Range Report: daily plinking

[Sir Henry]

Nah! Once you add rules and official scoring, then it would no longer be plinking. Keep the rules and regulations out of it.

If we did the Gold would go to a Wisconsinite. People have huge lawns here. Mine is about seven acres after I built the garage and made more lawn. And of course a range has to me a lawn.

Yes... always leave a bit of time after range work to enjoy a couple shots!

I’m trying to get lawn mowing plinking into the Summer Olympics.

Hadn't thought of that, but it's doable here in the yard.
Put the shoulder holster on and slip one of the 22 revolvers in it.
Randomly plink a gong as I make a pass.

I like it

RP

If western cowboys can do it on horseback we should be able to do it on lawn mowers and tractors. Hi Yo John Deere away.

[Vaquero]

Nah! Once you add rules and official scoring, then it would no longer be plinking. Keep the rules and regulations out of it.

Rules? We don't need no stink"n rules...

RP

[Hatchdog]

Yes... always leave a bit of time after range work to enjoy a couple shots!

I’m trying to get lawn mowing plinking into the Summer Olympics.

Hadn't thought of that, but it's doable here in the yard.
Put the shoulder holster on and slip one of the 22 revolvers in it.
Randomly plink a gong as I make a pass.

I like it.

RP

At my last place I mowed the fields a couple of times per year. Had lots of moles and from time to time I could see one running away from the tractor. I always thought I should carry a 22 pistol along but never did. A better choice would have been a 38 with shot shells. Here at my current place I’m starting to get some moles moving in so I just bought a couple of traps a neighbor suggested.

Now mowing in front of a bunch of targets and shooting while in motion is a sport I could really get into.

[Vaquero]

Just a little stationary shooting this AM.
From the deck.
Ringing the steel...

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[North Country Gal]

Our local club range is under renovation now, so our preferred ranges are under construction and closed. As a result, I've been staying at home and doing some plinking from the deck in our yard. It's been a mix of air guns and rimfires, the usual mix of backyard friendly shooters.

The one gun, though, that motivates me to step out on the deck for some shooting the most, as always, is my Winchester 1885 22 LR. Not much of a challenge shooting steel at 25 yards with this gun, but that's okay. We all have guns that we shoot just for the joy of shooting, a gun that is a pure pleasure to operate and handle and is more than just an accurate shooter or shooting tool, a gun that always leaves you feeling better at the end of a shooting session. This is mine. Scope is a Nikon Prostaff EFR 3-9x.



For backyard work, I shoot CCI Quiets rather than CB Shorts for the sake of keeping the chamber from developing a crud ring. Thanks to the 24" barrel, the Quiets are pretty quiet.

[Sir Henry]

Our local club range is under renovation now, so our preferred ranges are under construction and closed. As a result, I've been staying at home and doing some plinking from the deck in our yard. It's been a mix of air guns and rimfires, the usual mix of backyard friendly shooters.

The one gun, though, that motivates me to step out on the deck for some shooting the most, as always, is my Winchester 1885 22 LR. Not much of a challenge shooting steel at 25 yards with this gun, but that's okay. We all have guns that we shoot just for the joy of shooting, a gun that is a pure pleasure to operate and handle and is more than just an accurate shooter or shooting tool, a gun that always leaves you feeling better at the end of a shooting session. This is mine. Scope is a Nikon Prostaff EFR 3-9x.



For backyard work, I shoot CCI Quiets rather than CB Shorts for the sake of keeping the chamber from developing a crud ring. Thanks to the 24" barrel, the Quiets are pretty quiet.

I’ve found CCI SV quiet enough for my needs. I don’t think many people could hear a Howitzer go off in my back yard. For me I don’t want to scare the sand hill cranes and turkeys off.

On a side note I may have some interesting bullet trap hangers in a few weeks for the winter. I’m so busy in the summer I don’t get much plinking time in. It seems I shoot more in the winter when there is nothing else to do.

[Vaquero]

A little standard velocity 22 stuff this morning. Then a pulled pork sandwich for an early lunch. I skipped breakfast.
I mowed the grass yesterday but forgot to try the driveby plink'n thing.

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[North Country Gal]

Love the Stevens? single shot.

[Vaquero]

Love the Stevens? single shot.

Yes, a Stevens, it started life as a 25, but somewhere along it's life someone had it relined to a 22lr.
It's a pretty good shooter, I mostly just used the standard vel., or shorts in it.
The extractor doesn't work reliably 100% of the the time, but is much better with those two vs the HV stuff.

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[North Country Gal]

Neat old single shot. Thanks.