Does anyone remember shooting out the star at county fair with machine BB gun?

[Flintsack]

Also called a hanging Chad...

I thought this was pretty darn ironic. This could also be titled how not to shoot a bull’s-eye and shoot a really good group. 

I was trying to shoot some 25 shot groups at 100 yards today winds were 5 mph or 4-5 inches. temperature 35. Rifle was red wolf 25 kings power medium.

l got the star once...at the fair. Anyone else invest in that game?
mike

 

[Bob-in-WV]

Oh yes, I remember those. I don't think I ever did shoot it completely out. The guns always shot off so I would try to shoot a couple and see where it hit. Still didn't work for me. Took my son one year when he was a kid. and he shot it out and won a prize. That was better than me doing it anyway.

 

[L.Leon]

I do remember always running out of BBs before the star was even hit. I was a very bad shot.

 

[Flintsack]

I tried for years. There was always that one little hair hanging on. I tried doing a circle quick, I tried doing little three shot groups with with a delicate trigger. It was pretty much impossible.

I was a kid. But it would be very cool to have your own kid knock that thing down.

Are they still around?

 

[intenseaty22]

That looks like a very nice group at 100. Heck yeah, I remember doing the Star. Don’t think I ever got it though. If there was even a fleck of red you were SOL LOL! 

 

[Lokijk82]

I always try whenever I see it, twice I have succeeded albeit it has been a few years since the last successful attempt. I feel like the guns have gotten jankier and the "100" bb's less and less. I was out to the mall a couple of months ago and there was a small shop that had an airsoft range with falling targets which offered a prize for a perfect run on 25 targets. My first time through I missed 3 shots right out of the gates due to the sights being way off, adjusted the windage and dropped all the rest of the targets in order, paid for the second time through and won my daughter a stuffed bear. The guy behind the counter said it was the first time he had to get out the ladder to get one down. 

 

[Flintsack]

And they absolutely hate to get out that ladder and go to the top row.

 

[bubblerboy64]

I remember shooting a 22 at one of those. Probably 22 short . About 1962 

 

[PumaCarl]

Wow! I haven't thought about that for a long time. Very early 70's was the last time I saw one of those.

 

[outdooorgb]

Yup, still one up and running on the Washington coast, Long Beach. Last I remember. 

 

[Flintsack]

I can remember shooting a 22 short at the fair, they had little mechanical ducks going around in a circle and metal knock down targets. And they gave you 10 shots...and handed you the rifle. No strings no chains, the rifle was in your hands in a busy public place. I particularly remember that the rifle didn’t kill anyone.

mike

 

[Ezana4CE]

I do remember always running out of BBs before the star was even hit. I was a very bad shot.

Hilarious!! Maybe those airguns were set to intentionally shoot off target. 

 

[Steveoo]

Yeah what happened to those and the .22 rimfire caps....Probably banned by health and safety, or some other do gooder twats.

 

[thebeav]

Oh yea, I always gave that a try. Never successful though. I do remember the shooting galleries with the pump-action 22 shorts. You could always impress your girlfriend knocking down those rotating ducks. Just one of the ways the world isn't getting better I guess.......

 

[Gman1]

Wow I have not thought about those in many years! I haven't seen one since i was a kid. I never could get the whole thing, one time I thought I would be smart and shoot around the clip that held the target up. The guy running the game politely picked up the target handed it to me and said " looks like you missed ". Funny the things you remember. I wonder if someone could build one of those? That would be fun in the garage range.

 

[Motorhead]

This goes back to likely the early 80's when we saw a tube fed BB zip gun gallery gun game at a state or county fair. Had a few times made a near full diameter removal of target paper that stayed intact on a BB width or so of paper .... BONDED paper SOB's !!!!!

 

[airgunmike56]

I remember the BB guns and the 22 shorts, I do think the guys bent the barrels,,,, I spent a few dollars going both , I do not remember ever winning anything, I was a crack shot at a pretty young age, Walking the neighbor hood with my BB gun, This was in the 60s a long time ago

Mike

 

[mtnGhost]

I was JUST thinking about those a few weeks ago!! Best carnie ripoff game ever lol

 

[Eaglebeak]

We had them here in Aus, back in the mid-70s. The trick was to empty the mag in one long burst and sometimes you would be lucky to get the whole star. If you tried using short bursts it was impossible because it would take a second or two for the gun to build enough velocity to even pierce the card so most of the BBs would be wasted. They were good fun but frustrating because you would nearly always run out of ammo before that star was gone.

 

[GeneT]

I have seen those guns for sale, and considered them more than once. I loved the star game, but probably only played it a few times. I do recall the very first time I did it I had not been paying attention and I carefully, and easily, blasted the center out of the star and waited for the guy to come congratulate me on my prowess... <oops!>. I don't think I ever succeeded, but I'm sure Eaglebeak is correct about doing it in one go, when the Carnies demonstrated it, that's how they always did it.

GsT