Talk:Plinking

message: Is this a US only usage, what is it called in other English speaking countries?GraemeLeggett 08:59, 8 Jun 2005 (UTC)
thread_title:  Usage 

message: Of all the things that have been marked Citation Needed in this article, this claim is prominently missing that disclaimer.  It definitely needs it, especially when one considers that modern ammunition very seldom uses lead.
69.114.206.139 (talk) 18:45, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: What? Most are made of lead. I'm less concerned about the effect on the environment than the effect on people handling the ammo. Folks loading the ammo have it on their hands and can get it in their mouths inadvertently...cigarette smokers especially. You might try reading Bullet#Materials to see the vast majority of commercially-sold ammo has lead. The article doesn't mention air rifles which are every bit as popular as the .22LR for plinking. The most common caliber in the US for air rifles is the .177 calibre which is almost always lead shot pellets...there is also .22 lead pellet rifles & pistols as well. ⋙–Berean–Hunter—► ((⊕)) 22:53, 13 February 2011 (UTC)
replies: text: I think that the inclusion about air guns covers that.  And most common amongst them are non-lead BB's. But either way lead discussions are not specific to plinking. North8000 (talk) 22:46, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Lead Pollution 

message: The tone of the article is completely one sided. There are few sources, and those that do exist are at best instruction guides on plinking. Even with a brief "common criticisms" the article seems to be more of a how to, and why you should plink, than a discussion of what it is. For these reasons I nominated it for a neutral point of view check. Aptoumanoff (talk) 03:59, 23 September 2014 (UTC)
thread_title:  Neutral Point of View 

message: Attempting to reconstruct page to be more neutral, shorter, and more descriptive. Appreciate any feedback.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by Indyhan3 (talk • contribs) 02:31, 28 June 2016 (UTC)
thread_title: Under New Management

message: Plinking is real as a pastime or recreational activity.  If there is a Wikipedia page for bowling, there can be one for plinking.
One of the typical characteristics of plinking is that the target is reactive.  The plinking target makes a sound, or moves in some way, which is somewhat more similar to the experience of hunting than is the shooting of paper targets with a bullseye in the center.  In plinking one is less interested in measuring the preciseness of their shot, and more focused on whether the object was hit at all, which again is an allegory to the experience of hunting wild game.
If you doubt plinking is really a word, look on 22LR ammunition and many of them indicate suitability with plinking.  Here's a Winchester blog entry about the topic:  https://winchester.com/Blog/2020/04/Getting-Outside-and-Plinking
I take issue with the wiki article including pictures of road signs showing bullet holes.  This is illegal activity, not plinking.  If I may add it is not only illegal but downright dangerous.  Any target shooting should be done with a view of what is the backdrop.  Highway signs such as stop signs are at intersections or roads where vehicles are present and passing by at any time.  EWncouraging the shooting of road signs is encouraging a very dangerous activity.   I took a look at the wiki page "driving" and it does not include photographs of rubber marks on pavement from yahoos doing donuts with their vehicles.  So why does the wiki page on plinking show illegal shooting activity as representative of plinking?  Shooting highway signs is not legal, and it is not typical plinking activity since it is being done on public roads and it is not a safe place to shoot. 142.134.37.140 (talk) 11:52, 11 November 2022 (UTC)
replies: text: Someone from the WikiProject Firearms has removed the reference to illegal shooting of road signs as plinking examples. Labradort (talk) 21:30, 14 November 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plinking is real - comments from a plinker