4H Instructor looking for ideas

[mluker]

Hey guys. Looking for some ideas here. I will be starting up the pistol program in Steuben county 4H again next winter. It will be kids ranging from 9 up to teens. We will be shooting air pellet pistols most of the year, but I am hoping to be able to get a few .22 pistols that the club can use. The main problem is kids get bored. They can't shoot paper every meeting. So, I want to have some fun with it. We will be shooting lit candles and swinging targets, but I still need more ideas! The pellet shoots are indoors, but I am putting a range in at my place. If anyone has any ideas on things to try, please let me know.

[Ri22o]

Originally Posted by mluker

Hey guys. Looking for some ideas here. I will be starting up the pistol program in Steuben county 4H again next winter. It will be kids ranging from 9 up to teens. We will be shooting air pellet pistols most of the year, but I am hoping to be able to get a few .22 pistols that the club can use. The main problem is kids get bored. They can't shoot paper every meeting. So, I want to have some fun with it. We will be shooting lit candles and swinging targets, but I still need more ideas! The pellet shoots are indoors, but I am putting a range in at my place. If anyone has any ideas on things to try, please let me know.

Balloons. Blow them up, and let them hang. If there is a breeze it would take a little more skill to hit.

Water jugs filled with colored water. Start at the top, and only shoot at the water. Your target constantly gets smaller.

[W9ZEB]

for the .22 get a few cases of generic samschoice soda, fanta, or whatever is cheap.

The little green plastic army guys are fun too.

[Steelman]

Saltine crackers for a cheap reactive target. Kinda messy and will attract birds if used outdoors.

[JcJ]

You might consider some airsoft pistols.. Maybe a little cheaper and/or a little more realistic than some pellet pistols..

[Scutter01]

Why not do your own bowling pin shoot, but instead of pins, use ping pong balls or something.

[wolfman]

If you have a place that the mess will not damage, paint balls are a fun reactive target for a pellet gun kinda small, but very satisifying when you finally hit one. Get some of those extra large diameter drinking straws, drill the same size holes about 2 inches apart in a 2x4, (make the board as long or short as you like), stick one end of the straw in the hole, and set a paint ball on the other end. 3 layers of close weave carpeting hung over a frame makes a good back stop. Straws that are hit can easily be replaced, and one of those cheap plastic tarps on the ground will help -w- clean up.

wolfman
4-H ML Instructor

[karlsgunbunker]

Clays are cheap and reactive.
That's how I trained my boys.

[rhino]

Crackers and vanilla wafers make great reactive targets for .22s.

[Scutter01]

Originally Posted by rhino

Crackers and vanilla wafers make great reactive targets for .22s.

Crackers and vanilla wafers, however, make terrible skeet targets.