Shooting Water Jugs

Above, yours truly yesterday with the Winchester 94. Photo by Larry Lucier.

When a group of us went target shooting at the shooting area near our community yesterday, I brought along five water jugs for targets.

This was the first time shooting at full water jugs for me. I started off shooting one with my Ruger 10/22 .22 caliber rifle. All the .22 rounds did was punch holes in the jug. Nothing spectacular.

Above, two of my blasted water jugs. Photo by Armand Vaquer.

Then, I brought out my Winchester 94 in .30-30 caliber. The results were vastly different. The jugs exploded apart with a single hit. I can see why Hickok45 and others on YouTube get a big kick out of shooting water jugs.

The video below is a great example on what .30-30 rounds do the water jugs.