Range Report - Kodiakk's Indestructable Gopher!
A while back Kodiakk bought a plastic gopher that the seller claimed was virtually indestructable. He was kind enough to have a giveaway for us members so we could see exactly how "indestructable" it really was. I was fortunate enough to be the first one on the list and I received the gopher last month.
Well, I finally got a chance to get to the range today, and I took the gopher with me. Below are the pictures of the gopher after Mrs. Handgun and I abused it for a while. The biggest problem with it is that it doesn't stand up well. After the first shot, we were reduced to "making it jump" around the berm.
As you can see, it takes shots from the .22LR pretty well (about 75), however, it doesn't seem to like hits from the .243 (about 10 total) and the big damage (the large holes) came from 3 hits from a .300 WSM.
Based on what I have seen, this gopher is not long for this world.
Edit - I forgot to mention the 5 hits from the 7TCU that it took as well. It did handle those pretty well. I guess that it just can't handle high speed rounds.
ljwrench - you are next on the list. Please e-mail me your address, so I can send it out.
Well, I finally got a chance to get to the range today, and I took the gopher with me. Below are the pictures of the gopher after Mrs. Handgun and I abused it for a while. The biggest problem with it is that it doesn't stand up well. After the first shot, we were reduced to "making it jump" around the berm.
As you can see, it takes shots from the .22LR pretty well (about 75), however, it doesn't seem to like hits from the .243 (about 10 total) and the big damage (the large holes) came from 3 hits from a .300 WSM.
Based on what I have seen, this gopher is not long for this world.
Edit - I forgot to mention the 5 hits from the 7TCU that it took as well. It did handle those pretty well. I guess that it just can't handle high speed rounds.
ljwrench - you are next on the list. Please e-mail me your address, so I can send it out.
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Guess it's not indestructable to large calibers.
Poor little guy. [;)]0 -
Looks pretty good, after getting hit with all that. 0 -
tannerite. 0 -
Licensed to kill gopher by the government of the CIA... 0 -
btt... 0 -
Is that Carl Spackler's gopher decoy?
"when you die, on your deathbed, you will receive total consciousness." So I got that goin' for me, which is nice0 -
License to kill gophers by the government of the United Nations. Man, free to kill gophers at will. To kill, you must know your enemy, and in this case my enemy is a varmint. And a varmint will never quit - ever. They're like the Viet Cong - Varmint Cong. So you have to fall back on superior intelligence and superior firepower. And that's all she wrote. 0 -
I got to get into this dude's pelt and crawl around for a few days. Who's the gopher's ally. His friends. The harmless squirrel and the friendly rabbit. 0 -
Dude, you can't expect the thing to sit there all day taking .300 WSM hits without showing some wear and tear!
"Indestructible" or not, that's just not fair.
Looks like the thing held up pretty good given its intended purpose.0 -
Let me shoot it with a .58 wadcutter. We'll see how indestructible it is! [:D] 0 -
I would destroy that thing with my handloaded 30-06 Nosler Balistic Tips ammo. Ten shots and it would be in atleast 2 or more peices. 0 -
I'm on the list to get that but I don't think it will make it this far. I'll have to buy one and see how many hits it will take from my 22-250 and 25 WSSM. 0 -
I wanna hit it with my old .444 marlin Ill bet that blows it to pieces. 0 -
I posted about this earlier. Thanks to all that showed me where it was. this is basicly a bump to the top. Chief. 0 -
Id like to tannerite its butt, dont think it would hurt the little guy that much but the video of it rocketing into the sky would be pretty fun...[:D]
either that or split em in half with the 416 or the 50, but thats to easy and would defeat the purpouse. [8D]0 -
can't wait to see the next battle results.[:)] 0 -
Anyone know where this guy went to? 0 -
.50 BMG would be the end of that guy. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by HandgunHTR52
A while back Kodiakk bought a plastic gopher that the seller claimed was virtually indestructable. He was kind enough to have a giveaway for us members so we could see exactly how "indestructable" it really was. I was fortunate enough to be the first one on the list and I received the gopher last month.
Well, I finally got a chance to get to the range today, and I took the gopher with me. Below are the pictures of the gopher after Mrs. Handgun and I abused it for a while. The biggest problem with it is that it doesn't stand up well. After the first shot, we were reduced to "making it jump" around the berm.
As you can see, it takes shots from the .22LR pretty well (about 75), however, it doesn't seem to like hits from the .243 (about 10 total) and the big damage (the large holes) came from 3 hits from a .300 WSM.
Based on what I have seen, this gopher is not long for this world.
Edit - I forgot to mention the 5 hits from the 7TCU that it took as well. It did handle those pretty well. I guess that it just can't handle high speed rounds.
ljwrench - you are next on the list. Please e-mail me your address, so I can send it out.
For what-all you did to it, it looks pretty good to me.0 -
Bringing it back up. I'm curious how the next person left their mark on it. 0 -
quote:Originally posted by Kodiakk
Bringing it back up. I'm curious how the next person left their mark on it.
Were is it!!!!! I am last on the list, I know all I will get is a box full of bits0
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