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From: txd@ESD.3Com.COM (Tom Dietrich)
Newsgroups: rec.guns
Subject: Re: Plinking targets
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Date: 21 Jun 91 20:12:43 GMT
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In article <35862@mimsy.umd.edu> crs@beta.lanl.gov (Charlie Sorsby) writes:
## 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!]
#
#YES!!!!
#
I second that
#
## 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.
#
#The problem is the soft, thin, aluminum.  In the old days when pop
#and beer cans were tin (actually steel), they absorbed energy just
#fine and one could keep them hopping with successive rounds.  Try
#empty *food* cans (beans, corn, etc.) instead.
#

I *HATE* grape soda... My favorite targets for effect are full,
unopened, warm, well shaken cans of cheap grape soda. The .44 Mag
(Ruger Redhawk 7.5" barrel for those interested) turns them into a
spectacular lavender cloud! A couple of minor problems here though, I
suggest a minimum of 25 yards, and there will be a lot of *very* small
bits of aluminum, not many pieces large enough to identify.

#Best,
#
#Charlie Sorsby						"I'm the NRA!"
#	crs@lanl.gov


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