What are some friendly competitions that you have with your shooting buddies?  Or even maybe just to challenge yourself.

My shooting buddies are certainly competitive and range sessions together always end up with some sort of challenge.  Whether it be best percentage on a target, game of HORSE at the silhouette range, one shot challenges, etc.  Simply shooting well and shooting when it counts can be very different things. 

Yeah, I can enjoy trying to shoot tight 5 shot groups on paper on the rifle range, but it's more fun to me to even play a simple game of calling your shots.  That's why the steel was so fun at the rifle range.  Those golf balls that someone put on that deer provided a really fun challenge. 

Other things that I've done on other ranges are stuff like the steel walk-back challenge.  Where you start off at say 15 yards and hit a popper.  Everyone who makes a hit steps back, say 5 more yards.  Last one to make a hit wins.  Another that is really fun and simple is the dueling trees steel plates.  Where you have say 6 plates and put three on each side and try to end with less targets left on your side.  Just make sure your buddy doesn't "cheat" and give you the side with the plates that obviously don't swing as easily.   

There was a period of time when the khsc pistol range was çlosed so we had to shoot pistol on the rifle range.
We threw a golf ball out on the grass and the first person to push it past the 50 yd line wins.

At the last hunting fishing day, I had a little kid who shot well with the 22 rifles. So I challenged him to some timed fire shooting.
IIRC he fired a 5 shot string from a bolt gun at 5 fairly small steel plates. His best run was less than 9 seconds with all hits.
When he picked up the ar1522 he did it in about 5 seconds. I bought him more scŕip.

Those golf balls that someone put on that deer provided a really fun challenge. 

I did that. I wasn't the only one but I think I did it first. We were allowed to shoot at golf balls on the ground back then. I took some out to the deer. I could hit one once in a while with my AR.

I used to buy a big bag of second hand golf balls from somewhere....Maybe Walmart. We had a bunch out at 100 yards for weeks. So much fun to throw them high on the embankment and if you hit them and try to hit them as they rolled down. Then when they were at the bottom if hit just right will fly straight up.

Now I buy easter eggs after the holiday and get them real cheap. I put a string through them and hang 'em out at 100 yards and let the wind blow them around. Not easy to hit even at 50 with irons. A scoped .22 is a lot easier to shoot at  the eggs with.

On the steel silhouette range, I do an informal competition with pisto/rifle, standing or seated.

On the hanging plate racks at the 50 yard line, shoot 5 plates from left to right.  First person to get a shot on each plate in order wins.  For rifle I count that tiny hanging square as a target.

Another fun one with AR15 rifles is put a target at whatever distance.  I did it with a 8 inch target at about 10 yards standing, but you could do it at any distance in any position.  Load 10 magazines with 1, 2, and 3 rounds each and mix them up.  Object is the person has to shoot and keep all shots on the target while reloading as fast as they can.  A miss is a disqualification.  Finger on the trigger when reloading or other safety fails is a disqualification.

Repeat for other players timed or do it at the same time for the first person that finishes and doesn't miss.

There was a period of time when the khsc pistol range was çlosed so we had to shoot pistol on the rifle range.
We threw a golf ball out on the grass and the first person to push it past the 50 yd line wins.

At the last hunting fishing day, I had a little kid who shot well with the 22 rifles. So I challenged him to some timed fire shooting.
IIRC he fired a 5 shot string from a bolt gun at 5 fairly small steel plates. His best run was less than 9 seconds with all hits.
When he picked up the ar1522 he did it in about 5 seconds. I bought him more scŕip.

Golf ball at 25 yards with a pistol would definitely be a challenge. 

Loved working the 22 booth and working with the kids.  It's just pure fun for them and many seem to pick it up naturally. 

I did that. I wasn't the only one but I think I did it first. We were allowed to shoot at golf balls on the ground back then. I took some out to the deer. I could hit one once in a while with my AR.

I used to buy a big bag of second hand golf balls from somewhere....Maybe Walmart. We had a bunch out at 100 yards for weeks. So much fun to throw them high on the embankment and if you hit them and try to hit them as they rolled down. Then when they were at the bottom if hit just right will fly straight up.

Now I buy easter eggs after the holiday and get them real cheap. I put a string through them and hang 'em out at 100 yards and let the wind blow them around. Not easy to hit even at 50 with irons. A scoped .22 is a lot easier to shoot at  the eggs with.

The golf balls were more fun with my scoped rifle.  The head of the deer was enough challenge for my AR with red dot only.   

On the steel silhouette range, I do an informal competition with pisto/rifle, standing or seated.

On the hanging plate racks at the 50 yard line, shoot 5 plates from left to right.  First person to get a shot on each plate in order wins.  For rifle I count that tiny hanging square as a target.

I would do that with one of my best friends. He's pretty accurate, but not quick on the transition.  I'm a much more seasoned shooter than him, but he'll beat me from time to time if just allowed to take the time and shoot at one's own pace.  Once you put any sort of time on it, his performance goes way down.     A common one that we do is pick three targets across the array and have to shoot 1, 2, 3, 2, 1. 

I bought a shot timer last year and when we have a chance in the action bays, the shot timer proves to be really fun.  For those who shoot IPSC/USPSA, we are used to the timer, but still adds a level of self induced stress.  Put other shooters on the timer for the first time, and many almost seem to panic.  Well, not quite panic, but it's amazing at how much stress that buzzer can put on a shooter. 

I love dueling trees. Set them up anytime I get the chance (which is pretty much only at the LIFE fun shoots).

I love dueling trees. Set them up anytime I get the chance (which is pretty much only at the LIFE fun shoots).

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Way back when, my friend had a farm and we played mano a mano using kiawe logs because neva have steel plates back den.
I used a sw m29 from a jackass upside down shoulder rig using moderate 44 mag loads.
My friend used a colt commander. IIRC my 44 had the edge cuz logs can be tough to knock down.

Back home I lived near a creek that would always have bottles floating down it from the city upstream. Me and my friends would see who could shoot and make the bottles bounce the highest in the air without breaking or sinking them. It's easy to hit a bottle, but hard to shoot close enough to make them bounce and not break them.

Every fathers day me and my pops go to Kokohead and play a game of battleship