22Plinkster 45-70 Vid

Post by **Redthies** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:24 am

Interactive targets are fun, but I’ve got an informal shooting range on public lands to clean up this spring. It was grim in the fall, as nobody ever cleans up rafter themselves. Have I said it before?? I really dislike a lot of humans...

Post by **markiver54** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:48 am

I too have thought about the possibility.

Mistered · Post by **Mistered** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:20 am

The vid that started all this is really not all that smart and certainly not exemplary on many levels, is it?

No it is not and removes the sporting/accuracy aspect of shooting and relegates it to nothing more than a delivery system to ignite/detonate items that either explode or splatter material around. Kind of like that idiotic tv show a couple years ago 'Sons of guns' - rednecks shooting at gigantic piles of explosives and other junk - with bizarre gun creations - virtually nothing sporting or accuracy related about it.
I can understand how 'newbees' or neyophyte gun owners might find these displays 'exciting' but they are nothing more than circus-like sideshows and have nothing to do with the true aspects of sporting/target shooting.

Post by **RanchRoper** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:29 am

Closest I have come is filling a cup from a local donut shop with sand at the range and shooting it off the top of the 50 yd target board just for fun. Blew out the back of the cup pretty good, not to mention the puff of dust...sorry, just couldn't help myself...

Mistered · Post by **Mistered** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 10:55 am

Hey if it can be picked up/cleaned up or otherwise does not pollute or leave potentially dangerous material on the ground (E.G. the guy with the MG and the kid with the lever shooting at the glass balls - yea, I'll bet every glass shard got picked up...) then shoot away ! - otherwise leave the spray paint and sealant cans on the shelf where they belong.

Post by **RanchRoper** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:15 am

Agree on the messy stuff. We have a rule for the backcountry: leave only hoofprints behind.

Post by **Mags** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:52 pm

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Local organization here that works with the Forest Service.

...to reduce trash and find solutions that help preserve the privilege.

http://www.trashnoland.org/

Even if you don't have a like organization in your area, principles there you can use in your own personal care of public land for shooting.

Post by **Mags** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 12:57 pm

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Here a paper cup should be ok. Mark a bull's eye or triangle or something else on it and it should be considered a "home made paper target"

RanchRoper wrote:Closest I have come is filling a cup from a local donut shop with sand at the range and shooting it off the top of the 50 yd target board just for fun. Blew out the back of the cup pretty good, not to mention the puff of dust...sorry, just couldn't help myself...

Post by **ESquared** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:00 pm

Tried to delete the original post but can't. Regret posting it in the first place.

At least it gave rise to some discussion about some regional get-togethers among members for some responsible (!) shooting and camaraderie.

Point taken.

Post by **RanchRoper** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:11 pm

It's all good...

Post by **Mags** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:14 pm

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You can edit the content of the post to anything you want to say differently. Click the 'pencil' button that appears near the 'quote' button.

ESquared wrote:Tried to delete the original post but can't. Regret posting it in the first place.

At least it gave rise to some discussion about some regional get-togethers among members for some responsible (!) shooting and camaraderie.

Point taken.

Post by **ESquared** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 1:22 pm

Mags wrote:.
You can edit the content of the post to anything you want to say differently. Click the 'pencil' button that appears near the 'quote' button.

Thought about that, then thought about it again. Original post edited.

Mistered · Post by **Mistered** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 2:04 pm

It's all good...

Well, its not ALL good but please understand I am NOT some sort of fanatical environmentalist.
I simply see things (as I have mentioned) on TV, 'net vids etc. I do not believe have a place in the realm of quality, traditional target shooting or promote the shooting sports in a positive manner. If you want to see an act of abject insanity Google 'guy blows leg off shooting tannerite'.

Like I said my shooting environment is considerably different than many others and nearly all of my shooting is on public land where everybody sees what is going on and all of us (around here anyway) are working very hard to maintain the cleanliness we have and improve it.
Fortunately on the 'East' side of Oregon it is much more rural and there is considerably less trash than other areas and we want to keep it that way.

One thing I am glad to see is the interest in 'Modern sporting rifles' seems to have reached the 'high water mark' - and maybe crested over.
I see and hear considerably less mag dumps in the woods than in the past and quite frankly am seeing more 'traditional' guns being used. Part of this is due to the more rural aspect of Central Oregon with more emphasis on hunting and the outdoors in general but the less brass I see on the ground the better!

Post by **Mags** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 2:13 pm

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... and fewer shotgun shells...

Mistered wrote:... in general but the less brass I see on the ground the better!

Mistered · Post by **Mistered** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 2:38 pm

... and fewer shotgun shells...

AS I have been saying forever - impose a 5c deposit on SG shells - at least in Oregon like we have on cans & bottles - and heck now THEY are 10c.!!

Post by **RanchRoper** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:42 pm

Holy smokes, I think they were just having fun and blowing some stuff up with a Henry. I don't read anything into it more than that. I laughed when the spray foam went kaboom. I understand the outdoors and cleaning up the mess. I spend endless hours in the backcountry year round and actually never see spent shells, maybe the odd shotgun shell around hunting season but not very often. I guess guys are cleaning up after themselves. That is way less of a problem than the guys tearing up the creeks and such with quads. Now THAT really ticks me off, but that's another story not related to this thread at all, and probably locked-thread worthy anyway.

Post by **Mags** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 6:48 pm

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Ya probably my bad on that. The video lead into talk of get togethers and i felt I just didn't want folks thinking it was ok to shoot that stuff on public land. That spray foam shot was the best though!

RanchRoper wrote:... I don't read anything into it more than that. I laughed when the spray foam went kaboom. ...

Post by **Mags** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:03 pm

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Little bit of a segway into the cans and bottle deposit thing in Oregon. Oregon tracks the redemption and the deposit was raised because not enough people were taking their cans and bottles in for redemption. The redemption places are filthy dirty, sticky, buggy with flys and yellow jackets. Not subject to any kind of health regulations or inspections. With plenty of metal recycling as well as biweekly curb recycling pickup I wasn't doing any redeeming. With the recycling options we have here now the can/bottle deposits have outlived their purpose.

Back on track, yes for deposit for shotgun shells!

Mistered wrote:
... and fewer shotgun shells...
AS I have been saying forever - impose a 5c deposit on SG shells - at least in Oregon like we have on cans & bottles - and heck now THEY are 10c.!!

Post by **JEBar** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:54 pm

RanchRoper wrote:Holy smokes, I think they were just having fun and blowing some stuff up with a Henry. I don't read anything into it more than that. I laughed when the spray foam went kaboom. I understand the outdoors and cleaning up the mess. I spend endless hours in the backcountry year round and actually never see spent shells, maybe the odd shotgun shell around hunting season but not very often. I guess guys are cleaning up after themselves.

agree .... in our area, the vast majority of the land is privately owned .... so long as they aren't breaking some law, I tend to believe the land owners have the right to determine the rules folks using their land have to follow .... on public land, folks have the right to shoot whatever targets are deemed appropriate by the government agency that has jurisdiction .... as a hunter and target shooter who loads his own ammo, picking up my brass (along with any other I can find) has always been part of the process .... its unfortunate that as with many (if not most) things, some folks simply aren't going to follow the rules, much less behave in a manner characterized by courtesy and respect

Post by **Mags** » Sat Mar 16, 2019 7:59 pm

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... and gives a bad rap by association to the well mannered.

JEBar wrote: .... its unfortunate that as with many (if not most) things, some folks simply aren't going to follow the rules, much less behave in a manner characterized by courtesy and respect

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