Do-All Outdoors - Top Hat Impact Seal Target

This is a fun little target for plinking on the range. It is actually far more "reactive" then I expected.The first time I used it I drove it from roughly 3 yards out to 30 yards with about 10 shots of 9mm. I've seen a 45ACP round send it bouncing a good 12 feet with a single shot. That said, the angle and location of the hit has a lot to do with how "reactive" it is. A hit in the right place can cause an impressive jump & roll, in the wrong place will just cause it to flip over.Even .22LR rounds fired from a pistol cause definite movement, usually just flipping the target over though, not sending it bouncing and rolling down range. Although there are certain "positions" that seem impossible to make it "flip" from with a .22LR, and will just cause it to wiggle rather then flip over.The consistency of the ground also makes a big difference. You need fairly hard packed dirt with no ground cover (of ether the decent size rock or vegetative type) for best performance. I got the best performance on an established outdoor range which has hard packed dirt with small pebbles and whatever garbage was left over from other shooters. Soft dirt, grass and snow don't work well at all (the one time I took it out on soft dirt with a half inch of snow, I put 35 rounds into it and plowed up a little ditch behind it with the rounds without moving it much downrange at all.Even with it's "gotchas", if you have the right environment, it's a really fun little target. If you maintain position, it gets progressively more difficult as it moves down range, and if you have the freedom to do "run & gun" practice, it works great because it moves along ahead of you as you move.As far as durability goes, for a plastic rubber compound it doesn't take bullets bad. The "self healing" property definitely reduces the diameter of the holes, but doesn't eliminate them. It's not AR500 steel and you can't expect to shoot it regularly and have it look "brand new". I've only had it out 3-4 times (where in it was NOT the only target being shot), so maybe 100 rounds through it of mixed 9 mm, 45 ACP, .22LR, 38 special and 357 magnum, mostly .22LR & 9MM and I can already tell it's not going to hold up to the advertised 1000 rounds. Even after ~100 it's already showing signs of wear, although not enough to impair it's function in any way. If I were only shooting with .22LR rounds, I can see it taking 1K rounds... with center fire pistols or rifles, I don't really expect it to.As reactive targets go, it's a little expensive for a hand-gun target, considering that it is definitely going to wear out, and you can get steel targets rated for handgun calibers for a similar price which should hold up to thousands on thousands of rounds. That said, finding steel targets you can shoot with pretty much anything requires going up to AR500/550 steel, which puts most of them quite a bit more expensive then this target, and they are very heavy, and require sturdy stands where as this is a light, very convenient target, with no setup, just throw it out and start blasting.Also, the movement aspect does give it a factor not found in most reactive targets. It's also probably a little bit safer then shooting steel, especially at close ranges, as the bullets appear to go through, or lodge in the compound rather then flattening on it and potentially bouncing back (as they can do on steel).Overall I feel it is worth the price, and I don't regret it's presence in my range bag. I like the challenge of having to re-acquire and re-adjust every shot, and it's great fun for run-and-gun drills. It's also nice to have a target you can pull out and say "Hey, shoot it with whatever you want".Shooting isn't a particularly cheap hobby, by any means, and when you amortize out the "per shot cost", even if it doesn't last the 1000 advertised rounds, your going to spend more on ammo to shoot into this then you will on the target itself. True, it will hold up less shots with larger more powerful calibers, but your also paying more per shot for ammo with those larger calibers, so I'd say it all works out in the end.

This thing was pretty shredded after my first four shots, with a couple of decent-sized chunks blown off. I'm not sure if I am being a little too harsh or not. I had wanted this target for a Mosin 91/30. For better and worse, much (most?) of the available Soviet surplus ammo has a steel core. Since I hear hollow points and flat points (e.g. UMC MC 40 S&W) shred up these impact seal targets quickly, I thought the steel core stuff might actually go through pretty cleanly. It did not. It is possible some/most/all of the problem resulted from shooting against a hard surface (i.e. in a gravel pit). This ammo can ricochet something fierce off of rocks, with the sound of the helicoptering core lingering or looming sometimes for what seems like several seconds. Long enough to turn your back and put an arm over your head before the whirring stops. It might be that a couple of those first shots that registered as hits had skipped on the gravel and gone twirling into the target. I quit using it for the Mosin after inspecting it after those first few shots. I was bummed because I had wanted a reactive target for the Mosin because I already have spinners for 22LR and a spinner for larger caliber HP and lead nose handgun ammo. I threw it out to our group to shoot with other calibers and it healed up most holes pretty nicely, and did not lose any more significant chuncks. One or two 22 bullets got stuck in it. Not sure it would hold up to 1,000 rounds even if you completely avoided problem ammo. Maybe in a best case scenario.

Only complaint is that it seldom gets in front of a bullet.oops!Actually, this thing is great. I throw it out in the yard and just keep popping until it goes over an embankment (I have a very good backdrop). Great for honing your skill with a pistol. Mostly shoot 9mm & 45 FMJ so it does take a lickin' and keeps on tickin'.

I have put 300-500 rounds though this thing - it is definitely not as pristine as it once was, but not even close to coming apart. I've put .22, 9mm, .40, and .45, at short range and .223 and 41 mag at 50 yards through it. I'm positive this thing could take 1000's of rounds easily (as long as you are intentionally trying to destroy it with big rounds at short range). For hand guns and plinking it would last you a good long while. Rifle ammo tends to put holes through it instead of dents in it due to higher velocities - but that is to be expected.Only reason I didn't give 5 stars is because of the price. I think they should be about half of that. It is a quality product by kind of expensive for something you know you are going to blast holes it. Also, this shape was not quite as bouncy as I wanted it to be.

This is a really fun target that does not break when you shoot it it keeps slipping over and flipping over and you get it keep shooting it without walking up and resetting the target

This has to be one of the oddest targets ever made. It does exactly as advertised. It bounces, rolls, and changes position with ever hit so you have to reacquire each time. 9MM barely leaves a mark and a 45ACP will not penetrate. After first use, I became worried about bullet deflection so I did some personal tests. I set it up inside a cardboard box to see where the bullet was going after impact. I could NOT see any deflection, the bullet seemed to impact the cardboard as if the target was not there.So far, I have not tried high caliber rifle, I have not found any penetration to the target and I am amazed with it. Great for anyone who has the area to shoot. Would recommend to anyone who has a good open shooting range. Very fun and only requires two trips downrange, one to drop off and the other to pick up after use.