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paper punching #147611 07/18/2014 5:40 PM
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Love to shoot. That said im bored punching paper. Use to have fun chasing tin cans with my 10/22 growing up. But aluminum cans dont jump like tin cans. So what does everybody else shoot for fun rimfire... center fire ? Have a cheapo spinner that is ok but its not doing much for me or grandson's attention.


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Re: paper punching [Re: nytracker] #147613 07/18/2014 6:16 PM
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cheap or outdated sodas cans (full), or anything under pressure. Within reason of course! paintballs...

Re: paper punching [Re: wizzard] #147619 07/18/2014 11:05 PM
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Soda cans can be fun but my club has rules about things that attracts critters and, leaves a mess on the grounds. Tannerite is a big no no. Was wondering about the rubber boxes and such.


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Re: paper punching [Re: wizzard] #147620 07/18/2014 11:21 PM
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when I was shooting muzzleloaders a lot we were always trying to come up with different stuff to make our monthly shoots a little more interesting,these are some you might try. cans of cheap shaving cream, balloons half filled with flour, a weight hanging from a half inch rope(see how many shots it takes you to cut the rope, a length of log chain strung between to points, small candy suckers or gumdrops on toothpicks at 25yrds. you get the idea! almost forgot the classic, a double bitted axe stuck in a tree with a clay pigeon on each side.

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Re: paper punching [Re: longhunter] #147621 07/18/2014 11:51 PM
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Steel targets, a fun one is golf balls, and playing cards, challenge yourself.

Re: paper punching [Re: nytracker] #147624 07/19/2014 12:04 AM
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Steel! I built this last winter:


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Re: paper punching [Re: s4s4u] #147663 07/20/2014 2:52 AM
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old shotgun shells

Re: paper punching [Re: LABRAT] #147822 07/24/2014 12:16 AM
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Go buy a case of really really cheap beer, leave it in the sun, shake up the cans and blast away. I suppose that is not allowed on your club range though.

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Re: paper punching [Re: nytracker] #147859 07/25/2014 2:16 PM
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If you're in an open area without too much grass golf balls are fun to shoot. They jump and roll away giving you a more difficult target with every shot. Balloons are fun too. You can make them pretty much any size you want.


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Re: paper punching [Re: pab1] #147871 07/25/2014 10:14 PM
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Great ideas thanks


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Re: paper punching [Re: nytracker] #147931 07/27/2014 9:01 PM
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I've found old plastic water bottles (filled, of course) tend to make good targets. Someone once told me that if you can consistently hit a gallon sized milk jug at whatever range you intend to encounter your quarry, you should be good for deer sized game.


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Re: paper punching [Re: Chance Weldon] #147948 07/28/2014 1:49 AM
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made up some steel swingers 9inches in diameter, as soon as my daughter began to get the hang of target acquisition-front sight-rear sight-trigger squeeze- and started getting"bored" with that- I started shooting which sort of put the onus on her to match me clang for clang.... started with 1022 and moved on to a mark one

Re: paper punching [Re: HoggHunter] #148753 08/17/2014 10:20 PM
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I whipped out of couple of these today. The ole Texas star with clay birds for plinking fun. The shaft is on bearings so when you break one the others start moving. Gonna drive the kids nuts....


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Re: paper punching [Re: s4s4u] #148761 08/18/2014 1:04 AM
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Now thats cool


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Re: paper punching [Re: nytracker] #148765 08/18/2014 1:34 AM
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Wasn't holds the clays on

Re: paper punching [Re: Hoggin] #148772 08/18/2014 3:32 AM
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A notch holds the edge of the birds and a rubber band keeps enough tension on them to hold when rotating.



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Re: paper punching [Re: s4s4u] #148773 08/18/2014 4:31 AM
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My son and I are currently drinking our way to a nice little stash of empty gallon milk jugs. He's pretty excited to see what happens to a water-filled jug when the "big gun" (475L) bears down on them. Should be good fun.


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