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Jonathan Junior Member Offline Posts: 92 Location: THE GOOD PART OF NY Joined: Sep 5^th, 2025	match ideas Apr 9^th, 2026 at 11:30am	Print Post
	Our club is getting ready for our annual "Spring Fling" Where we have a barbeque and various shooting events open to the public. This year we would like to have some sort of a match that would appeal to as wide a range of shooters as possible. It will be a 50yd match with 22s but we want to do something that is fun for everyone and will give everyone a chance for success. Any suggestions for fun or luck matches would appreciated. Thanks.


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bpjack Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3709 Location: East Olympia, WA Joined: May 18^th, 2008	Re: match ideas Reply #1 - Apr 9^th, 2026 at 12:27pm	Print Post
	One fun match that Bob Zimmerman (RIP) put a strip of masking tape horizontally across the center of the targets. 5 shots under and 5 shots over. High score wins. The kicker is any shots touching the tape score as a zero. How close to the tape do you dare shoot? We did it with BP iron sights at 200 yds but it would be fun at any distance. Jack

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JHand Full Member Offline Posts: 229 Joined: Apr 15^th, 2024	Re: match ideas Reply #2 - Apr 9^th, 2026 at 12:30pm	Print Post
	A king target would be fun


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sportslube Oldtimer Offline Posts: 592 Location: Eau Claire, wi Joined: May 13^th, 2008	Re: match ideas Reply #3 - Apr 9^th, 2026 at 12:43pm	Print Post
	Small ballons


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watchthewind Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1096 Location: Phoenix, AZ Joined: Mar 10^th, 2015	Re: match ideas Reply #4 - Apr 9^th, 2026 at 1:35pm	Print Post
	Based on personal experience with "fun" matches I conducted in NC many moons ago.... Take a wooden engineer stake drill a hole on top and insert a Lolli Pop or sucker. We also inserted golf tees with an egg rested on top. These were also very popular.

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GT Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 2345 Location: Northeast Wyoming Joined: Jun 28^th, 2015	Re: match ideas Reply #5 - Apr 9^th, 2026 at 1:39pm	Print Post
	We have an annual Candy match where Lifesavers are hot glued to a target. We shoot them at 25, 50 and 100 yards. Hitting them and breaking them are scored according to the hole in the target, threading a bullet through without breaking the lifesaver scores 25 pts at 25 yds, 50 pts at 50 yds, and 100 pts at 100 yards. Last year we had about 20 shooters show up, a few impressive scores tallied...

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RJ-35-40 Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 297 Joined: Dec 7^th, 2016	Re: match ideas Reply #6 - Apr 9^th, 2026 at 2:17pm	Print Post
	Like the 'Life saver' idea..! A friend of mine and I came up with this, makes for a lot of fun. We take a 3-4 long piece of stiff card board about 12" wide Cover it with white paper, (comes in LONG rolls from my old job). Put it up vertically down range. Draw one vertical line down the center and horizontal lines every three inches apart from top to bottom. On each horizontal line we tape two paint balls, one on the left side of the vertical line and one on the right. Depending on the game and the stakes we take turns shooting. Rule is you have to start at the bottom paint ball on your side. Whoever gets the most hits with a defined number of rounds wins. Fun part is you don't have to get out the scope to see the splatter, the satisfaction of a hit is immediate and obvious even at a pretty good distance. Although watching your buds hits thru a scope will give a pretty good idea of wind drift. GT wrote on Apr 9^th, 2026 at 1:39pm: We have an annual Candy match where Lifesavers are hot glued to a target. We shoot them at 25, 50 and 100 yards. Hitting them and breaking them are scored according to the hole in the target, threading a bullet through without breaking the lifesaver scores 25 pts at 25 yds, 50 pts at 50 yds, and 100 pts at 100 yards. Last year we had about 20 shooters show up, a few impressive scores tallied...


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Win1906 Newbie Offline Posts: 8 Joined: Mar 28^th, 2026	Re: match ideas Reply #7 - Apr 9^th, 2026 at 2:23pm	Print Post
	golf tees and smaller circle objucts.start with golf balls then gumballs them match heads.


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frnkeore Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 7594 Location: Central Point, OR 97502 Joined: Jun 16^th, 2010	Re: match ideas Reply #8 - Apr 10^th, 2026 at 2:50am	Print Post
	Back in my muzzle loader days, we had a lot of fun targets. One was playing cards set vertically on their edge, at 25 yards. Of course we used mostly 45 - 54 cal round balls but, you could shorten that up to 10 - 15 yards, with a 22. One other one I liked, was a "Pie Shoot" (a drink called apple pie). 3 shots at 25 yards. Scored to the center of impact. But, if you hit the jug, you loose.

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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 845 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: match ideas Reply #9 - Apr 10^th, 2026 at 9:13am	Print Post
	Egg Match. Bend coat hanger to hold an egg upright and stick on top of backer. start at one end and everyone shoots offhand one shot and work down the line.Instant success when you hit the egg.....Benchrest Match. Small candy Easter egg or hard candy nailed to bullseye on every target. Work down line one shot each.....

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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3934 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: match ideas Reply #10 - Apr 10^th, 2026 at 5:02pm	Print Post
	Skalkaho wrote on Apr 10^th, 2026 at 9:13am: Egg Match. Bend coat hanger to hold an egg upright and stick on top of backer. start at one end and everyone shoots offhand one shot and work down the line.Instant success when you hit the egg.....Benchrest Match. Small candy Easter egg or hard candy nailed to bullseye on every target. Work down line one shot each..... i entered in the 'card on edge ' contest several times. Fun. I shot in an egg match ONE time. Rules were that miss and you were out - and had to eat the egg. I even cheated by dropping some shot into the load. Thought I couldn't lose


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cellargun Full Member Offline Posts: 168 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2022	Re: match ideas Reply #11 - Apr 10^th, 2026 at 11:05pm	Print Post
	I have competed in a number of egg shoots over the years, won it the whole thing with a squirrel rifle against expensive targets rigs the last time that particular match was held. I had such a good time I set up and ran one at our gun club a couple times. They are always a good time and coons and opossums take care of the cleanup.


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Joe_S Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1087 Joined: Jun 29^th, 2004	Re: match ideas Reply #12 - Apr 12^th, 2026 at 6:07pm	Print Post
	Here is a "William Tell" target you might like.


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