shooting spinner

[weldingscotty803]

went shooting yesterday with a couple of mates. so on saturday after i had finished a calor gas bottle wood burner i thought i'd do a quick spinner for us to blow to pieces.
we started off by using the .17 hmr at 100 yards, if you look closely at the pics you can just see a faint circle
the other larger craters are from the .223 centrefire. took a battering from the .223
made the disks out of 50mm m/steel round bar cut on the chopsaw and 25mm round both 8mm thick, welded to 10mm round then some 22mm id tube which slid over some 20 mm od bar then some legs on it.
could do with something a bit harder ive bought some 20mm thick plate home to try next week
hope you like it

 

[Bobtail4x4]

I hope you use a better backstop?

a .223 coming back at you would sting.

 

[weldingscotty803]

big bank of earth mate. we were shooting behing a landy as well. not one riccochet all day
that pic was took outside my garage when we got back. breeze block wouldnt be a good backstop as they would just explode

 

[Furry Freak]

Hmm, wouldn't be allowed on our range as they're technically non penetrable targets. But looks like you had fun. I've shot some daft stuff in my time. Breeze blocks completely disappear when you hit them with 300 Win Mag. I see you are in Chesterfield, same as me. Wonder if our paths have crossed. Not in a Club are you? I run the Chesterfield and District Rifle and pistol Club

FF

 

[weldingscotty803]

The one at barrow hill?
been there, wasnt a nice welcome tbh
thought you only did air rifles and 22lr on that range as well as clay shootin?
you didnt do your motorbike lessons with compass did you?

 

[Furry Freak]

No not Barrow Hill, I said the Chesterfield and District. We used to be on Whitt Moor.
C&D do full bore. We used to be mainly pistol until someone did something very unpleasant with one and that all stopped the fun.

I'm mostly engaged in stalking nowadays, but I still do stuff on range.

I don't have a motorbike, I'm afraid.

FF

 

[weldingscotty803]

sorry thinking of someone else then. wheres the club now or did the prat cause it to close? do you just use different ranges or do you have one you use all the time?
you a member of the airgunbbs forum?

 

[Robotstar5]

Used to use Kingsbury ranges when I used to shoot.

 

[Furry Freak]

We lost the club to a housing estate, so now we use Epperstone, Thorpe Cloud and Sprotborough on a regular basis. No Club premises to worry about. We are actually trying to build a new range in the area but planning is looking doubtful.

FF

 

[Robotstar5]

I'm surprised you can shoot much these days after Hungerford & Dunblane, I was fortunate to sell up before the bottom fell out of the market after Dunblane.

 

[Furry Freak]

The only thing you can't shoot is pistols and semi auto rifles above .22 rf. Nothing else has changed


By the way can you post a pic of the wood burner at some point please?
FF

 

[weldingscotty803]

FF i forgot to take a picture of it when i made it. it was just a simple upright one. used an old co2 cylinder as the chimmney, cut a door out and used some 80x40 box section for an air vent on the back.
ive got a few spare bottles if you want to try and make one

 

[Furry Freak]

That'd be handy, I'm wanting to make something like this. I know of all sorts of fancy designs, but I just need one in the back of the truck for off road weekends. I have a proper smoker for doing food, these braziers are great for outdoor heat and cooking.

FF

 

[weldingscotty803]

if you want to you can pop up and get one. weekend would be best or thursday night. pm me if you want to pop up and i will give you my no.
ive got 3 filled with water ready to go.
atb scott

 

[Furry Freak]

Will do. Unfortunately away in Aberdeen at the minute. Might be able to sort at weekend, but away then too. If you can hold on to one I'll sort addresses etc with you and come over.

FF

 

[Iain Westland]

I'm mostly engaged in stalking nowadays

As I dont go shooting this was read in a completely different manner

Iain

 

[weldingscotty803]

no probs FF, let me know when suits you

 

[Robotstar5]

The only thing you can't shoot is pistols and semi auto rifles above .22 rf. Nothing else has changedFF

My main interest was pistols, .22 up to .45ACP

 

[Furry Freak]

This was my assortment at the time. All manhole covers now, of course.

FF

 

[Benji]

It woudn't surprise me if a hell of a lot of the stuff that was handed in didn't get sidelined somehow and flogged off abroad to offset the "compensation" offered. In all honesty, the dough handed out wasn't far off the market value if you selling, as we all know, buying was a different matter alltogether.