fun things to shoot with a .22 pistol

[quneur]

Let them have some fun and destroy something they hate like a head of broccoli or shoot a bull moose with a .22 to make it interesting.

 

[walnutred]

When both kids were home they enjoyed one of those dueling trees. Helped them build not only accuracy but speed.

 

[panther]

I don't know if they still offer them but, Walmart used to have racks of those free cd's for AOL by the checkout lane. They make nice shiny targets that you can tie a string through and hang from trees, prop them up in a berm like clays, or throw them in the air for shotgun targets.
Best of all,they were free.

 

[sqhead]

tennis balls,racquetballs,baseballs,softballs and for the bad shooter try a basketball..........they just keep moving when hit

 

[novalty]

A jug of Tannerite will make it interesting too.

 

[kudzu3]

.22 shells. Empty of course.

 

[SEIndSAM]

It's a little late in the year, but if you have any of those plastic Easter eggs you can fill one side with flour and tape them back together. They make a nice white cloud when I hit one with the AR.

 

[mg357]

eggs if they are hit just right with a .22 they pop.

 

[H Richard]

Tennis balls suspended by a cord. They will jump when hit, and absorb many many hits. You don't have to chase them or reset them, just keep shooting. Always place in front of a proper backstop.

 

[Andy Griffith]

Shoot glock RTF frames.

The holes can only improve the feel.

Get one of the Ritz cracker throwers and use some .22 shotshells- loads of fun!
Not cheap though.

 

[nipster]

Chupacabras

 

[cass]

Since I have a unlimited supply, hard boiled eggs make great targets, and afterwards the birds have a field day.

 

[CAJUNLAWYER]

I guess you don't want to hear "Road signs and bottles"

Let he among us who has not in his far distant yout pinged the odd glass bottle or that isolated road sign cast the first stone!

 

[johngalt]

My parents have a cabin in northern Wisconsin. Last summer someone left a half gallon jug of milk in the fridge. It was discovered this spring, and was a little past date.

The jug was all swelled up, lucky it didn't burst. We were afraid to open it, so we took it outside and dispatched it with a .22.

 

[blackdeuce]

I guess you don't want to hear "Road signs and bottles"

Let he among us who has not in his far distant yout pinged the odd glass bottle or that isolated road sign cast the first stone!

Does hitting signs with glass bottles count? Not that I ever did that.

These are some good ideas. I just picked up a .22 conversion kit for my Sig P226. I'm anxious to try it out.

 

[rimfired]

What? Nobody wants to mention "Zombies"?
Head shots, of course.

 

[longranger]

A tin can floating in a pond can provide much entertainment, though it may cause environmentalists heart attacks.

I want to know why there are 36 responses to the O.P.'s Q and not one response indicating the very poor gun handling advice given to 8 y.o.'s .Ricochet is a very real problem shooting on to the flat surface of water on a pond.This would be last place I would seek advice on teaching kids anything given some of the responses.

 

[Faulkner]

One of the best targets I used with my boys was a bandalero of suckers from the dollar store. Get a scrap piece of 2x4 and drill a dozen small holes in it to stand the suckers in, back off and start shooting. The half dollar sized suckers are just the right size to be challenging, explode with a puff when hit, and are 100% biodegradable.

 

[swilli41]

I did my fun shooting on my grandfather's farm in the early 50's. Dad bought me a used K22 Outdoorsman (still have it). So for me, it was Garrett Snuff bottles and small Prince Albert cans.

 

[Hillbilly77]

golfballs make great plinking targets

You just need to aim careful so you don't hit the golfers.
Also, most golf courses are likely to frown on this.