New Target - Pistol Training Cube

Like most shooters, eventually you run into a day where you’re lacking in pop cans, tired of paper, and have shot most of the other destroyable items in the household. One of our cohort decided this was the perfect time (combined with his new Mini-14) to try out one of Just Shoot Me Products, Inc. pistol training cubes.

The basic cube is only $50 (there’s a couple of targets that are cheaper, but most are more than $50). The cost didn’t really bother me assuming the company’s claims of holding up to “thousands of rounds” held up, especially given the additional safety margin these targets offer your standard metal plate.

Results:

The .45 ACP and Mini-14 videos are the longest. These were the first set of firearms we tried out on the cube, so we spent the most time capturing video on these shots. The cube took the worst beating of the day on the .223 rounds pushed out by the Mini-14. You can see severe gouges that the round inflicted in the “plastic”. However, it should be noted that this cube is rated for pistol rounds, and we were obviously way outside the envelope with the .223 round. I wonder if the rifle cubes are made from a different compound, or are just thicker and able to take more punishment...

The cube actually caught one of the .45 ACP rounds as you can see in the video. We actually couldn’t pry that round out of the cube it was in there so tight. However, subsequent shots caused that bullet to fall out, with no sign that it had been there (I guess the plastic is “self healing”).

I’d like to make a minor note on the .22 rounds. I’m sure some of you are thinking “it’d be a better video if you had hit it more,” but this was our “introduce a friend to shooting day” so those shots are by a complete beginner. Not bad really, given she’d been shooting for about 30 minutes, and it was the first time she’d been shooting – ever!

I’ll post again as we inflict more damage on the pistol cube and let you know how it holds up. If anyone else has some information on these cubes, let me know.

Meanwhile, you can also take a look a the review that Jon wrote up on StoppingPower.Info.

- Frank