Shooting pumpkins

[drf]

Took my 10 yr old boy out in the back 40 and got rid of the halloween pumpkins using them for target practice...My boy and I talk about the respect for all guns and review all of the safety rules when where loading and shooting.......
He was pretty surprised to see the .45 blow the side of a pumpkin apart with one shot and to see what 20 rounds from a 7.62 will do also.....

I think it was a learning lesson using sthe pumpkins to see just what type of damage guns can do......

Funny story! We went to Cabelas yesterday to buy some more ammo and my son had to have the P-99 yellow plastic bullet gun...
Well we bought it home and he was showing his mom the toy gun and she accidently pointed it in his direction and he looked in my direction while I was reading the paper and looked back at his mother and said to her very seriuosly, if dad saw you do that you would be in big trouble! You need to be aware of where your pointing that gun at all times...

Also she asked him if it were loaded and he said ALL GUNS ARE LOADED MOM!!!!drf

 

[mattjoe]

A few years ago we shot up about 6 pumpkins in my friends backyard, used pretty much everything I could fit in the trunk of the car, the ar15s, the spas 12s, 45s, 38 supers, desert eagle, of course we had to videotape it.
The next year I get a call, and he says he's got a whole bunch of pumpkins growing in his backyard and couldn't figure out how they got there till he realized it was where they were all put to rest the year before.
Maybe you'll be lucky and you'll get to grow your own targets for next year now.
This year I took my pumpkin, cut a little mouth in it, and stuck in the 44 mag, blew it's top wide open, carved out the rest of the face, and called it suicide pumpkin. Took 3rd place in the company pumpkin carving contest.

 

[SteelyDan]

I drove out to the farm we hunt and shoot at on Saturday. On the way, I stopped at the "pumpkin patch" and got five nice big pumpkins for target practice. Was trying to figure out if it would be best to cut a hole on top and fill them with water first... Anyway, on Sunday, when I planned to shoot 'em, a truck pulled into the next farm over (which is abandoned, and which is also only about 20-degrees off the line of fire), so I decided not to shoot. Very disappointing. Hope to file a report next week.

 

[Blackhawk]

drf,

Great story about your son! Give him a well deserved pat on the back for learning what's important!

 

[theCZ]

I remember learning that lesson about how powerful guns can be, with pumpkins We had a bunch of old and mushy pumpkins left over, so my dad and I go out with a 22 and his 270. He sets the pumpkin out at 150 yards or so out in the cold nevada desert and takes careful aim, and next thing I know I see an orange explosion, followed by a roll of thunder that sounds loud even through my hearing protection. For quite a long time after that I was convinced that a 270 was a really impressive rifle! I shot some this weekend with my 9mm, and I didn't feel like paying for the expensive hydra shocks, so I just got fmj ammo, and it put some holes in it, that's about it.

 

[SteelyDan]

Just curious, has anyone tried cutting a little hole and filling the pumpkins with water before shooting? Wouldn't that make for a better effect?

 

[WhoKnowsWho]

Filling them with water, I fathom, would make them act like a watermelon, which didn't last too long after the 7.62x54R soft point. We should have shot it with something else first, because there was nothing left.