Tin Cans

[DWalt]

When I was a kid, Necco Wafers were good BB gun and .22 targets. Like miniature clay pigeons. I wonder if they are still made? Necco Wafers | SpanglerCandy.com

 

[Kinman]

Two of my favorite targets for handguns are shotgun targets (clay pigeons) and potatoes. If you are where you can safely shoot indiscriminately, like out on the desert, potatoes are excellent "targets of opportunity" for double-action draw and shoot and point shooting practice. A 5 or 10 pound sack of potatoes will go a long way on an afternoon as they break-up when hit and the pieces then make good secondary targets.

The best thing about either of these are the remnants don't have to be picked up when you are through, both are bio-degradable, although the clays take a bit longer than the potatoes.

Its amazing how many full clays are left out on the range after less than a week. My son and I would collect them and take them out on an old public range with a solid dirt back drop, set them up and shoot away at them for hours. Our current range does not allow using anything that will not return to the earth in a few days. Things on the order of Ritz crackers are allowed, take your Ritz cracker and spray paint it flourescent red and Bingo you got your good old days all over again. This will not last long as someone will complain about the red litter, someone else tried it with paintballs, the spatter makes a mess of the backboards. A friend of mine used balloons on a cardboard to make it intriguing for his granddaughter, she was busting balloons with the best of us before long.

 

[Glenn R. McMannly]

Green walnuts too.

 

[RobertJ.]

When I was a kid, I began my long-range pistol shooting with my dad's Ruger Standard (from a rest) and tin cans at 100 yards. I was reading everything I could find from Elmer Keith, and I know he'd have been pleased with my progress.

 

[soFlaNative]

Would a BB pass thru the hole in a Lifesaver candy?
I sense a small purchase in my future.