Snuff cans are too easy, let's try golf balls at 100 yds!!!

[ryanh487]

I've taken 9mm casings off the 100 yard post with my .17 hmr. Start putting the empty .22 casings at 50 and see what they can do.

 

[Railroader]

I've taken 9mm casings off the 100 yard post with my .17 hmr. Start putting the empty .22 casings at 50 and see what they can do.

Used to shoot 9mm brass with a souped up 10/22 myself.

That's where we are headed...

 

[rosewood]

just sayin...golf balls are 1.68" in diameter and are better suited for 150 yard targets

Pretty close to 1 MOA.

 

[rosewood]

I've taken 9mm casings off the 100 yard post with my .17 hmr.

Say it ain't so, us reloaders are cringing..

 

[Dub]

Say it ain't so, us reloaders are cringing..

Maybe he can use .40s&w cases.....

 

[Jester896]

got drums of that stuff...be happy to swap it for 9s

dip cans can get boring

 

[menhadenman]

We used to use Q-tips at 25 yds as kids. Cut em in half and stick in the ground. Something very satisfying about taking the head off a small object with iron sights.

I still want to pick up a dueling tree - that’d be a hoot with two kids and 22s.

Nice work with the kids! I’ll be getting mine out shooting this weekend.

 

[Dub]

We used to use Q-tips at 25 yds as kids. Cut em in half and stick in the ground. Something very satisfying about taking the head off a small object with iron sights.

I still want to pick up a dueling tree - that’d be a hoot with two kids and 22s.

Nice work with the kids! I’ll be getting mine out shooting this weekend.

Heck yeah……you’d have a ball with both a dueling tree and a “know your limits” target.

Fun times.

 

[menhadenman]

By the way, my youngest loves his left handed savage 223. He’s the only southpaw in the family so I had to search for this particular rifle for some time.

I’ve got a good load with 69 gr bullets and lake city brass. Only wish it had a faster twist but I’m just greedy.

 

[Dub]

 

[Nicodemus]

Set up playing cards edgewise and try to cut em in half with a bullet. Put an egg on each side of the edge of an ax and try to bust both eggs with one bullet cut on the ax edge.

 

[rosewood]

Set up playing cards edgewise and try to cut em in half with a bullet. Put an egg on each side of the edge of an ax and try to bust both eggs with one bullet cut on the ax edge.

Shooting at cards on edge, I am using a .458 boolit.

 

[Nicodemus]

Shooting at cards on edge, I am using a .458 boolit.

I`ve done it once, with a 50 caliber real muzzleloader. Offhand at 10 yards.

 

[Railroader]

Well, it's become clear that my Grands have improved their shooting enough that the gun, scope, and ammo matters...

The little Savage had cheapo single screw rings, and a takeoff Bushnell from some combo deal...We have been shooting mostly Thunderbolts, and Federal Auto Match ammo.

We installed a set of Weaver rings, and an older but nicer Phillipino Simmons 3-10x44.

We also changed the ammo to CCI Standards, and re-sighted at 100 yards.

Today, they were given five shots per round, still shooting golf balls.

Yesterday, the average for the pair of them was about 35-40%, and today scores improved to 60-65%.

I put up the only 5/5 to finish the session, and I don't mind admitting that those two little heathens had the pressure on Ol' Papa!!

 

[GeorgiaGlockMan]

Charcoal briquettes....

Heck yeah...Might even spray em orange...

Great idea.

 

[Minner]

Neat thread. My grandfather used to talk about his Dad and how he'd light matchsticks with his single shot 22. I've never tried it but I imagine the margin for error to do this would be tiny.

 

[jaydawg]

^yes, room for error is very “minner-mum”…

 

[sbroadwell]

Neat thread. My grandfather used to talk about his Dad and how he'd light matchsticks with his single shot 22. I've never tried it but I imagine the margin for error to do this would be tiny.

My dad would talk about doing that. Be hard to do these days. You can’t hardly find strike anywhere matches.

 

[Jim Boyd]

Sweetness!!!

 

[Steven037]

That kyl rack is a challenge. $149 on Amazon and a ton of fun. We practice with it out to 100. 1/4 inch at 100 isn’t easy.