r/canadaguns • u/CustomerSupportUber • Jun 27 '26

Shooting New target, first shot was abit high to the left and now I need a newer target

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I got a new gong target from princes auto for 18$ it was a great deal but the first shot was abit high to the left. Shot from 200m with .223 you can see the brass on what’s left of the stand. Anyone else have similar luck or lack thereof?

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u/theawesomedude646 Jun 27 '26

yeah. i rented a steel gong from silverdale gun club once and sniped out the chain it was hung on in the first like, 3 rounds. the guy to my left offered to let me try his ~2" gong from 100m on irons with my mosin-nagant and i managed to... also immediately snipe out the chain on my first shot.

at least i'm precise...

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u/spicymeatmemes Jun 27 '26

Precision vs accuracy

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u/SadisticChipmunk Jun 27 '26

See you tell the story wrong.

You meant to do it. That's what changes it from an oops to a marksman!

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u/NEUMANN-METALWORKS Neumann Metalworks Jun 27 '26

The Bane of Chain

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u/EyesOfTheConcord Jun 27 '26

I’m amazed silverdale let you bring a gun! Nowadays you’re only allowed to use your imagination and the range officers will still reprimand you

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u/Cynic66 Jun 27 '26

If I'm ever hanging from the gallows I'll get you to shoot out the rope for me, saving me at the last possible second

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u/SHAREtheEXPERIENCE Jun 27 '26

I'd look at steel instead. I have one of those Princess Auto rubber gongs and cheap .22 ammo was putting holes through it the first time out. I don't expect it'll last long

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u/CustomerSupportUber Jun 27 '26

If I ever hit it I’ll report back ok how it takes it, it says it will stop a .50 but I don’t believe that for a second maybe .50AE but very doubtful

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u/SpinachStunning5547 Jun 27 '26

.50 cal pirate pistol prehaps

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u/Teckiiiz Jun 27 '26

They don't like the cold fyi. Bud shattered at least one

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u/Sweetchildofmine88 Jun 27 '26

They all do. Self healing, my backside!

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u/ThePoeticJester Jun 27 '26

Princess auto and such has similar gauge metal rods, I just bent one to shape to replace mine when that happened lol

Or you can just run some wire/rope through the hole and hang it

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u/Mil-wookie Jun 30 '26

Or de burr with a grinder. Straighten the end in a vice. Slide the target on, and bend it back up with a hammer over the vice.

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u/scottsuplol Jun 27 '26

Just buy a copper wire spool and some players and throw it in your range bag. That’s how I hang my targets

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u/neck-tourniquet NathaLIE Provost is a cancer Jun 27 '26

Regular or king size players?

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u/TheRip91 Jun 27 '26

100% king sized, for all us kings

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u/Agent_1812 https://youtu.be/mrAwb9ptu9U Jun 27 '26

Princess Auto takes returns for pretty much any reason,
they say "If you're not happy with it"

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u/No-Night-48 Jun 28 '26

Tap the remaining metal out of the gong. Jam a wire through it, and hang.

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u/ReturnOk7510 Jun 27 '26

Million to one shot, doc! Million to one!

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u/Master-Editor2668 Jun 27 '26

You shoot brass bullets?

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u/CustomerSupportUber Jun 27 '26

Yes. Its not actually a copper jacket, its 95% copper 5% zinc so its a copper brass alloy. Any copper with an amount of zinc between 5%-45% is brass. I know the copper knowledge makes me seem like a crack head but I swear I’m not

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u/mischling2543 Jun 27 '26

Can't you weld it back together?

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u/CustomerSupportUber Jun 27 '26

I could but I’m going to use some string or some wire so it’s harder to shoot it next time

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u/excellentiger Jun 27 '26

Rubber hangers last a few rounds