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Sep 2nd, 2006 at 9:04pm
 
Looking for any ideas on backyard target and or ways to catch ammo. Thanks in advance Grin
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Reply #1 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 10:17pm
 
Catch ammo?  you don't mean catching by hand, do you? Grin

I sling tennis balls at a fence or a net.  When I sling stones I don't usually collect them back but i have slung at a indoor golf driving range a few time.  The safty nettings is strong enough to stop the rocks without breaking.
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Reply #2 - Sep 2nd, 2006 at 10:41pm
 
Tint, I was actualy thinking with my teeth but I could try with my hands.  Grin Grin I think I came up with an idea that works. I put up a loose hanging tarp long enough to have the end out in front a few feet on the ground. I hung up an old army blanked behind that to stop anything that got through the tarp. I am using cast concrete ammo of different sizes so I want to keep as much of it as I can. Hits and drops straight down. Saw your vid... very cool stuff.
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Reply #3 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 2:38am
 
As for the target, you could make a scarecrow out of some old worn out clothes and stuff to fill them with. For the past few days me and some friends have been slinging at a scarecrow and it's quite a good target. Since it has only one stick on the ground it tends to spin a bit when hit though, but that just makes it more interesting.

I at least would recommend a scarecrow, unless one would be too large. Someone might think from afar that it's a person and be shocked and call the police or smack you though, but again that just makes it all the more interesting. Wink
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Reply #4 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 5:58am
 
Yeah, our target is made from an old sweater and old jeans. And then we stuffed with hay and then we seal all the gaps with duct tape. Then we put it on a stick.

Some old people have stopped and started to stare at us when we sling this "man". It would be fun to know what they think. Smiley
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Reply #5 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 7:06am
 
open end of trashcan with some old clothes at the back to stop the stones bouncing out. you lose stones if you miss, but that isn't a problem for me

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Reply #6 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 11:07am
 
I have had success making targets out of coroplast. They make the political signs, and other similar signs out of it. It's a good use for them when they're done with them.
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Reply #7 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 12:39pm
 
Cool ideas, thanks!
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Reply #8 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 5:33pm
 
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you lose stones if you miss, but that isn't a problem for me

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Does this mean that you never miss!!!  Shocked or that you dont care about losing stones... Grin lol
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Reply #9 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 9:10pm
 
I've made a large cardboard box target...

Reinforce the back, and leave one side open.(for the ammo to fly in.)
Then take a small circle of plastic or cardboard or whatever and suspend it from the sides, forming a V, with the circle in the centre.

Whether you hit or miss, you can still retrieve your ammo.  Wink

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Reply #10 - Sep 3rd, 2006 at 9:13pm
 
And yes, if you've seen sv in action or read his accuracy posts...you'll know...he doesn't miss. 8) Wink

His last record was like, 5/7 times at a 1 inch stick and 15 paces Shocked

(something like that Wink)

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Reply #11 - Sep 4th, 2006 at 4:24pm
 
  Here's an easy & cheap target, just suspend a rope between 2 trees or poles about 7 or 8 feet up and hang a heavy blanket from it. You can put whatever you want in front of the blanket to shoot at and whatever misses your target and hits the blanket will just plop on the ground. Make sure the blanket is not pulled taught, the loose blanket flapping around when you shoot it is what will absorb the energy of your projectile.
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