What are your favorite plinking targets?

[jgreco15]

I like picking up old refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc to bring out to the property and turn into swiss cheese! Fun targets because you can hear when you hit and just keep sticking paper targets to them.

 

[Emperor]

Hmm... we live in the Marigny, where our neighbors may be even closer. But between the rooster on one side of our house, and the constantly barking dogs on the other, I might just get away with it.

You tell the neighbor with the rooster you are seeing rats/mice as a result of that foolishness. Then tell the neighbor with the dog, you are thinking about broadcasting rat poison but would rather just shoot the mice/rats than endanger his pet.

If they both don't see it you way, call the department of health on the chicken, and the police evertime the dog barks. You will have pissed off neighbors, but at least you will feel vindicated.

 

[oleheat]

Pig cadavers!





(If none are available, near-rotten tomatoes or similar items, aluminum cans filled with water, flip-up targets, field rats, a log full-o-turtle, or whatever else may present itself.)

 

[Renegade]

1/2 Gallon milk jug wrapped with hunter-orange duct tape (to keep it together longer), tied and staked to a berm. When you get on a roll, that thing looks like a basketball dribbling by itself.

 

[2ridgebacks]

Try shooting the chalk sold to kids to draw on the driveway. My sister -in -law bought my son a bunch of that crap, I do not like him to draw on the driveway so I took all the chalk and used them for target practice. Chalk turns in to a cloud when they are hit and you can get them in many colors. Lots of fun!

 

[Quickdraw22]

I prefer small targets.

I usually toss out a string of golf balls, empty 12ga hulls, and half broken clay pigeons at 35-40yds and go to town. Talk about a good way to up your marksmanship skills...

-Dave

 

[JBP55]

Quickdraw 22, hitting shotgun shells at 40 yards with a pistol is good shooting.

 

[Emperor]

My sister -in -law bought my son a bunch of that crap, I do not like him to draw on the driveway so I took all the chalk and used them for target practice.

Those inlaws are nothing but trouble!

 

[bronzdragon]

Usually shoot in a range here, so my preference are the paper targets that show up a flourescent ring when you shoot them, so you don't have to pull the target all the way back to view how you're doing.

~rc~

 

[vietboy1st]

i like shooting 5 gallon water bottle filled up. or steel plates as small as 4x4'' at 50 feet away.

 

[IfItFliesItDies]

I like picking up old refrigerators, washers, dryers, etc to bring out to the property and turn into swiss cheese! Fun targets because you can hear when you hit and just keep sticking paper targets to them.

About a month ago I had an old computer monitor I was able to go to town on. It was pretty sweet watching it throw sparks and shatter.

 

[Quickdraw22]

Quickdraw 22, hitting shotgun shells at 40 yards with a pistol is good shooting.

It's nice having 22 year old eyes

 

[Pookie]

You tell the neighbor with the rooster you are seeing rats/mice as a result of that foolishness. Then tell the neighbor with the dog, you are thinking about broadcasting rat poison but would rather just shoot the mice/rats than endanger his pet.

If they both don't see it you way, call the department of health on the chicken, and the police evertime the dog barks. You will have pissed off neighbors, but at least you will feel vindicated.

We have a dog, too, and he pals around with the neighbor's dogs, so we usually don't mind the barking. The rooster mostly only crows in the morning, but we're early risers, so that doesn't bother us much either. Apparently, you can have a rooster and/or hens in New Orleans... my neighbor isn't the only one. There's another guy in our neighborhood with three dogs and a pig. But the rat/mouse scenario might be plausible.

 

[JBP55]

It's nice having 22 year old eyes

I am glad someone can see a shotgun shell at 40 yards.
I will just point shoot in most defensive situations.