Laser level for target?

[scotton]

I do a lot of shooting in the house, I have about 10 meters to work with. I shoot into one of those little rimfire traps that has the binder clip on top to hold the targets.

My dilemma is, I'm sick of printing targets. Sometimes I get lazy and just put a bunch of dots on a sheet of paper with a Sharpie.

I've been thinking about getting a laser level for work, one that puts out a cross hair, like for framing or hanging tile. Then I got to thinking. Why not shoot the cross hair onto a blank sheet of paper and use that for my target? I can shoot a nice group, then move the cross hair an inch and repeat. I could probably get a few hundred shots per sheet of paper.

Then I thought about the little laser dot thingy that I put out in the yard at Christmas because I'm too lazy to hang lights on the roof. It shoots little red and green dots all over the house. I could use that to put dots all over the page. And it might drive the cat crazy.

I feel like there is an opportunity here for someone to make a laser target emitter. Maybe you could switch between 10m rifle targets, 10m pistol targets, a big sight-in cross hair and a bunch of 1/2" dots. Until someone comes along and makes a million dollars off my idea, I'll be shooting at my Christmas lasers and getting the cat some therapy.

 

[AirNGasman]

I'm a-guessin' your cat needs a LOT of therapy Scott, but not related to laser dots.

 

[Guest]

I'm a-guessin' your cat needs a LOT of therapy Scott, but not related to laser dots.

Baha

 

[scotton]

Sir, you are a deviant.......



is what my cat says to me every day.

 

[AirNGasman]

I stand corrected. A talking cat needs no therapy. 

Not so, the owner. 

 

[c_m_shooter]

I do a lot of shooting in the house, I have about 10 meters to work with. I shoot into one of those little rimfire traps that has the binder clip on top to hold the targets.





Then I thought about the little laser dot thingy that I put out in the yard at Christmas because I'm too lazy to hang lights on the roof. It shoots little red and green dots all over the house. I could use that to put dots all over the page. 

I haven't shot any holes in the kitchen cabinets YET. I'm thinkin this would probably end my streak.

 

[scotton]

Well, there is some suspicious tape over one window, but if my wife ever notices, I'm just going to blame the cat.

 

[MikeVV]

Just...do it..!

NOT the cats.



Mike

 

[AirNGasman]

I used clear packaging tape to not only reinforce both sides of a 'compromised' window pane, but, now divorced, display it like a badge of honor. Also as a daily reminder of one particular cardinal rule of gun safety!

"OOPS!!" occurred while I was still married; but by then working on divorce Discovery by assembling forensic accounting of 25 years of marriage financials. Said forensic accounting took six months of detailing a quarter-century of financial records and documentation, but was successful and worth every minute. I now view "OOPS!" as a poignant object of chagrin, hilarity, affection, and the one-of-a-kind 'abstract art' masterpiece it is.

 

[scotton]

My wife told me that she would prefer to be widowed rather than divorced, so my plan is to buy a new pane of glass and install it when she's out of town. Not sure when that will be, so I have three semi-plausible stories lined up involving my daughter, the cat or a botched home invasion. Given the location of the window and the solar screens on the outside, I could probably roll the dice for years. She hasn't washed a window in the 30 years that I've known her, but it would be just like her to randomly decide to clean that one window out of 20.

 

[AirNGasman]

"My wife told me that she would prefer to be widowed rather than divorced".

ROFLMAO!  When it comes to countless true stories, anecdotes, lies and BS, think I've finally met my match! Never thought that would happen, especially at the hands of a (relative) youngster. Geez, I can only imagine the stories, anecdotes, lies and BS you'll be capable of once you have a few more decades to develop your full potentials!

BTW, remember that carney-girl I told you about the other day? Your mention of your cat, therapy, and deviants reminds me one of the reasons I chickened out pertains to her 'creative' use of, and relationship with, her cat.

To paraphrase, even this old deviant has scruples... it just takes something like a carney cat-'lover' girl to unearth them. 

 

[scotton]

Oh, the carney was a girl. That makes more sense.

 

[Nnauerz]

When inside I just pick a spot on a blank peice of paper and make a hole with a pellet and then when that hole gets to big make another one in a different spot.

 

[rc4fun]

One dot at a time? Just use a cheap ebay laser pointer.

 

[scotton]

That's what I wound up doing. I have a boresighter that doesn't fit in .177 barrels that I put on a very nice, high end stand (Nerf gun dart laying on its side). 

 

[crosman2016]

Shooting at a laser dot would be handy. Once you would shoot out the dot, just rotate the laser slightly, and you have a new target. On another note, when I shoot indoors, I usually put our two cats in one of the upstairs bedrooms...they really get spooked from the report of any of my airguns.