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From: gozer!klm@uunet.UU.NET (Kevin L. McBride)
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Subject: Re: glass targets, a no-no
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Date: 19 Jun 91 22:54:14 GMT
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In article <35661@mimsy.umd.edu> bercov@bevsun.bev.lbl.gov (John Bercovitz) writes:
#I sure don't want to be a preacher, but some mention was made of shooting
#bottles recently.  I hope that bottle-shooting was done at the local dump.
#We shooters gotta be careful about making enemies we don't need.  Busted
#glass will do that for you.  The stuff's impossible to completely police
#up.  No flames intended.
#     JHBercovitz@lbl.gov    (John Bercovitz)
#
#
#[MODERATOR:  A good reminder, John, thanks!]

Glass is an awful lot of fun but, as it has been pointed out many
times by many different people, very messy.

A great alternative is aluminum soft drink cans and beer cans (as long
as you didn't remove the contents immediately prior to shooting)
filled with water.

I used to get frustrated shooting at cans on top of a target stand and
having them not move when I scored a clean hit.  Most handgun loads
(FMJs, WCs, and SWCs) tend to punch through clean and don't dissipate
enough energy to knock the can over.

Fill the can with water and use hollow points.  The hollow point
starts expanding in the water and dissipates a significant amount of
energy.  The resulting explosion of the can and the spray of water is
just as dramatic as glass, if not more so, and you only have to pick
up the shredded scrap aluminum.

The boys in my Scout troop really get a kick out of this when we go to
the range.  They, however, have to do it with a rifle.  Handguns are
verboten in Boy Scouts.  At least on 'official' scouting functions.

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