Plinking and only plinking.

[Florida_Man]

Let’s talk plinking. What is it for you, what distances? What AG do you like plinking with the most? What are good plinkers in your opinion in different tiers? Oh and what do you like as your plinking targets?


I like plinking from 15-30 yards. I like having a magazine fed rifle for it. It’s great for clearing my mind and just enjoying the opportunity I have to shoot. I like using cheap pellets also haha. My passions are precision target shooting, and precision pest control. So most of the time tight groups are impotent to me. That isn’t a priority for plinking to me, just an added benefit.

I think the best entry level plinker is the Notos combined with some hi cap Carm or Maple mags

I think the next tier up would be a Katran with their larger capacity mags. Never shot one, but they look like a plinkers dream

Up from that, an Impact with those huge mags. I’m not an FX guy, but those mags are incredible.

What do you think?

 

[Luis Leon]

I love the no pressure fun of plinking… Whoa! I just missed? Simply take another shot… Powdering chalk, the crack of a black walnut husk, the “tink” on steel. The hits and misses keep me coming back for more. Best part is it contributes to “high confidence” pesting excursions…

 

[Pumacarl]

Plinking is the absolute best! The only time I use my springers now is when the walnuts come in, and I pop away at about 35 yards. With .22 pcp mostly between 50 - 100y at hanging targets, same with .25. The .30 plinks between 100 -155y. The .30 makes me laugh the most, just ridiculously fun, worth the price of admission to me.

 

[FL22]

For me it is the fastest and least stressful way to shoot. My home made metal targets are set up at 25, 35, 50 and 65 yards. I go through a routine of standing bracing, and then shooting off the hand.

Shooting my HW95 with open sites is the most challenging for me, but I enjoy plinking with all of my Airguns.

 

[Brazos]

The Notos looks like it would be a good plinker. If they just made it in .177. 177 is the best for plinking.

 

[PasadenaMike]

Wish I had time for plinking. I zero and start scanning for heads sticking out.

 

[Farmplinker2]

The Notos looks like it would be a good plinker. If they just made it in .177. 177 is the best for plinking.

Sometimes you need more than pa-ting. You ne Pa-ting or even PA-TING! So you definitely need bigger than .177 for plinking at times.

 

[Florida_Man]

Sometimes you need more than pa-ting. You ne Pa-ting or even PA-TING! So you definitely need bigger than .177 for plinking at times.

I really like the THAW-WHACK of a 25 cal hitting steel. It’s probably what I use the rifle for the most.
Not cheap, but very satisfying

 

[Hateful McNasty]

I got 0 to 100y set up with stuff all over , but it has to be the 50y area that got most and I stay pretty dedicated on it .. better days I move out more to the 75 or 100y not so nice i move in closer. With the wind picked up / remnants breezes from debbi I'm in closer now at 25 for example .

50y stuff

 

[FL22]

I really like the THAW-WHACK of a 25 cal hitting steel. It’s probably what I use the rifle for the most.
Not cheap, but very satisfying

I have had to make several repairs / improvements to my targets when I started shooting slugs from my .25 Airacuda.

 

[Hateful McNasty]

35-40 yardish stuff


1- concealed bird
2- 2" disk
3- bird woodpecker profile
4- nail on spinner
5- running up tree squirrel

I have had to make several repairs / improvements to my targets when I started shooting slugs from my .25 Airacuda.

If you got a farmer you can ask him for old worn disc blades he's changed out .
There tough what my steel stuff is now . Don't rust and don't blemish under a million shots ..lol

Make and draw out from templates

 

[Alan]

Does plinking squirrels and pigeons count? If it does, I'm out a lot, windy or not!

 

[elwoodblues]

My favorite plinking guns are my Kral NP-03's .177 an .22 I use them to trim the blackberry bushes about 15 -30 yards out hitting the stems 1/8" to 1/4" makes a nice Krack when I hit em and keeps them thinned out got spinners and hangers too but the blackberries are a never ending supply of different targets

 

[Florida_Man]

My favorite plinking guns are my Kral NP-03's .177 an .22 I use them to trim the blackberry bushes about 15 -30 yards out hitting the stems 1/8" to 1/4" makes a nice Krack when I hit em and keeps them thinned out got spinners and hangers too but the blackberries are a never ending supply of different targets

Nice. I have air potato (Dioscorea bulbifera) that grow all over my KYL spinner. I trim those vines as plinking.

 

[Danman]

I love the no pressure fun of plinking… Whoa! I just missed? Simply take another shot… Powdering chalk, the crack of a black walnut husk, the “tink” on steel. The hits and misses keep me coming back for more. Best part is it contributes to “high confidence” pesting excursions…

That's me to a T, all my guns after throwing down groups get verified on plinking targets to end my sessions. Pop cans filled with water are excellent buuut a bit too large. And I always end up pushing past zero to verify scope Holdovers on my AA (read non dialing scopes!) guns. The Ghost is not a plinker as it eats Mrds, air, and is not quite there yet for accuracy. The Slav I'd have more luck throwing at the objects. When it gets real (S510 time) I break out the empty shotguns shells, 9mm shells, set em up @ 40/50Y. I don't trim trees with mine but I very much do chop pinecones off my 70ish ft tall spruce tree...again for pest bird verification. I love both .177 and .22 for plinking, and compare the damage they make to the objects. Small apples that fell off my parents apple trees are pure gold.

 

[MileHighAirGunner]

Watching a water filled can burst open in my scope never gets old. It’s one of my favorite targets.
I don’t think cans are too big. Aim small miss small. Don’t just aim at the can. Pick a specific spot on the can to aim at. Pick a letter to aim at. Shoot the center of the p or dot the i on a Pepsi can. Aim for the registered trademark logo. Lots of small targets on a typical aluminum can to aim at. You can still see how close to your mark you were even after the can has ripped open.

Another favorite target of mine are ice cubes. They make a nice crack when they get hit dead center. The star burst of shattered ice is pretty cool too if you film it in slow motion. Best of all there’s no mess to clean up and nothing that’ll attract insects.

I really miss the ability to be able to plink in the backyard.

 

[FL22]

35-40 yardish stuff

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1- concealed bird
2- 2" disk
3- bird woodpecker profile
4- nail on spinner
5- running up tree squirrel


If you got a farmer you can ask him for old worn disc blades he's changed out .
There tough what my steel stuff is now . Don't rust and don't blemish under a million shots ..lol

Make and draw out from templates

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Hateful, you take plinking in the backyard to a whole new level .

 

[Hateful McNasty]

Hateful, you take plinking in the backyard to a whole new level .

I kinda figured ..... low level. ( And that's nothing new)

 

[Hateful McNasty]

My favorite plinking guns are my Kral NP-03's .177 an .22 I use them to trim the blackberry bushes about 15 -30 yards out hitting the stems 1/8" to 1/4" makes a nice Krack when I hit em and keeps them thinned out got spinners and hangers too but the blackberries are a never ending supply of different targets

That kral pistol carbine was nice .. when air venturi ditched Karl that went for cheap and guys unlike me who grabbed them up did not disappoint ..

 

[Alan]

I see one member thought about plastic pop bottles. It you want to go to the next step, buy these: Outdoor High-pressure Bottle Cap Shooting Target Includes 10 Big Blast Caps - Walmart.com

If you fill the larger ones to about 80 PSI, or the little ones to about 90 PSI, the report (noise, boom, bang, whatever) is as loud as a Cherry Bomb! Great fun!