When I was a kid I learned to shoot a BB gun about 4 years old. My favorite targets were plastic army men thumbtacked to a board floating down the canal.
My father was a west Texas cowboy and he expected me to "go a plankin" every evening after chores. I was 8 years old before I discovered it was called "plinking" and not "planking".
As an old coot I have entered my second childhood. Now I'm plankin' with a spranger. I play with plastic army men, toy dinosaurs and shotgun shells.
I was cleaning out my target box today and realized it was almost an art form. So much better than paper with holes in it. I thought someone might enjoy seeing it....
Green army men and red pirates. 25-35 yards. .410 at 35 yards. 12 gauge at 35-45. The gorilla family at 55 yards. The T Rex and the lion at 65. Various dinosaurs filling the gaps.
We like headshots on army men at 25.
We call the T Rex "Pimples" He's taken many hits. When the temperature is hot he collects pellets. When it cools off he spits them out.
At 70 we shoot a bright green coffee tumbler hanging from a bush. At 75 a propane cylinder we call "Dimples". At 80-100 an aluminum cylinder that rings like a church bell.
I find "a plankin' with a spranger" a lot more fun than shooting targets. I get frustrated shooting groups. Especially with a springer. Especially at range.
Shooting "stuff" that challenges your skills is IMO a much better way to develop practical skills. Its also less stress. You celebrate your hits as they fly through the air and try to hit them again. Your misses teach you a lesson and are forgotten. It's nothing but pure fun.
I bet there are as many guys here shooting cans and various objects as targets. What "stuff" do you shoot? How do you set up your spranger plankin' range?
My father was a west Texas cowboy and he expected me to "go a plankin" every evening after chores. I was 8 years old before I discovered it was called "plinking" and not "planking".
As an old coot I have entered my second childhood. Now I'm plankin' with a spranger. I play with plastic army men, toy dinosaurs and shotgun shells.
I was cleaning out my target box today and realized it was almost an art form. So much better than paper with holes in it. I thought someone might enjoy seeing it....
Green army men and red pirates. 25-35 yards. .410 at 35 yards. 12 gauge at 35-45. The gorilla family at 55 yards. The T Rex and the lion at 65. Various dinosaurs filling the gaps.
We like headshots on army men at 25.
We call the T Rex "Pimples" He's taken many hits. When the temperature is hot he collects pellets. When it cools off he spits them out.
At 70 we shoot a bright green coffee tumbler hanging from a bush. At 75 a propane cylinder we call "Dimples". At 80-100 an aluminum cylinder that rings like a church bell.
I find "a plankin' with a spranger" a lot more fun than shooting targets. I get frustrated shooting groups. Especially with a springer. Especially at range.
Shooting "stuff" that challenges your skills is IMO a much better way to develop practical skills. Its also less stress. You celebrate your hits as they fly through the air and try to hit them again. Your misses teach you a lesson and are forgotten. It's nothing but pure fun.
I bet there are as many guys here shooting cans and various objects as targets. What "stuff" do you shoot? How do you set up your spranger plankin' range?
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Living in east Tennessee (where the accent is eerily similar), let's just say I related instantly, lol...