We used the cheap plastic golf balls but with no holes, they even have dimples, or the chalk ones that blow up...really cool, but never a real one !! Same goes with tires, shot at old tires and had the pellets come back at us !!
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Golf Balls
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I've got one on my know your limits target in a wire attachment I got from Target Forge. I agree about the bounce backs. But I've noticed that 177s penetrate the golf ball significantly better and if they bounce off they don't come back with as much authority. But it still isn't a great idea. I need to take mine down.
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NEVER shoot anything concave! Very good chance it will come back at you. I learned this the hard way with a 357 PB. I shot at an old shovel sticking in the dirt. That bullet came back so close I heard it wizz past my ear! The reason golf balls ricochet is because of the dimples.When a pellet hits the concave. dimple it comes straight back. That's why they say to get rid of gongs or steel targets when they get dished out.
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Shambozzle,
I saw these pics in your other thread.
I glued paintballs to cardboard with hot glue but the impact on one ball would often knock off a nearby ball.
The balls seemed a little slick. This is sounding weird but anyway - do you or anyone else for that matter find this to be the case and if so do you wash them.
Jeez I cant' believe I just typed that but I am seriously asking about paint balls.
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Are cheese balls food, really?
You mean that there ARE other things to eat than cheese puffs/balls? LOL!
As for shooting golf balls... I learned to hard way to not shoot them... especially with a lower powered airguns.
No injury or damage, but had a very close call to my person and a window. Picked the pellet out of the metal screen on my storm window!
I think the surface being concave has little to nothing to do with it. Even flat metal targets are usually hung loosely or angled so that the pellet is deflected downward toward the ground. A golf ball is made to "bounce back" and if not penetrated will act like a spring on the pellet/projectile.
JMHO
All my best!
Kerry
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Air venturi makes some that are meant for shooting. They pop with a cloud of white powder when you hit them.
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Aspirin and antacids both make great targets. They are challenging to hit, make a nice cloud of dust and are quite cheap.
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I like these ideas and it got me thinking maybe a bulk buy of "sidewalk chalk" that some parents buy for their kids. It comes in sticks, but might be easily cut or broken down into smaller disks for targets?
https://www.amazon.com/s?crid=NBC3L...k sidewalk chalk,aps,313&url=search-alias=aps
All my best!
Kerry
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Still not sure what you mean... but if you mean what I think you mean... that is probably what I should have done with the two Center Point scopes that I had that came on an airgun in a "combo" deal! (chuckle) Both were fixed 4x scopes and really sucked.
Actually, I gave both of them away. One of those people is still using theirs AFAIK, but they have no idea how bad it really is. (shrug)
I guess free means more than good to some... (smile) And when you aren't financially able, free does mean quite a bit.
All my best!
Kerry
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We had a box of expired creamers. The small ones you get at the gas stations. Those are pretty fun. Wish I had more.
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LOL! Thanks for the confirmation! (grin)
Now, I have to get back to Breaking Bad again after 10 years. Found a free and legal way to watch the entire series on archive.org, including El Camino.
archive.org/download/brba_all/
All my best!
Kerry
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There also is the watergel balls, or snot balls as i call them, but they are problematic in that they are fragile as it is pretty much gello consistency.
But quite rewarding when you hit them, not so much if you just grace them.
PS: that Gorilla glue look much like a glue we used in Wood class in school, funny enough here we called in monkey snot, but i can not remember if there was a gorilla on the label, this was back in the 70ties.
But quite rewarding when you hit them, not so much if you just grace them.
PS: that Gorilla glue look much like a glue we used in Wood class in school, funny enough here we called in monkey snot, but i can not remember if there was a gorilla on the label, this was back in the 70ties.
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These are the best targets. Hang with para cord so they always come back to zero. No ricochets!
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Yeah you need enough juice for shooting golf balls, my boss property is right by a golf course and I constantly find balls, I have 2 bucket full and yes I use them as target,....if I hit them square the pellets penetrate easily
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