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Message: <blockquote data-quote="aarondhgraham" data-source="post: 4153670" data-attributes="member: 13337">The good thing about paper is,,,You can see where the bullets hit,,,Thereby giving you a visual of your shot group.But for a kid it's boring.The good thing about cans is,,,Instant visual feedback on your hits,,,Thereby eliminating the boredom factor of paper.But when you miss,,,You have no idea where the round went.But here's a novel idea,,,Why not put a sheet of white poster board behind the cans.That way if the kid hits, great,,,Good feedback and fun for all concerned.But if the kid is not hitting the cans,,,The holes in the paper will tell where the misses are going.Best of both worlds.A buddy of mine doesn't own any firearms,,,But he asked me if I would take his kid out for some plinking.I agreed and we set the kid up on a 25 yard bench,,,To avoid the boredom we had him shooting at coke cans,,,I had him shooting a previously scoped Mossberg 702 Plinkster with factory irons.Two ten round mags later and he hadn't hit even one can,,,And there was nothing I could do to help him out,,,Because we didn't know where the bullets went.I did have some cardboard in the trunk of my car,,,So we put that behind the cans and tried again.Imagine our surprise when we discovered,,,The kid was putting all of the rounds in a quarter sized group,,,Centered about 2 inches to the left and about 4 inches above the cans.That's when it dawned on me,,,I scoped that rifle without ever using the iron sights,,,They were off from the factory but a few quick adjustments fixed that.Then the boy proceeded to hit ten out of ten cans at 25 yards,,,So we moved him out to 50 yards and he averaged eight or nine out of ten.The moral of this story is,,,If you can't tell where your rounds are hitting,,,You're just turning money into noise for no practical benefit.Aarond.</blockquote>

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