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Stinger said

Scout728 said I take my old beer ...

"Old Beer", what the heck is that ?

Never heard of such a thing !

laughing

  

I dunno whaddaheck "old beer" is, either - but shooting a full can of beer is alcohol abuse.

]]> Sun, 15 Jun 2025 09:15:03 -0400 KurtB on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152544 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152544 occasion

]]> Sun, 15 Jun 2025 07:42:30 -0400 Stinger on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152539 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152539

Scout728 said I take my old beer ...

"Old Beer", what the heck is that ?

Never heard of such a thing !

laughing

]]> Sun, 15 Jun 2025 05:42:51 -0400 Scout728 on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152533 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152533

kilowatt3 said
Shortly after I got my first DW (8" .44V - also my first .44 Mag), I set a 16-oz beer can full of water on a fencepost and took a shot at it from about 15 feet away.  The bullet was a 240-gr JHP.

The bottom of the can stayed on the fencepost, with the rest of it scattered around about a 10-foot radius, with no pieces bigger than a quarter.  I was impressed!

  

I take my old beer, shake them up on a hot day, and use the 22LR

]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:44:04 -0400 kilowatt3 on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152529 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152529 Shortly after I got my first DW (8" .44V - also my first .44 Mag), I set a 16-oz beer can full of water on a fencepost and took a shot at it from about 15 feet away.  The bullet was a 240-gr JHP.

The bottom of the can stayed on the fencepost, with the rest of it scattered around about a 10-foot radius, with no pieces bigger than a quarter.  I was impressed!

]]> Sat, 14 Jun 2025 12:13:15 -0400 Stmstan 445 on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152527 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152527 We have found that coconuts make a nice explosion when shooting. They are smaller so harder to hit and when you hit them they really make a nice boom. Also in the old days we would buy old TV's with an old style tube CRT and they are under pressure. They go boom but they are harder to find anymore. Also a bit bigger clean up as where coconuts are eaten by the critters so no clean up. The TV screens (again old style CRT type) are under a vacuum. We always make the TV the last shot of the day and start very far out everyone gets one shot with no scopes just pistols. If it takes too long then we start moving in a bit after every round. 

]]> Fri, 13 Jun 2025 15:57:03 -0400 Ole Dog on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152477 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152477 It could be said that every direction is over a house or road in a subdivision. Some folks build underground Pistol ranges. I guess it could double as a gun room,/man cave. I removed 200 dump truck loads of sand/ dirt and have a below grade range. Into the hill. My buddy got the sand for free and I got my range. 

]]> Sun, 01 Jun 2025 17:25:11 -0400 DakotaJack on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152469 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152469

Ole Dog said
In Florida you can shoot anywhere except across a road or at or over a house. Might be hard to do in a subdivision but if you have a couple of acres it isn't a problem. A deputy came out once because he had a complaint. When he saw what we were doing he apologized and hasn't been back in 12 years. The state law says no city or county can pass a law more stringent than the afore mentioned state law. 

  

You do not have a problem because you are sitting on more than 1 acre.  For those in residential areas with a dwelling density of more than one dwelling per acre, you need to fit into 790.15(4)(b).  There's a risk, depending on who determines whether or not "the discharge does not pose a reasonably foreseeable risk to life, safety or property". 

The 2024 Florida Statutes (including 2025 Special Session C)

I don't think I want to test this statute.       

]]> Sat, 31 May 2025 13:37:10 -0400 Ole Dog on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152439 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152439 In Florida you can shoot anywhere except across a road or at or over a house. Might be hard to do in a subdivision but if you have a couple of acres it isn't a problem. A deputy came out once because he had a complaint. When he saw what we were doing he apologized and hasn't been back in 12 years. The state law says no city or county can pass a law more stringent than the afore mentioned state law. 

]]> Thu, 29 May 2025 11:56:17 -0400 RowdyFisk on Pumpkin shoots and things that we like to see explode when shot https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152430 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/pumpkin-shoots-and-things-that-we-like-to-see-explode-when-shot/#p152430 I used to go to an old homestead where in the summer you would find a hillside of melons. The more you shot/exploded the more the critters loved it and the more seeds got spread around so every new year more of the hill became covered in targets. I miss that about Oregon, you drop a seed and a plant grew🍉

]]> Wed, 28 May 2025 07:54:56 -0400 Charger Fan on Random Thought Thread https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/random-thought-thread/page-3/#p152098 Eat, Drink, and be Merry https://www.danwessonforum.com/forum/eat-drink-and-be-merry/random-thought-thread/page-3/#p152098 LOL!! laughing rofl

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KurtB said
Sorry for the confusion!  I took pic of wrong box/label for the AGS.  This is the correct box/label.

  

Ah-ha! That makes more sense. 

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