What a beautiful story

PaulS · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:07 pm Post subject: Re: What a beautiful story

RePete,
If you cut a 1 1/4" hole in a 2x4 it will make drilling those holes easier.
set the ball on the hole and use your drill press to bore through.
If you have to use a hand drill then cut a hole that is ball size and then cut the board through the center of the hole. Put a hinge on one side and a hook and eye on the side. Put the ball in the hole and squeeze it together hook it and then drill.

Vince · Posted: Sun Mar 14, 2010 10:14 pm Post subject: Re: What a beautiful story

Why bother tying them up....just sit 'em out there and have at 'em. They wouldn't be any good after a hit anyway so let fly mate.

BOOM Laughing

Cheers, Vince

RePete · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 4:20 am Post subject: Re: What a beautiful story

Vince wrote:

Why bother tying them up....just sit 'em out there and have at 'em. They wouldn't be any good after a hit anyway so let fly mate.

BOOM Laughing

Cheers, Vince

We're not allowed to shoot at the range floor.

Tie up 6+ on the rail and shoot at them. You'd be surprised at the number of hit they will take before needing replacing.

Once in a while you may hit the twine/cord or they will go because a Frankenboomer took the ball.
I leave them at the range for others to shoot at.

When I strung a dozen balls I just stick them is an egg carton for strorage and transporting to the range. They store better in egg cartons.

PaulS:

Thanks for the tip, I'll give that a try.

44marty · Posted: Mon Mar 15, 2010 12:44 pm Post subject: Re: What a beautiful story

I bought a bulk bag of mixed-color paintballs (they are CHEAP) and use these as tagets. I had drilled holes in a 2X4 to set them on, but a hit on one sometimes scatters the bunch of them. Next, I tried gluing the paintballs onto golf tees. This works well. A small hole drilled through the tee gives a simple way to hang it on a wire. We score 5 points for hitting a paintball without damaging the tee, and minus 5 points if the tee is hit. I am using paintballs about 3/4" diameter, and they are challenging with handguns.