Plinking

[BigEd925]

Hey Guys,

Im taking a trip up to Mendocino national forest next weekend and Im looking to do some plinking. Aside from your ordinary cans and bottles, what other objects can you recommend me? I got some ketchup in those fast food packages to tape up to a cardboard box, that should be some messy fun. Whatever I use I would clean up, and I prefer biodegradable stuff so I dont need to worry about cleaning too much stuff up. THANKS!

[Eagle87Tango]

Melons, bowling pins, clay pigeons (on stands), there's tons of stuff. I like to shoot food stuff because you can just leave it and the critters will gobble it up. Bowling pins are easy to deal with and are pretty cheap.

[BigEd925]

Melons, bowling pins, clay pigeons (on stands), there's tons of stuff. I like to shoot food stuff because you can just leave it and the critters will gobble it up. Bowling pins are easy to deal with and are pretty cheap.

I have heard alot of people recommending bowling pins... stupid question, do they shatter when hit or just get knock down. Im talking 7.62x39, 7.62x54, 8mm mauser.

[Eagle87Tango]

I have heard alot of people recommending bowling pins... stupid question, do they shatter when hit or just get knock down. Im talking 7.62x39, 7.62x54, 8mm mauser.

I fired my 91/30 at some bowling pins. It'll splinter em a little bit but they'll mostly hold together. Depends on where you hit really.

[bigthaiboy]

The plastic covering the wood on the bowling pins are pretty tough. After a while, the wood splinters and breaks up but the plastic pretty much stays in shape.

I go to the 99 Cents Only store and buy $10 worth of melons. Aim the round to hit the ground a few inches in front of the melon, the round will deflect off the hard ground and go into a spin. Watch the melon explode.

[thy95]

ballon and flour. when the bullet hit it, all u see is a poof of white dust

[gcvt]

Small balloons filled with cheap non-gel (duh) shaving cream can be fun too.

[Rust]

buy a big ol' sack of potatoes. They're cheap, come in a variety of sizes for varying skill levels, and explode when you hit them. I built a stand out of three re-bar rods wired together with strings tied to the top bar. I put some sheet rock screws on the end of the strings, screw potatoes and blast 'em.

[dominic]

Strike anywhere matches, place them in the ground flame side up. Make sure there isnt anything flammable around for at least 15 ft. Wouldnt want to start a wildfire. When you hit the tip just right they light. I aim for the tip so the bullet just slightly grazes it at 100 yards to light them.

[SJgunguy24]

TANNERITE...................................BOOOOO OM

[trinydex]

if you shoot melons you should try that exploding slug trick

[Gator Monroe]

Old Rusty Boat Gas cans (6 Gallon steel ones) at 75+ and 100+yards

[AngelDecoys]

Plastic army men. Dig trenches, and set back 25 yards and shoot from prone. Trust me, its fun.

BBQ brickets.

Watermelons filled with jello.

A lit flare at night. Put it behind an old frying pan.

Clay pigeons

[cal3gunner]

I once rolled a bowling ball down a hill and opened up on it with a 223. Moving target was fun but 223 just put little holes in it. The 308 and 30-06 did a good job of splitting and destroying it, but there is some clean up involved.

[dominic]

Split playing cards edgeways at 100 yards.