Ideas and suggestions for fun targets

[Argent]

I'm new to the forums and would like some ideas for fun targets for me and our 3 boys (9, 8 and 6) to shoot in the garden.

We recently started shooting and I've been using cans, and other things from the recycling, but decided to up my game and bought a great little row of 6 knock-down targets that you then reset by shooting a 7th target.

I also got a little 14cm pellet catcher target - primarily to use with some paper zeroing targets to set up the rifle's scope. (I suspect most forum users would be entertained/horrified by how little I know about air rifles and scopes!)

We've been getting ChatGPT to design targets to print out and shoot - and that's good fun.

I was wondering what other fun and inexpensive targets people use.

 

[Frog]

Sugar lumps - penny a target! Bit of rain does the clean up for you
Playing cards - face on until you get good then side on. Many many targets for a couple of quid for two packs in some shops or fleabay etc

 

[drums6566]

Extra strong mints

 

[drums6566]

Ebay have little chalk men on

 

[John Pembroke]

Bell target. Easily knocked up

 

[Darreng]

Old coke bottle get a car tyre valve and put in cap then put about 2 inches of water in bottle then pump the bottle with some air and shoot it ,makes 1 Big Bang lol and you can reuse the cap

 

[mimms]

+1 for the chalk men, also available on amazon. Also theres some targets that create smoke and/or loud bangs, stick them on fruit or something to make them bigger for example.

A few members on here manufactur targets too.

 

[mimms]

That reminds me....there's a nice carousel/ wheel one manufactured by one of our members on here. I think i'm on the list for his next batch. I'm looking forward to that one.

 

[danjmet]

Reactive target suggestions

My dad has a small pistol collection. He won't use them at home, but when the weather warms up, I will take him to a small permission I have local to me and he can pop away with his pistols to his hearts content :) He ain't the best shot, but enjoys plinking away. Any suggestions for some...

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This thread has some good ideas.

I like Ice. Shatters nicely and no clean up!

 

[Rich79]

There was a silicone mould of Lego men you could fill with water and make ice cubes out of, less to clear up afterwards too.
Not sure where it was from though.

 

[PaulH67]

When I started our daughter off we used polo' extra strong mints and paint balls. I have also seen people using match sticks and plastic soldiers

 

[urbanxi]

Pasta also good...

 

[Endex]

Welcome. Lots of great threads on here with home made targets & ranges. Try these for starters:

Show us your home made targets

Let’s see them cobbled together targets. No need to spend £20/30/40 plus on knock downs. Here’s mine for starters. A 2.5” repair washer loosely nailed to a dead tree stump with a spacer behind, exactly 35m from my back door. Ideal for a quick 10 min plink and gives a satisfying ‘ting’ when it’s...

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Let’s see your home ranges

I’m still waiting on my AWC coming through but seeing as Christmas and Hogmanay are out of the way I’m starting to think about setting up an outdoor range in the garden and maybe a 10m indoor range in the shed in readiness. So, let’s see what you’ve got so I can steal all your ideas. 👌

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@Ganton Gunner could there be a section added for “Home ranges, targets & backstops” ? The threads seem popular

 

[Wing Commander]

I was wondering what other fun and inexpensive targets people use

Kids love targets which react when hit.

Tin cans are good but they wear out very quickly. Try using plastic bottles instead.

Milk bottles tops suspended on strings make good targets. They are small enough to make it a challenge but they bounce really well when hit.

Another bouncy target is old Co2 bottles with a spring inserted into them.

Airgun pellets on cocktail sticks are very addictive. They make a great "ZINGGGG" when hit.

Playing cards are an excellent challenge. Shoot them in half.

Plaster (chalk) Gummy Bears are fabulous fun and look great when they blow up when viewed through a scope.

With all plinking targets, make sure of your backstops.

 

[Argent]

Wow! Didn't expect such an awesome response! Thanks everyone - some great ideas there.

 

[That hurts]

There was a silicone mould of Lego men you could fill with water and make ice cubes out of, less to clear up afterwards too.
Not sure where it was from though.

I gave one away on here last year and you can buy them on the Bay ... silicone, so release easily and can use with plaster too

 

[RobCrewe]

Not cheap but mixer size fizzy drinks are quite spectacular and are my grandsons favourite. Cherry tomatoes also fun.

 

[Argent]

Didn't expect everyone to be so generous sharing ideas, so I thought I'd share the targets we had ChatGPT come up with - pretty entertaining according to our boys.

Spoiler: Zombie Targets

 

[RobCrewe]

Didn't expect everyone to be so generous sharing ideas, so I thought I'd share the targets we had ChatGPT come up with - pretty entertaining according to our boys.

Those look like my local HFT crowd.

 

[Slayer fan]

Another fun target is plastic toy soldiers ect. Lolly pop sticks also make good targets.