Other than steel and watermelons, what are some good ideas for shotgun targets?

[Aero Denezol]

Shooting paper is just not very satisfying with a shotgun.

Other than steel and edible items (disallowed at ARPC) what are people shooting at with buckshot, slugs, and other high brass loads? I'm thinking 20-30 yards.

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[Andy54Hawken]

Old fashioned clay birds....
Blocks of ice....
Charcoal briquettes...
All are fun when shot by shotguns , rifles or handguns.
Andy

 

[ZA_Survivalist]

+1 on clay pigeons. Super cheap targets.
I find the clay targets are probably the most rewarding shotgun targets when destroyed. The bright orange and then sudden.. not orange makes it easy to spot hits.

 

[Andy54Hawken]

Plus...hitting the leftover clay bird bits makes for an excellent rifle shot....
Andy

 

[Stomper]

Um…. ducks, Canada geese, grouse, pheasants?

 

[Member 34319]

Depending on what your club allows, a flipper is pretty fun with a shotgun. Depending on the size, it can be very challenging depending on how many rounds it holds.

Again, depending on club, adding movement can be enjoyable. Lay 5-10 clays on the berm and move from 1-3 locations while engaging.

Shot clock. These make boring range sessions much more interesting as you can see if you are improving or not.

 

[Knobgoblin]

Cow tippers.

Please use rock salt tho, for the children.

 

[Aero Denezol]

Shot clock. These make boring range sessions much more interesting as you can see if you are improving or not.

The shot clock is a good idea.

I haven't tried shooting clays with buckshot, only low brass stuff, i.e., #8 and #9 target loads. But I suppose I could build up a little mound with many clays.

I enjoy shooting buckshot and slugs but I have yet to find a reactive reusable target that makes sense. Maybe I will invent one. Last time I took a bunch of old empty containers of laundry detergent and shot those. The whole bay smelled like a clean shirt afterward.

 

[Knobgoblin]

The shot clock is a good idea.

I haven't tried shooting clays with buckshot, only low brass stuff, i.e., #8 and #9 target loads. But I suppose I could build up a little mound with many clays.

I enjoy shooting buckshot and slugs but I have yet to find a reactive reusable target that makes sense. Maybe I will invent one. Last time I took a bunch of old empty containers of laundry detergent and shot those. The whole bay smelled like a clean shirt afterward.

 

[Stomper]

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Must be the Tide-Pod challenge World-Champion

 

[DirectDrive]

Flying clay birds are your best, most challenging target.
Clay birds are the scattergunner's life-long challenge while blasting stuff is fun for a few minutes.

 

[oremike]

With my double barrel I like to shoot under a can with the first barrel to pop it up in the air then hit it with the other barrel while in flight. No reason a slug couldn't be first and buckshot second.

 

[41mag]

One memorable SASS
Match I was confronted with a most challenging spud tree

 

[Member 53328]

Bumble bees.

 

[Tlock]

There is a nice sporting clays course just north of brooks, 100 birds is a fun way to spend a few hours. Great people and reasonably priced

 

[ma96782]

Disallowed.



Aloha, Mark

 

[Oro]

Shooting paper is just not very satisfying with a shotgun.

A friend in college told me that a shotgun will really mess up a liquor store.

Have not tried that myself.

 

[E4mafia]

I think old TVs, CRT PC monitors and Propane tanks are pretty popular targets.


Least that's what I would find commonly when going out in the woods to various shooting spots before they got closed down.

 

[DeanMk]

Shooting paper is just not very satisfying with a shotgun.

Other than steel and edible items (disallowed at ARPC) what are people shooting at with buckshot, slugs, and other high brass loads? I'm thinking 20-30 yards.

We used to use a Frisbee.
They were cheap and had nice flight characteristics...AND...they're reusable.

 

[huntpotter]

Sounds like you need a shootin car.