Marshmallow FAIL
Posted: Sun, 06 May 2012 18:11:55
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.
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.
