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Is there any web sites that offer you to be able to print your own targets with a fee. Maybe looking in the wrong places,but all I find have a charge. Thanks.

I use http://mytargets.com/

Midway:
https://www.midwayusa.com/free-targets
Jake

JEBar wrote: ↑

Fri Jul 30, 2021 4:04 pm

I use http://mytargets.com/

I use those also, if I'm interested in zeroing or similar. I also recycle water bottles, cans, unwanted fruits and veggies, party balloons hung from a line between a couple trees or whatever, paper plates (use a Sharpie to draw in a bullseye) various electronic junk like my last PC, and even a broken down riding mower. Most any picture you find on the web, can also yield interesting targets, although printing them uses up a lot of ink. Your imagination is the only limit. Balloons can be fun if it's a little windy.

Old sports gear can be challenging. I used to walk the ball fields and golf courses on midnight shift patrol and collect baseballs, softballs, and golfballs from the edges of the grassy areas after night tournaments. I'd put a screw eye in the, hang them on the range and the kids would swing and spin them.

Cool ideas..Thanks..

I bravely stormed the local walmart on a search for more clay pigeons. They only had one box, broken open, a broken clay right in the center pile, but I bought them anyway. $8 with tax for 89 birds. Today I brought out the .44 carbine and had a good time popping them off the 50 yard backstop. Nobody else was there, which was a surprise since the weather was perfect.
I like clay birds at 50 yards. Not too hard to hit and give good action when those Remington 180 grainers slam into them.
$8 gets you enough to go shootin about 4 times. Deal!
Even smashed there are bits to aim at so they are economical action targets.

Another idea I have shared before is... Ice. Freeze those thin dasani water bottles filled with tap water. Freeze the dixie cup bathroom cups filled with water. Old fashioned ice trays with big cubes. Various size Tupperware containers. Imagination is the only limitation. Cut away the water bottles or dixie cups, crack the trays or Tupperware. Haul your targets to your range in a cooler. The break up/explode when hit, but you can shoot the smaller pieces, and best of all... the has cleanup duty.

BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:02 am

Another idea I have shared before is... Ice. Freeze those thin dasani water bottles filled with tap water. Freeze the dixie cup bathroom cups filled with water. Old fashioned ice trays with big cubes. Various size Tupperware containers. Imagination is the only limitation. Cut away the water bottles or dixie cups, crack the trays or Tupperware. Haul your targets to your range in a cooler. The break up/explode when hit, but you can shoot the smaller pieces, and best of all... the has cleanup duty.

Yep, you can even use cool aid or food dye of different colors/flavors to make them easier to see.

GunnyGene wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 31, 2021 7:45 am

BrokenolMarine wrote: ↑

Sat Jul 31, 2021 5:02 am

Another idea I have shared before is... Ice. Freeze those thin dasani water bottles filled with tap water. Freeze the dixie cup bathroom cups filled with water. Old fashioned ice trays with big cubes. Various size Tupperware containers. Imagination is the only limitation. Cut away the water bottles or dixie cups, crack the trays or Tupperware. Haul your targets to your range in a cooler. The break up/explode when hit, but you can shoot the smaller pieces, and best of all... the has cleanup duty.

Yep, you can even use cool aid or food dye of different colors/flavors to make them easier to see.

Excellent suggestion. I've done that in the past as well. I was lucky enough to always be shooting outdoors on my own range. No worries about staining the range areas.