I have a confession to make...

[nox]

shooting at paper bores me to tears!

I went to the range today and only shot 2 mags through my AR before packing up and going home. One shot every 3 seconds at a piece of paper with a red circle on it = (no :zzz: smiley here?)

I guess that's why I enjoy trap so much more, but all my trap buddies are busy due to the holiday.

I really need to find a place where I can shoot some reactive targets!

 

[Classic Liberal]

Buy one of Bobcat Steel's reactive targets. I bought one of his "walker" targets and it is a blast to shoot at.

 

[AllenM]

Steel plates can put some fun back into target shooting

 

[Westside]

where do you shoot at? do they allow steel targets?

I highly recommend Bobcat Steel.

 

[nox]

Well I live in Missouri now, so I mainly shoot at the conservation ranges around St Louis (Busch, Henges, and Logan more specifically). Logan is unstaffed so I could probably bring some spinners or steel out there. Since it's currently 105* I opted for the range with the covered booths today.

 

[Mortblanc]

For me it all depends on if I am just shooting a piece of paper, or shooting to make the smallest possible group on that piece of paper.

For me it is not how many rounds I shoot, but where they land.

There have been several times whe I spent the entire afternoon at the range and only fired a dozen cold bore shots. If they all did what they were supposed to do I considered it an entertaining and successful day.

 

[nox]

Yeah I hear that. My AR only has iron sights though and I guess I was more in the mood to blow something up than to drive tacks today.

My brother and I are going shooting at his local range tomorrow so that will be more fun since we can shoot each others guns that we haven't seen yet and get a good bromance on.

 

[shibumiseeker]

I set up a jungle run at my place last winter with three different courses, a sprint, a jog, and a 30 minute fast hike. I had so much fun running it I was shooting twice as much as I normally do. I held an invitational this spring for some folks with some prizes for best times/accuracy and folks had a lot of fun with it. A lot more fun than plinking at paper. I want to do something with popup targets on my long rifle range, shooting for time/accuracy at 200+ yards.

I haven't run my course since May, but I was running it almost every day during the winter/spring. I'll start again in the fall when the vegetation has died back.

 

[nox]

Now you're just rubbing it in. Man, I need to move out to the sticks!

 

[spec4]

Afghanistan

 

[DustyDawg48]

You need to find some place that holds a USPSA/IDPA rifle-style match. It is so much more dynamic and it gives you the opportunity to operate your gear under stress which helps show what areas other than just pulling the trigger you may need to work on.

 

[nox]

Thinking about joining this place... Arnold Rifle & Pistol Club It's only about 40 miles away from me.

 

[DeadeyeChrista'sdad]

Bromance? Ewww...

 

[nox]

brothers don't shake hands. brothers gotta hug!

 

[Ridgeway]

I know what you mean.

To break it up a week or so ago I just went to the grocery store & grabbed a nice selection of watermelons, giant peppers, cabbages, oranges, etc.

Nothing like blowing up a bit of fruit to have some fun. Watermelons are especially satisfying. As was putting a couple rounds through an old laptop (hard drives do not appear to be bullet proof ).

 

[Gunaria]

Try taking more than one gun to the range.

 

[goinggreyfast]

You need Tannerite my friend.

 

[nox]

Try taking more than one gun to the range.

yeah, I should have grabbed a couple pistols but I just wanted to test out the positioning of my new front grip.

You need Tannerite my friend.

I know exactly where to buy it, just not sure where to use it yet.

 

[Mat250]

shooting at paper bores me to tears!

I hear ya man, I started "stretching" out the range of most of my guns at first. "Lets see what kind of group I can get out of my LC9 at 25 yards (not very good). Then I picked up a ruger 22/45. I have been enjoying this one a lot. I put a cheap red dot on, picked up some extra mags and .22 spinning targets. I know the fun won't last forever but it's better than paper for now. The best part is everything for .22's are cheaper!

 

[Tydeeh22]

if i could drive 10 minutes to linden and have oh... 500 yards. id be happy. but the 100 yards they have marked is the limit.. can you say .22 long rifle all day?