Reactive targets for rimfire

charcoal briquets

work great in winter. Show up well against a white background. A little harder when no snow.

They make a satisfying "poof" when you hit them square.

Fat
 
Fremen said:
I have used Paintballs before. Hard to hit. And hard to find an easy way to mount them. But they are fun.
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Hot glue them in strips of 10 to a cardboard backer...works great! Just make a puddle of hot glue, let it cool for a sec, and then push the paintball gently in. Hang cardboard strip from your favourite target board.

Just not too close to your friends target, they tend to splatter a wee bit.
 
skeetgunner said:
Hot glue them in strips of 10 to a cardboard backer...works great! Just make a puddle of hot glue, let it cool for a sec, and then push the paintball gently in. Hang cardboard strip from your favourite target board.

Just not too close to your friends target, they tend to splatter a wee bit.
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I drill holes in a 2X4 and in the briquettes , then stick a doubled up piece of tie wire in them.
This board is screwed to the back board, screw it to tjhe backboard.
They are far enough off the backboard that they don't bust the one next to them .
Cat
 
Me I like to shot some cheap plastic solder ( buy in dollar store) at 50 yards is good practice with my bench savage rifle. For my regulars .22 lr I like to use some steel plinker I build myself, for now I work on a buffalo shape aroud 4" long by 3" high. Last summer we used one I do with a 2" 3" 4" 5" 6" circle and we had a lot of fun but my son shot with the 30/30 on the 6 inch the 3/8" steel plate have a hole on the center now:(


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skeetgunner said:
Hot glue them in strips of 10 to a cardboard backer...works great! Just make a puddle of hot glue, let it cool for a sec, and then push the paintball gently in. Hang cardboard strip from your favourite target board.

Just not too close to your friends target, they tend to splatter a wee bit.
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That would work. Would need to get a cordless hot glue gun though
 
If you've got a private place to shoot you can always line up those coleman lantern sized propane tanks. About 5 bucks a piece at most and quite reactive. Set them up at any range you like, or suspend them with ducttape to a tree limb. More reactive with a 30/30, just make sure you watch which direction they skipp off in.
 
Fremen said:
That would work. Would need to get a cordless hot glue gun though
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Never thought about that...I just make them up at home and transport them (carefully) to the range.

This method also works for bulk-bin Scotch mints, pastel mints, gummy-bears.
 
Jager said:
Nobodys mentioned ice cubes....they shatter/explode like glass and there is no mess to clean up. And as they melt the target gets smaller so the challenge increases.
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That reminds me... if you are at the range and the snow is sticky, try making a few snowman... and then go on a rampage! To plink at them with a 22lr is ok, the shotgun is, well, a blast :D

Mike.
 
A balloon tied to a short length of string, and hung in front of a typical bulleye target. With a slight breeze the balloon sways back and forth. Hit the bullseye without popping the balloon :) .
 
Skippy said:
If you've got a private place to shoot you can always line up those coleman lantern sized propane tanks. About 5 bucks a piece at most and quite reactive. Set them up at any range you like, or suspend them with ducttape to a tree limb. More reactive with a 30/30, just make sure you watch which direction they skipp off in.
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I remember how a guy filled an empty small propane bottle with acetlyene from a welding bottle and buried it in the target berm.
He then inserted a lighter flint into the hole on a 22LR hollow point round and loaded it in his rifle. When the shooting was fast and furious on the firing line he shot the canister with the doctored 22 hollow point round.
The spark caused by the flint striking and penetrating the canister caused the gas acetlyene to explode with a tremendous BANG and the cloud of dust and dirt was a wonder to behold. Someone swore that a rifle grenade had been fired and it certainly looked like it. Our hero was threatened with expulsion from the range and club but the dust finally settled and life returned to normal.
Jim
 
Well if you want to know

My personal fav. is the coleman propane cyclinder (partially empty)- paint it orange and hang it from the neck below the horizontal target board and hammer it! I use one at 200yds with my .17HMR. You can usually find these by the box load at any Provincial Park....until they get banned from the parks!?

- Warm soda water - shaken not stirred!
- 12GA hulls with the primer facing you.....try and set them off!
- Old cell phones (hate the bastards)

Just remember to clean up your mess!
 
Well our F&G RO's aren't very friendly, so I'm fairly limited, but apples and "explosive" (hard-ish) fruits are fun, shaken up pop-cans (sometimes I scatter birdseed on the range and lie in wait :D, though I have yet to see a bird within two hours).

-Rohann
 
Another vote for the small propane cylinders, I usually duct tape a road flare to it, light the flare and shoot away. I have ever done this with a .22 as I wasn't sure it would penetrate, with .303, AR, etc ,have had remarkable results!! Tank is penetrated by projectile, compressed flamable gas escapes, finds ignition source of flare...whooooooooffffffffffff
 
Quite a while back, I set a .22 into the target with the primer facing to the rear. I was about 50 yards away and eventually I hit it from standing unsupported. I heard a "pop", then the empty casing flew back and I caught the flight of it out of the corner of my eye, about 3' away.

don't shoot at live ammo.
 
Gophers and Grouse make pretty good Reactive targets.:D

My 60 year old Mossberg .22's likes shooting at -used- 12 gauge shells.
Pretty tricky at 75 and 100 yards with peepsights.

I have to try the Cranberry pop idea. :D
 
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