TechnoLust's Journal: Nothing says "stress-relief" like shooting a pumpkin.

My friend just bought a Desert Eagle .45 the other day. He was of course wanting to shoot it, so we called up a friend yesterday that lives out in the country on a farm. We drove out there and took his new .45, my Smith and Wesson 9mm, and a few boxes of ammunition.

When we got there, our friend still had a pumpkin left over from Halloween sitting by the porch, so we took it out into the field. Our friend brought his Taurus .40 and his girlfriend was shooting his Taurus .22. About 200 rounds later, the pumpkin was more a pile of orange mush than anything recognizable as a pumpkin.

Anyway, it was fun... I hadn't shot my 9mm in a while, so I needed to shoot it and clean it. I also noticed I was hitting a lot better with my friend's .45 than I was with my 9mm. I like his sights better. It's easier to tell that you are lined up. On mine, the front sight is too thin, so you can see light on both sides. His sights were just right... if you saw light, you weren't in the middle. And just as you would expect, my height was OK, but I was hitting to either side of where I wanted to. (We had targets, also, we weren't just killing pumpkins.) So, I'm going to look at getting new sights. I'd like to have a laser sight with one of the new green lasers, just for the coolness factor, but I'll probably end up just getting a nice pair of night-sights.

200 Rounds?

[DaytonCIM]

A Desert Eagle .45, a Smith and Wesson 9mm, a Taurus .40, and a Taurus .22? And it took 200 rounds to make pile of orange mush than anything recognizable as a pumpkin. I would have thought one shot from the un-godly powerful Desert Eagle or Taurus .40 would have taken care of the pumpkin REAL quick. :)

Re:200 Rounds?

[Safety Cap]

And it took 200 rounds

Ahh, if only they used the D.E. 50 cal, then that would be a different story!

*cackle*

Re:200 Rounds?

[TechnoLust]

First, it was a very large pumpkin.
Second, when I say orange mush, I mean literal mush. If there was a piece larger than a nickle, we would shoot until somebody hit it.
Third, we were pretty far away, and my friend and his GF with the two Taurus pistols aren't great shots. Now, hand him a shotgun and he's amazing, but with pistols, he "ain't much punkin'" :-) Sorry. Couldn't resist the pun.

Where do you aim on a pile of pum'kin mush?

[Some Woman]

We had targets, also, we weren't just killing pumpkins.

Good, because I was beginning to wonder about your fascination with accuracy. I mean, would it really matter after 50 rounds in the rotten pumpkin? :)

I choose the path of peace...

[MonTemplar]

'Make pumpkin pie, not war!' :)

(I ain't American, but I do appreciate you guys for the creation of this particular autumnal confection)

Sweet!

[Pinball Wizard]

Did this last year out on the mesa. (high desert plain for those of you unfamiliar with the term.)

Did a few rounds with our various handguns(Ruger 9mm, Ruger .45 auto), then I took out my new toy - a Ruger .44 magnum with a 7.5 inch barrel. That is a serious handcannon.

I'd love to have a Desert Eagle though.

great work, if you can get it.

[Em Emalb]

While I was in the Marines, I actually got to do a call for fire for a battery of howitzers. (105mm iirc)

My goodness. Dude, you have not lived until you have felt the ground tremble from calling hell directly on a target.

Best of all:

Romeo Tango 47 this is Charlie Mike 03, over.
Roger, over.
Repeat, I say again, repeat.

*BLAM BLAM BLAM BLAM*

Repeat, in case you didn't know, is never said on the radio, except when you want the shells or rounds fired again. Man, talk about raw unmitigated power sitting at your finger tips.

Night sights are the right thing.

[Louis_Wu]

I've got night sights on two of my Glocks, and they are The Right Thing To Do. They're Trijicon, so they aren't some Spokanistanian knock-off. They're combat sights, which means that I don't spend 10 seconds finding a tiny front post and trying to center it in the gaping gap which is the rear sight. And they just work right. You know how you pick up a handgun and it feels right: the grip angle is good, the grip size feels nice, safety & slide release are in the right place, and then the trigger pull is just right? That's what I think of my night sights. The only down side is that they're $100 for a set. *shrug* When the pistol is $500, an extra $100 so that I can actually hit what I want (in the dark) isn't all that bad.