jstanfield103, I couldn't resist. I've been on this potato shooting kick for about a year now. I sometimes shoot them at 100 yards with a .17 hmr, and a Henry 22 mag, but more often at 50 yards, — less walking, more shooting.
I cut toothpicks in half with wire cutters — (the ones speared at both ends) I put a whack of them into an empty toothpick container, and bring them to the range with my paper targets, a bag of small potatoes, a knife, and a stapler.
I walk up to the target board with a pocket full of half toothpicks, and tap the pointed end of the toothpicks into the top edge of the target board with the square back part of the stapler. The speared end is usually pointy enough to tap into dry chip board, about 1/4 of an inch or more deep.
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Once the toothpicks are tapped in (about 8-10), I spike the potatoes onto the toothpicks:
https://s14.postimg.cc/u0t9dx6jl/Potato_Targets_1.jpg Then, I shoot them, after I get bored with paper targets. It's quite fun to see a 1" or smaller potato explode when a 22 mag bullet impacts it.
It's a cheap date, tons of fun, and organic. The benefit with the toothpicks, is that they usually stay in place, or get only slightly slanted. You just have to push them upright again, and put new potatoes on. If you want to be really economical, you can cut larger potatoes into quarters, skin side facing you when you aim. For some reason, the skinned side explodes better than the fleshy side.
If I had your range, it would look like a potato shooting paradise. I'd have those wood skids standing up all over the place, with holes drilled into the top edges, with MANY potatoes - rows and rows of them.
Cheap organic fun.
