Sorry to bring a dying thread back to life, but this weekend I went to my aunt and uncles house to do some shooting with my 10 year old cousin. Wanting to see how hard some of those "trick shots" on Top Shot were, I picked up some camping clothes line rope and some que-tips.
When I got down there, we put the .22 conversion in the AR, picked up the .22/.410 Savage over-under, and the S&W .22 revolver and headed out to the firing line with everything in tow.
We decided to start off with the rope, so we hung it from a target stand and tied some large rocks around the bottom to keep it straight and tight. Even with the wind, it didn't swing much so it was perfect! I loaded up one magazine for the AR and gave it to my aunt since she never shoots with us, but is a great shot with the right weapon. She hit the rope on her 8th shot from the standing position from a measured 35 ft away. It didn't split the rope, but frailed it a bit. My little cousin was next, he took the seating position and racked off the entire magazine pretty quickly, just grazing the rope once. Then I took the seating position since the wind had picked up and managed to put my first 3 rounds into the rope, close enough to split it in half!
After doing that for a few more times, we got out the que-tips and put them into a hair spray can that we had shot a couple weekends ago. Using the Savage .22/.410 over/under with iron sights from 35 feet away made this extremely easy. I'm not quite sure how the guy on Top Shot managed to miss with a match grade rifle and a scope since me and my cousin were able to hit them with almost every shot using iron sights...
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, I just had to share because I was so proud of my little cousin! I can't wait until my nephew gets old enough to shoot...
When I got down there, we put the .22 conversion in the AR, picked up the .22/.410 Savage over-under, and the S&W .22 revolver and headed out to the firing line with everything in tow.
We decided to start off with the rope, so we hung it from a target stand and tied some large rocks around the bottom to keep it straight and tight. Even with the wind, it didn't swing much so it was perfect! I loaded up one magazine for the AR and gave it to my aunt since she never shoots with us, but is a great shot with the right weapon. She hit the rope on her 8th shot from the standing position from a measured 35 ft away. It didn't split the rope, but frailed it a bit. My little cousin was next, he took the seating position and racked off the entire magazine pretty quickly, just grazing the rope once. Then I took the seating position since the wind had picked up and managed to put my first 3 rounds into the rope, close enough to split it in half!
After doing that for a few more times, we got out the que-tips and put them into a hair spray can that we had shot a couple weekends ago. Using the Savage .22/.410 over/under with iron sights from 35 feet away made this extremely easy. I'm not quite sure how the guy on Top Shot managed to miss with a match grade rifle and a scope since me and my cousin were able to hit them with almost every shot using iron sights...
Sorry for the crappy cell phone pics, I just had to share because I was so proud of my little cousin! I can't wait until my nephew gets old enough to shoot...