Challenging Target Ideas (card splitting)

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Shooting small groups on paper is fun but shooting at something small and seeing how many shots you need to get it done is cooler.

So this weekend I will try to split playing cards. I saw this on YouTube from a fellow who goes by 22 plinkster.

So my plan is to place a series of card about 3 inch apart and shoot each one counting how many shot I need. Nicks and parcel split won't count. I will start at 20 feet and if goes well go to 30 , 40 and so on.

Do any of you have other ideas for a challenge
 
String cutting, tacks, popsicle sticks, old shotgun shells, ketchup packet's, clay birds, flys (stamps or stickers make them a little easier to rely on). Cards are fun with a muzzleloader.
At longer range with something bigger than a 22: eggs, potatoes, charcoal briquettes, milk jugs of water or ice, pop cans full of water, sticks of dynamite.....

Depends on where you shoot and how much you want to clean up. Tour the dollar store for ideas.
 
I love the ketchp pack idea! Going to get a bunch and tape the back to poster board then shoot as a reactive target! Thanks for the idea again.
 
With all the bugs around in the summer I like to bring along a can of ravioli or what have you, shoot it and then use the contents as bait on sheet of paper for flys at 50 yards with 22s
 
vagrantviking said:
String cutting, tacks, popsicle sticks, old shotgun shells, ketchup packet's, clay birds, flys (stamps or stickers make them a little easier to rely on). Cards are fun with a muzzleloader.
At longer range with something bigger than a 22: eggs, potatoes, charcoal briquettes, milk jugs of water or ice, pop cans full of water, sticks of dynamite.....

Depends on where you shoot and how much you want to clean up. Tour the dollar store for ideas.
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These are all good ideas....thank you
 
Set up clays at 50/75/100m. If it’s too easy from prone or bench, try harder positions then go back to bench or prone to pick off the increasingly smaller pieces laying around. Often the bits move around so you end up with odd shapes at slightly different ranges.
 
I fire frozen eggs into the bush or field and pop them with the .22. Sometimes they're completely visible, but most times there's only a sliver of egg to aim at which makes it very challenging. Great practice for hunting as it forces you to take challenging shots at different ranges.

How about a speed shooting game with those round 1/4"-1/2" numbered or colored stickers? Buddy calls out the number/color and you need to shoot them as quickly as possible. Combines speed and accuracy while making it competitive, which is excellent practice for both hunters and shooters.

Compressed powder candies like Rockets or Sweet Tarts are great small targets as there's no cleanup and hits are easily detected by the puff of dust.
 
Kirsten Joy Weiss has a youtube channel where she shoots all kinds of stuff with a .22 that may give u ideas as well. Last one I watched she was shooting eggs at 300 yards. Enjoy.;)
 
We used to use rippled chips placed on tree branches at the camp. Iron sights at around 40 yards. It gets pretty competitive when the chips have taken a shot already and you are taking out pieces of chips still sitting on the tree boughs.
 
Cards arent too hard to hit. Lots of vertical wiggle room. How ever wide ur projrctile is, acts as the thickness of the target.
 
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