What Is Your Favorite Target For 22LR?
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Wolfman-Iraq
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I have this "Rimfire Dueling Tree", it has two bolts that hold the upper onto the bottom, just unbolt and load in your vehicle (my car trunk). Here's the link:
Action Target - Rimfire Dueling Tree
NOTE: Do a "youtube" search on it, there's a guy that does a review on it and had a discount code of 10% off.
I've had my now for about a year and shot it all the time. It'll last forever (just spray new paint on the paddles).
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I have been using a few of the "self healing" spinner targets of late. The smaller ones (5" tall) at 50 yrds with open sights is a pretty good challenge.
An even better challenge is 2.5"-3.0" high plastic cowboy and indian figures, staple-gunned to a cardboard box at the same 50 yrds., with a red dot or no more than a 4x scope.
I have an Ultra-dot, match dot on my 15-22 and even the smallest sized dot covers the figures at that distance. Big fun!
I bought 250 figurines for $4.75 on Amazon, two bags actually, for under $10. That's a lot of shooting.
Another target that I have been wanting to try is the small "sampler" sized baby powder bottles that they give you at hotels/motels.
I imagine HP ammo would give a little "reactive" action.
An even better challenge is 2.5"-3.0" high plastic cowboy and indian figures, staple-gunned to a cardboard box at the same 50 yrds., with a red dot or no more than a 4x scope.
I have an Ultra-dot, match dot on my 15-22 and even the smallest sized dot covers the figures at that distance. Big fun!
I bought 250 figurines for $4.75 on Amazon, two bags actually, for under $10. That's a lot of shooting.
Another target that I have been wanting to try is the small "sampler" sized baby powder bottles that they give you at hotels/motels.
I imagine HP ammo would give a little "reactive" action.
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Neal39
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Grapes ---- Pine Cones ------ Rocks.
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RedNeck Jim
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The 10% discount code is NUTNFANCY10. Occasionally they throw out better offers of 15% or 20%, but this 10% off seems to be good all the time.
tacticool22
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I am going to try Ghost Targets GhostTargets.com/ Home and if I like them, I will carry them.
Another great reactive target is the rolling steel target Impact Steel Targets Home
Another great reactive target is the rolling steel target Impact Steel Targets Home
I enjoy a variety of targets; if you want cheap precision and you're shooting at 25-50 yards, you might try paintballs on top of golf tees. The golf tees help from a sight picture. I typically hot-glue to golf tees to cardboard, and use painters caulk to adhere the paintball to the golf tee. It's reactive like the ketchup packet... 
See thumbnail for an example.
I also like aluminum cans (look for the 8-oz Dr. Pepper/Sprite cans! Nice targets at 50 & 100 yards). No metal shards - bullet goes clean through. Also, consider plastic bottles. I prefer not to hang them on dowels/rods; when you hit a can/bottle that isn't attached, it moves. This means that you have to adjust your sights to hit it the next time. If you're shooting something that ends up not moving much (even if it's reactive), then you aren't changing your sight picture.
I also shoot clay pigeons, but at 4", it's a pretty easy target even at 100' (IMHO). This weekend, I plan on going out and trying these, designed for pellet/bb guns, but at 2", should be a much more interesting target....
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Lastly, these are messy and not as cheap as I would like. But when I shoot with my son, it's a "blast". Highly recommend it.
Rimfire Exploding Targets
Here's a quick video showing what it'll do:
Rimfire Exploding Target, 40 yards
See thumbnail for an example.I also like aluminum cans (look for the 8-oz Dr. Pepper/Sprite cans! Nice targets at 50 & 100 yards). No metal shards - bullet goes clean through. Also, consider plastic bottles. I prefer not to hang them on dowels/rods; when you hit a can/bottle that isn't attached, it moves. This means that you have to adjust your sights to hit it the next time. If you're shooting something that ends up not moving much (even if it's reactive), then you aren't changing your sight picture.
I also shoot clay pigeons, but at 4", it's a pretty easy target even at 100' (IMHO). This weekend, I plan on going out and trying these, designed for pellet/bb guns, but at 2", should be a much more interesting target....
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Lastly, these are messy and not as cheap as I would like. But when I shoot with my son, it's a "blast". Highly recommend it.
Rimfire Exploding Targets
Here's a quick video showing what it'll do:
Rimfire Exploding Target, 40 yards
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RedNeck Jim
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Let me know what you think once you try them. I'm wondering if they are too small for the 15-22? Should be great for the CZ however.
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No exploding targets for me. Kinda offsets the use of a suppressor. 
No exploding targets for me. Kinda offsets the use of a suppressor.
Kinda like the "gong" off a steel target?
No worries! Kids like it... Might spook your horses tho....
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No might about it. Would be a friggin' stampede.
Not even gonna think about what the wife would say about me blowing up stuff down there.
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DUELING TREES #1. fun alone & more so with another & more competition. Until some numb n**s puts holes in it with a big bore. golf balls on tees #2, shoot the ball, then go for the tee.
DUELING TREES #1. fun alone & more so with another & more competition. Until some numb n**s puts holes in it with a big bore. golf balls on tees #2, shoot the ball, then go for the tee.
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Old golf balls with my Model 17 8 3/8".
mesaman
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Now there's someone I can relate to. When there are no jackrabbits or potguts (white tailed prairie dog) I would settle for a target, but that is only the last resort. Model 17 S&W, Hi-standard, Ruger, even a Heritage .22/.22 mag. And long guns; CZ .22 mag, .17 HMR, .223, .22-250, and my .22's, Mossberg, Remington, Browning, Ruger. But with .22 bullets hard to find, I've been using my Mossberg SS1 .223, and my Ruger 77 22-250.
I made a 100 yard gong out of a cut-off end of an old SCUBA tank, with rubber stoppers to isolate the eye-bolt suspension from the metal of the gong dome, works good. I also like MGM (Gibson) steel knockovers, AR550, so you are not limited to rimfire, I use five inch rounds, repaint with Rustoleum 2X Flat White. (the irregular shaped ones are less expensive; these are very well made). I also like shotgun hulls at 75 yards for .22 rifles, and the price is right on those. But for my old Anschutz Model 54 Standard, paper is the way to go, love those one hole groups.
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Golf balls, at 50 & 100 yards with my Ruger 10/22. Knock them up the slope of the backstop, and hit them again (and again,...) before they manage to roll to the bottom and stop. 
Empty 12Ga. shotgun shells come in a close second, but they're a lot harder to hit while they're coming back down the hill. They tend to bounce "funny".
I also really enjoy bowling pins (half-pins) at our weekly pin-shoots at the club with my Ruger Mark III Target pistol. 5-pins per table, six tables per set, knock them off as fast as you can. I'm still trying to break 3-seconds though. But getting close.
Empty 12Ga. shotgun shells come in a close second, but they're a lot harder to hit while they're coming back down the hill. They tend to bounce "funny".
I also really enjoy bowling pins (half-pins) at our weekly pin-shoots at the club with my Ruger Mark III Target pistol. 5-pins per table, six tables per set, knock them off as fast as you can. I'm still trying to break 3-seconds though. But getting close.
Years ago, and a old 12x Leupold Scope, sent it back, had a 1/4 min dot installed. Yes that's right, a 1/4 min. You could Not see the dot, unless it was on white paper. Then, white butcher paper, stapled on a 100 yard target, with some, Honey, dripped on the paper. By the time you walked back, their were flies, or, picnicker bees, (or both) on the honey on the paper. With the 12x, you could see the bullet coming in. And the target ? The Bees and/or Flies. Several hours of endearment, at .99 cents a box of 50, 22 shells. The idea of shotgun hulls is good. Go to ANY Gun Club, the dumpster will be full of them. MAKE SURE, You, PICK UP, After yourself. I don't wanna be 'punished', because, someone else is a DFI SLOB.
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They're just tin cans on the riverbank, but they bounce and spin around, making them a lot more fun than paper.
I agree with Mike, shooting pop cans is just a lot of fun. Way more fun the paper in my option.
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