Quick Answer of the Week: What is “Plinking”?
Spend any time at a forum or hanging out in a gun store and you’ll eventually hear someone say something along the lines of “it’s great for plinking” or “I just want something for plinking” or “you want how much for a plinker?!”
What is this plinking? Although there isn’t a formal definition, per se, it commonly refers to using informal targets for shooting. Things like tin cans or buckets and such. Usually the plinking occurs outside of a range in the woods or someone’s own property. Sadly, more often than not, the people who choose to shoot this way tend to leave a mess. If you ever do this, remember to clean up after yourself. Don’t ruin it for everyone else by being a pig. Also make sure you’re on your own property, or at least have permission to be on the property. Do I need to mention you should make sure you’re not breaking any laws either? Didn’t think so.
As of late, plinking has also come to mean shooting a low caliber gun at targets for the sole purpose of shooting. Not trying to work on groupings. Not trying to hunt or bullseye. Just put lead downrange…or down field for the pure joy of shooting. Most think of the .22 as the de facto plinker gun because of its inexpensive bullets.
By the way, the word “plinking”, is an onomatopoeia of the sound the bullet usually makes when it hits a small metal target.
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