Chalk is a fun target!

[Swing360]

the girls left their sidewalk chalk out and as I was picking it up I thought.... "These should be fun" so I took a couple for myself

75yds with no wind made for a good afternoon. The chalk really explodes when you hit it and paints the ground really well for confirmation. I will now be "making" more chalk as it will be significantly cheaper after seeing how fun shooting it is!

 

[binfordw]

Saw it into .250" thick slices and hotglue them to golf tees or metal stakes, a box of chalk goes a long way.

I like shooting them, but its a pain to constantly setup and glue all that chalk!

 

[FearnLoading]

Have used up many a box of coloured chalk on Shooting sessions. Realized that if you leave the chalk in the hot sun for an afternoon and then shoot it, the cloud of coloured powder is much more since all the moisture in the chalk is gone. 

I bet my teachers at school never ever thought that I would use chalk for shooting.  

 

[Astroman]

Chalk busting in slow motion......

 

[Swing360]

AHHHH the little chalk on golf tees is AWESOME! Jedediah and I both looked at each other wide eyed. Looks like we've got some glueing to do! 

The "explosion" is actually greater with the smaller pieces in comparison to the thick sticks I was shooting. The clouds were about the same size for each, but having the significantly smaller target is nice in building skill and having the same effect. 

It will be at least a week before this rain lets up (Seattle) so I've got time to make some targets and since Jedediah golfs like a mad man, we've got plenty of golf tees floating around. Call me a dork, but I feel like I just opened up a whole new crazy world of fun targets(for me)! LOL

 

[NMshooter]

Ryan,
Try using epoxy or a hot glue gun. Both set up fast so things won't "slump". I used this on my targets out of pellet tins (Ted's idea). Took about an hour start to finish to do these from paint to glue.
Doc
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[Swing360]

Doc,
Now we're cooking with fire! Funny how sometimes we find ourselves "almost there" in terms of a setup, but it's not QUITE RIGHT until you get another set of eyes on it. 

Jedediah and I were using our empty tins, but we were just using a dab of red paint and then propping them up in the field just to have to pick them up when we nocked them all down. 

Looking at what you are doing we were maybe a little further than ALMOST there, but we were certainly on the right path. Lol. I like the visibility with spraying it and OBVIOUSLY the 1" centers make more sense and even MORE sense by securing them to a broad base so we don't have to walk the plank after every series. Lol. 

Good times, good insight! 

 

[NMshooter]

Ted has two videos on this, not my original idea. At 100 yards they are exactly 1 mil dot in length. I had al ot of fun blasting these. Literally took me about an hour to do. I still like the chalk glued to golf tees. I used wood screws but Ted used golf tees as well. Just fun shooting your own "art"!

 

[fr8rbum747]

Great Video and really nice shooting. Will be stealing the grand kids chalk or maybe have to bribe them to get a few sticks.
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