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A couple of the other threads made this thought pop into my little peanut mind....I know squirrel.
And I do tend to ramble....but will try to keep it short.

I think I am safe in saying people shooting is more popular now then it has been in years gone by. More indoor ranges, nice fancy clean ranges....places women go alone....face it guys the indoor ranges of the past do have a "heaman woman haters club" air about them.

Now that said I really think there are a great many new and old shooters alike that really have no idea on what happens after a bullet leaves the gun, how hard it "hits", how long it takes to get there....this kind of thing. The 100+ yard 22 rimfire thread got me thinking about this.

Taking an indoor paper punching friend out to the house a couple years ago and shooting at 100 yards made him actually think he missed the target till a few seconds later he could hear the ding of the steel....wow it took a long time for the bullet to get there.

Then all the talk on stuff related to that, wind being one of the biggies.

Now the indoor range he shoots at allows rifles...at 25yards....personally I really don't see the point....bragging about a group from about any rifle at 25 yards is like braging about getting lucky at the mustang ranch....well yea, anyone can do it.

You also don't have any real idea on the power of what you are shooting....sure everyone that is even remotely interested in guns has watched a youtube video on them shooting pop cans, water jugs...whatever....but till you do it yourself you really don't quite get it....it just does not sink in as well.

This same guy shooting pop cans full of pop, rotten apples and peaches.....(I hate deer...and really hate deer that just take one bite from an apple and leave it) what happens to it is shocking to those that never see it.

This time of year shooting little pumpkins are also real impressive.

Eh really just a ramble, but it is really fun to take people that think you need a 50bmg to go deer hunting and show them what a lowly 30-30 will do. it can really open up some eyes.
 
Ha, timely post. We just picked up a tactical shotgun and I hope to have a Henry lever action this time tomorrow. Our plan? Go to the local farm stand and ask for some left over pumpkins. I can only imagine what the shotgun will do to that defenseless fruit :)
 
peterk1234 said:
Ha, timely post. We just picked up a tactical shotgun and I hope to have a Henry lever action this time tomorrow. Our plan? Go to the local farm stand and ask for some left over pumpkins. I can only imagine what the shotgun will do to that defenseless fruit :)
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It's actually pretty anticlimactic. They don't have the liquid content of say a watermelon so they don't tend to explode. Maybe with slugs...
 
For pumpkins, poke a little hole in the top and fill them with water. It makes them more explodier.... unless they've already been turned into jack-o-lanterns (jacks-o-lantern?). Still not as awesome as a watermelon, but pretty fun.

fpgt72 said:
I think I am safe in saying people shooting is more popular now
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People shooting has never been particularly popular with me unless it is to protect myself or others then it's all the rage! :D

Matt
 
fpgt72 said:
but it is really fun to take people
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to the range and watch them learn with wide eyes as we remember the days we were like that. Someone shared with and taught us, now we share with and teach others.

I get a lot of pleasure in teaching and sharing my knowledge and guns with newbies who have such a great time.
 
And the big pumpkins have plenty of splat left in the little chunks, too.
And, being orange, it’s easy to see when they are splatted.

I am a huge fan of Pumpkins.

Is there another pie flavor?(No. No there is not.:scrutiny:)

Would a Cornucopia be complete without its robust vine borne friend?

For certain, how would Cinderella get to the ball?

Sure you can make Jack-o-Lanterns out of Beets and Turnips, and a Watermelon stood on end looks pretty neat, but a Gourd by another name I will like less than my cheerful, delicious and useful, Pumpkin.

Why, Guns and Pumpkins go together like, like, a thing that works well with another unassociated item!
 
Hooda Thunkit said:
Without standing so close as to be splattered with the explody, orange, pumpkin detritus.
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Where’s the fun in that? Pumpkin tastes the best when freshly exploded!:D

Still, a five pound chunk of pumpkin can travel a long ways. (I grow them myself, and big!)
It’s best to blast them further down range.


I find fruit also smells better than paper when shot. A bonus not overlooked by the birds and smaller furry targets.
 
Speedo66 said:
Pumpkin trebuchet?
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Just pieces of Tannerite explode squash.

Though I would not be opposed to a Trebuchet, I just don’t have a place to keep it.:D




One thing that got use twice in the winter is an old traffic cone we have. Colored water frozen in it makes for long lasting Ice Stalactites to whittle down.
 
We had a family friend visit from France several years ago. He was interested in firearms, and was in the process of obtaining a firearms license at home. His only experience was military qualification on paper and some indoor range time with rental handguns. When we took him to the farm, he was rather impressed by. 454 casull and. 45-70 on various fruits and vegetables, and the M1 Garand and PSL on silo blocks 500 yards out on the ice.
 
Lots of people only practice the considered distances for self defense with hand gun.
Years ago one of the hunters on a lease was an LEO. The day ways hot and no game. He decided we needed to have a little pistol match. I looked off the side of a hill where there was some old cardboard oil cans about 80 yards out. Oh, I only qualified at 25 yards. I ripped off 3 rounds with my Ruger SA 4.5 barrel 357 and cans went dancing. He wouldn't even try.
Told him if he couldn't hit at 80 then 25 was still a challenge for him. Big difference in shooting and knowing how to shoot.
 
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