Abstract: An apparatus for preserving a marksmanship target score is provided and consists of a thin target with a marked surface, a target board with a matching marked surface and a plurality of cartridge cases. The thin target is mounted on a rear wall of a target range and is shot at by a person holding a firearm so as to put holes through the thin target to test the accuracy in a firearm practice. When the thin target with the holes therethrough is removed from the rear wall of the target range and placed over the target board, the cartridge cases are driven through the holes in the thin target and into the target board so as to preserve the score on the target board.

Abstract: A method of making a mailing receptacle from a coconut, comprising the steps of, making a hole in the coconut so that access to the inner compartment of the coconut can be obtained, draining out the milk of the coconut by way of the hole so that the inner compartment of the coconut becomes dry, filling the coconut with a preserving solution by way of the hole so that the coconut will be preserved, waiting a predetermined period of time so that the preserving solution has preserved the coconut, emptying the coconut of the preserving solution by way of the hole so that the preserving operation is completed, letting the coconut dry so that items can be put into it by way of the hole, inserting items to be mailed into the hole until times drop into the inner compartment of the coconut, and, sealing the hole in the coconut so that the mailing receptacle is ready for transit.