Games we play...

OPC · March 31, 2025, 12:01 PM

I had been wanting to shoot a game of battleship (Birchwood-Casey Shoot-n-c) against the wife with 22lr rifles for some time. I finally managed to convince her a second rifle was needed. This way she could shoot the 10/22 target model (circa mid-2000s) with a Vari-x II 3-9x and I would pick up something of comparable accuracy potential for a 50yd shooting game.

After much deliberation and reading, I picked up a Tippmann M4-22 Elite.

What a great choice it turned out to be! I mounted an old Vari-X II (?) 2-7x on it and once it was sighted in, well, let the games begin!

To keep the target from getting too busy, we decided that we were only allowed 20-rounds each to hit the 16 dots. At 50yds with a variable breeze our results show a great time was had (though the Olympics teams will not be calling us up

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ocharry · April 1, 2025, 10:39 AM

ok...so where did you get the targets...that looks like it could be a lot of fun for me and my grandsons...lol...yep lot of fun

OPC · April 1, 2025, 04:00 PM

ocharry
I got them on Amazon here: Birchwood-Casey Battleship target

Just so you know what to expect, the overall pages are 12"x18" and the colored dots (red and green) are about .75" diameter. They're really good as short distance pistol targets, too.

Metal god · April 3, 2025, 03:03 AM

Yep , I’ve got those and made copies. We also play tik-tac-toe , hand guns you just hit anywhere in the square , rifles you have to hit the little x/o in the square . We play one that uses a page full of 3/4” circles ( 6 rows of 10 ) . You pick the the play , clear the paper or pick an amount of rounds to be fired each and most hits win . There are others but I’m drawing a blank on them right now .

I went down a 5 to 10 year reloading rabbit hole . Loading , shooting , documenting , confirming. Fast powder , slow powder , heavy vs lighter bullets . Secant versus tangent, off the lands this , concentricity gauge that

When I came up for air I realized yeah I could shoot pretty good but was not having fun doing so , It was more like work then play . So I stopped doing the deep dives on reloading and just started shooting for fun . I don’t reload nearly as much as I used to , well in the tedious meticulous way I used to . I still reload the shoot, but I have all of those loads I’ve worked up for those years to now take advantage of . The only time I do deep dives is with new rifles or new barrels. Even then it’s not all that deep.

I did, however, just put a new barrel on a rifle as well as finished a build so I have basically two new rifles to work up loads for so that will take some time . I’m actually looking forward to it. I haven’t actually worked up a proper new load in maybe three years or so .

Anyways, shooting games are fun for sure I enjoy them very much .

**4V50 Gary** · April 3, 2025, 03:03 PM

That looks fun!

Shotgun Slim · April 3, 2025, 04:02 PM

Gotta thank the OP for showing those type of targets. Ordered some one minute after reading the post. My gr daughters and I will be going to war.....::

April 1, 2025, 10:39 AM	#2
ocharry Senior Member Join Date: October 20, 2006 Posts: 759	ok...so where did you get the targets...that looks like it could be a lot of fun for me and my grandsons...lol...yep lot of fun __________________ The felon does not fear the police, and he fears neither judge nor jury. Therefore what he must be taught to fear is his victim." - Lt. Col. Jeff Cooper, USMC

April 1, 2025, 04:00 PM	#3
OPC Senior Member Join Date: January 9, 2007 Posts: 206	ocharry I got them on Amazon here: Birchwood-Casey Battleship target Just so you know what to expect, the overall pages are 12"x18" and the colored dots (red and green) are about .75" diameter. They're really good as short distance pistol targets, too. __________________ *José*

April 3, 2025, 03:03 AM	#4
Metal god Senior Member Join Date: April 10, 2012 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 7,042	Yep , I’ve got those and made copies. We also play tik-tac-toe , hand guns you just hit anywhere in the square , rifles you have to hit the little x/o in the square . We play one that uses a page full of 3/4” circles ( 6 rows of 10 ) . You pick the the play , clear the paper or pick an amount of rounds to be fired each and most hits win . There are others but I’m drawing a blank on them right now . I went down a 5 to 10 year reloading rabbit hole . Loading , shooting , documenting , confirming. Fast powder , slow powder , heavy vs lighter bullets . Secant versus tangent, off the lands this , concentricity gauge that When I came up for air I realized yeah I could shoot pretty good but was not having fun doing so , It was more like work then play . So I stopped doing the deep dives on reloading and just started shooting for fun . I don’t reload nearly as much as I used to , well in the tedious meticulous way I used to . I still reload the shoot, but I have all of those loads I’ve worked up for those years to now take advantage of . The only time I do deep dives is with new rifles or new barrels. Even then it’s not all that deep. I did, however, just put a new barrel on a rifle as well as finished a build so I have basically two new rifles to work up loads for so that will take some time . I’m actually looking forward to it. I haven’t actually worked up a proper new load in maybe three years or so . Anyways, shooting games are fun for sure I enjoy them very much . __________________ If Jesus had a gun , he'd probably still be alive ! I almost always write my posts regardless of content in a jovial manor and intent . If that's not how you took it , please try again .

April 3, 2025, 03:03 PM	#5
4V50 Gary Staff Join Date: November 2, 1998 Location: Colorado Posts: 22,265	That looks fun! __________________ Vigilantibus et non dormientibus jura subveniunt. *Molon Labe!*

April 3, 2025, 04:02 PM	#6
Shotgun Slim Senior Member Join Date: March 9, 2014 Location: Va Posts: 297	Gotta thank the OP for showing those type of targets. Ordered some one minute after reading the post. My gr daughters and I will be going to war.....::