What is your favorite target for plinking?
I've tried 9mm shell casings, but unless you are using a scope, that is a short range proposition. Works well in the basement. Need the casings stuck to something or a very heavy platform, so that stray shots don't knock over the casings just by shaking the platform.
Wine corks work well, too. They are obviously a lot easier to hit, and are also more durable. Empty cartridges get mangled up pretty quick when you hit them solid, but a cork will soak up several pellets without coming apart.
A golf ball is fun in the back yard. Perfect size for simulating a squirrel or rabbit noggin, you get nice movement when you hit it, and you don't have to go set it up again, so you have a continuous target. Nearly indestructible, so far as I can tell, but there is the problem of ricochets. From 50 feet away the shooter is not in any danger, but Lord knows where the pellet is ending up, so that isn't real responsible unless you have a lot of space to work with.
I haven't tried ping pong balls yet. I suspect they will make good targets, but probably won't last long.
Here is an interesting link about people who get very serious about shooting 9mm casings - from 35 yards away!! You definitely need a scope for that game. http://www.minisniping.org/
George
I've tried 9mm shell casings, but unless you are using a scope, that is a short range proposition. Works well in the basement. Need the casings stuck to something or a very heavy platform, so that stray shots don't knock over the casings just by shaking the platform.
Wine corks work well, too. They are obviously a lot easier to hit, and are also more durable. Empty cartridges get mangled up pretty quick when you hit them solid, but a cork will soak up several pellets without coming apart.
A golf ball is fun in the back yard. Perfect size for simulating a squirrel or rabbit noggin, you get nice movement when you hit it, and you don't have to go set it up again, so you have a continuous target. Nearly indestructible, so far as I can tell, but there is the problem of ricochets. From 50 feet away the shooter is not in any danger, but Lord knows where the pellet is ending up, so that isn't real responsible unless you have a lot of space to work with.
I haven't tried ping pong balls yet. I suspect they will make good targets, but probably won't last long.
Here is an interesting link about people who get very serious about shooting 9mm casings - from 35 yards away!! You definitely need a scope for that game. http://www.minisniping.org/
George