making some homemade shoot and see

[corey012778]

if I read right. about any paint should work. so I got one done. but I am going to change one of the steps that I used.

I gathered all the stuff I need


I used an neon paper. then covered it with plastic wrap


taped the back. keeped the side loose.


this is the step I am going to skip next time. I put and circle I cut out of an target I had laying around. placed in the center and painted the out side of it just going to paint the whole thing next time and not use that.


then took the target that I cut the center out of and spray painted the center red.


finished product


I am using cardboard drink skids, most of them are beer. it on advantages of working at 7-11 can get as many as I want.

[cayugad]

I've come to the conclusion that all this target making is too much fussing around. Walking down to the target each time is good for me and gives my rifle a chance to cool. Now granted it is a cool way to see your hits, but I wonder if it is worth all the effort and mess...

[corey012778]

it is, I think I am going to use them for plinking.
I have a couple of ballistic programs that have targets and a site that have targets I like. it is less work and cost even less then the home mades. and I need the walk, my waste went up 2 in, when I was laid off [8D]

[Semisane]

I'm with you Cayugad. Anyway, I hate painting - even a piddly little spray job like that.

I often walk to the target between each shot. Let's see: Target at 100 yards = 200 yard round trip x 30 shots in a range session = 6,000 yards x 3 feet per yard = 18,000 feet / 5,280 feet per mile. DAMN, I'm walking about three and a half miles in a range session. No wonder I need a drink when I'm finished shooting!

[corey012778]

oops ,made an mistake, 4 pants sizes. should of went to the range more when I was off.


semi, now you need an the calories burned

[Semisane]

Doesn't really make any difference how many calories are burned Corey. When I finish shooting at the hunting club range it's usually time to sit around BSing with the guys, cooking up some gumbo or deer sausage and camp 'taters (lots of butter, onions and garlic) and sipping on a few cold ones. The calorie input just seems to exceed the calorie burn rate no matter how much shooting I do. [:-]

[corey012778]

mmm, I just eat and reading that just made me hunger again

[cayugad]

Well the walking is good for you.. then you can go in the house and have a hot cup of coffee and clean the guns.. Although the Birchwood Casey Shoot N C targets I have are nice, no arguement. All I am saying is the ones I made worked.. but it was a hassel to do it. I am going to make a few more big ones, just to pattern the shotgun for the final time with the new shot cups.. Plus I have a couple cans of spray paint around the house.

[yeoman]

Question: is it essential to use shrink wrap for the "shoot and see"? I wonder if using black plastic over a light background might work and eliminate some steps. Particularly if one was to make a frame, the edges of which were a bit narrower than the cardboard backing, so that the cardboard was curved thereby stretching the black plastic and inserted in the frame. You could get the thinnest mil black plasticcheap, eliminate a paint step, and reuse the frame.

This needs more study...................

[corey012778]

could also try dollar store cheap trash bags, they are pretty thin. just another thought.