Marshmallow FAIL

[AppleaDay]

What I learned at the range today:
Marshmallows stink as reactive targets. I stuck a bunch of them on skewers and staked them on the berm behind the 50 yard line. When I proceeded to pick at them with a .22 they would quiver but decline to provide the hoped-for SPLOTCH!!!
I thought I was just missing.
Then I squinted, looked closely and noticed wee little black specks on them where they'd actually hit.
When cold range was called I stomped up to the berm and, sure enough, the rounds were boring all the way through. Too spongy, not fluid enough.
Dangit.
Those cheapo little cool-ade thingees from the grocery store still work well enough.
The pic shows two entrance wounds. The exits are straight out the back. I was using Remington 36 grain HV hollow points. No expansion, just disappointment.

[thekinetic]

Shame you can't get tracer rounds and roast their marshmallowly butts!

[allingeneral]

Makes me want to buy a flame-thrower!

[OakRidgeStars]

Now I know what not use if the Stay-Puft marshmallow man ever attacks

[GeneFrenkle]

Try using some of those cheese puffs - the ball kind.

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[KaosDad]

Back before the tree huggers too over the Adirondack properties, my father in-law and I would save up every plastic "bottle" wse could. Likker, soft drink, detergent - you name it. FIll those sucker with colored water and go to town.

Of course, an old laptop is just as fun.

[davasmith]

Try freezing the marshmallows and keeping them in a cooler with plenty of ice until your shooting. You'll get your "explosive response" your looking for.

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[allingeneral]

Try freezing the marshmallows and keeping them in a cooler with plenty of ice until your shooting. You'll get your "explosive response" your looking for.

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oooooooo! Nice idea!

[newdovo]

I've found kids' sidewalk chalk in the dollar store that I've used before. Usually comes in a little bucket with 15 or 20 fat pieces that can be broken in half. Some go "poof" better than others, with a little dust ball. Others just break apart or kinda disappear in chunks. The kids liked shooting them.
I've only tried them with Mini Mags or Remington Golden Bullet, both plated hollow points.

[vt800c]

Tannerite. Anything else is just foreplay.