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RedNeck Jim
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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.
What Is Your Favorite Target For 22LR?
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Not even gonna think about what the wife would say about me blowing up stuff down there.
hangnoose
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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.
silentflyer
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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.
sqhead
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tennis balls,charcoal briquettes,cheerios hanging on pins on a sheet of board
grumpy7159
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I have a swinging bowling pin made out of some self healing plastic. It really dances around when hit by my 22lr. I use it mostly for double action practice.
Pill bottles filled w/ water (frozen?) hanging from fishing line along the bottom edge of my "jug" board.
Milk jugs full of water from my dehumidifier. They are more gratifying with larger calibers though.
I have a separate trash can where I toss all sorts of plastic bottles into and rummage through for "targets of the moment" , fill with water & shoot.
-Perfect way to recycle plastic containers before sending them to the trash man-
Milk jugs full of water from my dehumidifier. They are more gratifying with larger calibers though.
I have a separate trash can where I toss all sorts of plastic bottles into and rummage through for "targets of the moment" , fill with water & shoot.
-Perfect way to recycle plastic containers before sending them to the trash man-
Jokiesmurf
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A while back, a forum member post him using balloons. You can blown them in different sizes.
stavman11
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Great idea
Gunna tie some of Mine to my Gong hangers...... Add some more fun to my Shooting for sure
Squirrels....vermin.........clay pigeons.......tennis balls.........oil cans.......steel.......Paper is boring.
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I do that while shooting over my shoulder backwards with a mirror.....
gwpercle
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Squirrels...what can I say ...I'm from Louisiana and we eat everything.
Actually when I was a boy , my Daddy would give me 5 22 LR rounds and tell me " boy you don't shoot nothing you don't intend to eat" One day while hunting I saw movement up on a tree trunk , thinking it was a squirrel, when it moved where I had something to shoot at I fired ,it dropped out of the tree , I went over and to my surprise it was a woodpecker. We brought it home and it went in the Gumbo pot with the squirrels.
Squirrels are my favorite target because they taste better than woodpeckers.
Actually when I was a boy , my Daddy would give me 5 22 LR rounds and tell me " boy you don't shoot nothing you don't intend to eat" One day while hunting I saw movement up on a tree trunk , thinking it was a squirrel, when it moved where I had something to shoot at I fired ,it dropped out of the tree , I went over and to my surprise it was a woodpecker. We brought it home and it went in the Gumbo pot with the squirrels.
Squirrels are my favorite target because they taste better than woodpeckers.
RPK
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This is mine but I want The Action Target Rimfire Tactical Hostage unit next!
millisec
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Squirrels preferably high up, at range... Just something about one pop and the plunge to the ground 
In the absence of squirrels crows make for good target practice although they lack the culinary appeal of squirrel and dumplings (or maybe fried).
In the absence of squirrels crows make for good target practice although they lack the culinary appeal of squirrel and dumplings (or maybe fried).
Wolfman-Iraq
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My favorite target is mr wabbit. I like to hear the thunk as they pop. Btw, without starting a sxxxstorm, who feels comfortable shooting without a backstop with .22? Ie bird in a tree? Is there enough energy to cause injury when the round comes back to earth?
Majorlk
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There's more than enough to kill someone if hit in the right place. Have you never read the warning label on a box of .22s?
TacoDaTugBoat
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That caught my attention too! I only shoot into a backstop of some kind. Shooting up into a tree is only ok with a BB gun.
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