I was shooting golf balls with a .177 sub 700fps airgun and everything goes as planned then I hear a PPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW Of the pellet tumbling over my head. I could hear it because it was creating turbulence. And I hear it smack my house behind me. note that the (golf) ball was about 15-20 yards away. BE CAREFUL!
Quote from: Colt25 on June 01, 2012, 05:23:56 AM
I was shooting golf balls with a .177 sub 700fps airgun and everything goes as planned then I hear a PPPPPPHHHHHHHHHHEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW Of the pellet tumbling over my head. I could hear it because it was creating turbulence. And I hear it smack my house behind me. note that the (golf) ball was about 15-20 yards away. BE CAREFUL!
I have had that happen even with the wiffle golf balls while shooting them with a 400-500 fps target pistol.
Quote from: Oldnshakey on June 01, 2012, 07:10:29 AM
I have had that happen even with the wiffle golf balls while shooting them with a 400-500 fps target pistol.
I think you need a air gun over that for a richichet. I was using a daisy 880.
Golf balls have extremely high surface tension, think about it, they get whacked with a 10 ounce titanium face at about 100 mph and are nearly unscathed :D shoot at your own risk :-X
Any small projectile hitting a static golf ball even at low speeds has the potential to ricochet at up to 70% of it's initial speed, that goes for 350 fps bb guns even more than 700 fps lead pellets, steel BBs are hard!
Quote from: BDS on June 01, 2012, 04:35:31 PM
Golf balls have extremely high surface tension, think about it, they get whacked with a 10 ounce titanium face at about 100 mph and are nearly unscathed :D shoot at your own risk :-X
Thanks for the info. What about foam foam balls?lol
;D Foam Balls
I don't like the idea of shooting at balls. Just seems very wrong. :o
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Don't Shoot Golf Balls is one of the most important rules of shooting airguns. I've seen it written hundreds of times all over the internet. . . .and the reason: They cause perfect ricochets!
He-he-he >:(
He said.... balls :D
We used to shoot golf balls years ago with my friends .22lr. We called it mountain golfing. Lots of fun. :)
Golf balls are definitely a little too hard for getting shot at. Try foam or tennis balls.
What I use quite often are ping-pong balls set on a golf tee. Pretty safe but quite a challenge and you definitely know when you nail one. :)
Carl
Quote from: quickster47 on February 26, 2016, 06:33:06 PM
What I use quite often are ping-pong balls set on a golf tee.
Now there's an awesome idea ... :-*
That is what we shoot at back in the Philippines with our PCPs but at distances of 80 to 100 meters..
Sometimes my son and I set up those little toy soldiers out a 50 yards ... and pretend we're snipers .. ;D
... now there's a sight ... 2 grown men shooting "BB guns" at toy soldiers ... :o