3 skunks....
before anyone takes the "skunk defence" be aware on teh farm my parents keep chickens, usually jsut under a thousand. and we lost 175 this year to some unknown animals... ie skunks in the night. typically in a year 50 might die of natural causes... which is VERY good for chicken owners. a few mornings they found like 15 dead chickens, heads missing.
I took the wife and kids out to the farm one day and shot watermelons with my 50 cal. Thompson Center Renegade. It was very impressive. Lay them long ways and shoot the "pig tail" where it attaches to the vine. I wished I had a video cam.
Don't be so quick to blame them musk kats :lol:bloodvette said:before anyone takes the "skunk defence" be aware on teh farm my parents keep chickens, usually jsut under a thousand. and we lost 175 this year to some unknown animals... ie skunks in the night. typically in a year 50 might die of natural causes... which is VERY good for chicken owners. a few mornings they found like 15 dead chickens, heads missing.
I pulled this off of another messge board:
Hi, there, I got this from Stromberg's Book of Poultry. These feeding habits indicate the kind of predator you have, possom is included.
Dogs: The feral dog kills wantonly. Carcasses are badly torn. Many birds are killed.
Fox: Usually takes one fowl and leaves premises trailing drops of blood and feathers. May partially bury chicken. Can climb fence of condsiderable height.
Oppossum: Usually kills one chicken at a time, often mauling it. Eggs may be smashed.
Owl: Heads and necks missing. One or two dead birds.
Raccoon: Tends to eat heads off many chickens in one night.
Weasel, Mink: Bites through skull, back of neck, or under wing of poultry. May eat only back of head and neck, kills several birds in one night and places neatly in a pile.
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