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    Most satisfying target to shoot at.

    Today I found a clutch of eggs that one of my hens had laid behind a fence.
    Question - is there anything more satisfying to shoot at than an egg? I think not.

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    100% in agreement - especially rotten ones, they make quite a pop...

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    I'm rather partial to these:
    http://www.merlinarchery.co.uk/airbu...e-targets.html

    Charge old fizzy drink bottles up to 8bar / 110psi with a compressor then pop em.
    Fun use for old bottles before they go in the recycling.

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    Corvids

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    Quote Originally Posted by charub View Post
    Today I found a clutch of eggs that one of my hens had laid behind a fence.
    Question - is there anything more satisfying to shoot at than an egg? I think not.
    The one that's really small & 85yrds away that you hit first go!!
    "corners should be round" Theo Evo .22/.177 - Meopta 6x42, DS huntsman classic .20 vortex razor LH 3-15x42 under supervised boingrati tuning by Tony L & Tinbum, HW77 forest green - Nikon prostaff 2-7x32 plex.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Disco Stu View Post
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    Tin chickens!
    Last edited by Rickenbacker; 28-02-2017 at 11:02 PM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rooti McNote View Post
    Terrorists!
    You have to join the army to shoot terrorists Phil, their not legal quarry.
    "corners should be round" Theo Evo .22/.177 - Meopta 6x42, DS huntsman classic .20 vortex razor LH 3-15x42 under supervised boingrati tuning by Tony L & Tinbum, HW77 forest green - Nikon prostaff 2-7x32 plex.

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    A steel plate several hundred yards away. That wait to hear the 'gong' as the sound takes ages to get back to you.

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    Quote Originally Posted by rhyslightnin View Post
    You have to join the army to shoot terrorists Phil, their not legal quarry.
    Ahh, cheers Rhys. I did go straight to DEFCON 1 there for a moment. I dunno what came over me.

    I've changed it now.

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    Flys or wasps ... bit of jam / honey smeared round your target area in the summer

    Now if you ever happened to get a fly sitting on a rats head

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    My dad used to push Hilti cartridges into the wall and we take shots at them, caused great excitement when they went off. Also old tins of expanding foam, stand well back and expect a mess.

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    I like shooting at paintball on a golf tee.
    If you are already aiming for the exact center of everything, then the target’s size shouldn’t matter — the center of a beach ball is just as big as the center of an aspirin tablet. -Byron Ferguson

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    Quote Originally Posted by rhyslightnin View Post
    The one that's really small & 85yrds away that you hit first go!!
    Agreed. Last summer we had an egg shoot at the club; a plain egg atop a length of scaffold pole hammered into the ground at somewhere between 60 and 100 yards away.

    Three shots for a quid, and the first to break the egg wins half the kitty, then carry on. I picked up £26.
    www.shebbearshooters.co.uk. Ask for Rich and try the coffee

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    .22 blanks...
    6 out of 7 dwarfs are not happy...!

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    Quote Originally Posted by Rooti McNote View Post
    Ahh, cheers Rhys. I did go straight to DEFCON 1 there for a moment. I dunno what came over me.

    I've changed it now.
    Was it a tin chicken???!!

    I hope whatever it was it wiped it off & said sorry
    "corners should be round" Theo Evo .22/.177 - Meopta 6x42, DS huntsman classic .20 vortex razor LH 3-15x42 under supervised boingrati tuning by Tony L & Tinbum, HW77 forest green - Nikon prostaff 2-7x32 plex.

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