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Halloween Pumpkin Carving TTAG Style

October 29, 2015

Scary Halloween jack o lantern face glowing in smoke and fire. — Bigstock

I’m alway impressed by people who shoot well. I’m not one of them. Oh sure, I don’t shoot badly. Show me a broad side of a barn and I’ll hit it (after being sure of what’s beyond it).

Still, I never shy from a ballistic challenge. When I professed boredom at the annual pumpkin carving YouTube onslaught (e.g., Kirsten Joy Weiss and Hickok45), Dan invited me to The Best of the West Shooting Sports in Liberty Hill, home of the Texas Firearms Festival, to see if I, too, could make a jack-o-lantern from an HEB pumpkin.

SPOILER ALERT! No. No I couldn’t.

18 COMMENTS

Gunr October 29, 2015 At 19:05

The nose knows.
actionphysicalman October 29, 2015 At 19:14

How come you didn’t post a trigger warning? I am terrified of any harm to squash.
Tom in Oregon October 29, 2015 At 19:28

A mind blowing experience.
505markf October 29, 2015 At 19:34

Just goes to show, a lever gun is never the wrong choice. Or something like that.

Damn fine rifle. Lust worthy.
Ralph October 29, 2015 At 19:34

A star is born! And RF was really good too.
Hawkeye October 29, 2015 At 19:53

That was humorous!
DavidinNC October 29, 2015 At 19:56

Lack-o-lantern.
Mighty Mo October 29, 2015 At 20:02

Bravo RF but,….pleeeeeease……..don’t head to Hollywood anytime soon! You kinda made Kristen Stewart look a LITTLE more talented than a lifeless vampire. Just sayin’ – LOL!
Timmer October 29, 2015 At 20:04

“Do you think you used enough dynamite there, Butch?”
- Curtis in IL October 29, 2015 At 20:35
  
  There were large pieces left over and nothing splattered on his shirt.
  
  Obviously he didn’t use enough tannerite.
tmm October 29, 2015 At 20:15

That lantern got jacked up
Accur81 October 29, 2015 At 22:43

Kind of dorky, but I’ve done the same thing with a .460 and a .45-70. Godspeed in your pursuit of happiness.

P.S. That’s a beautiful lever gun.
- Geoff PR October 30, 2015 At 02:28
  
  “P.S. That’s a beautiful lever gun.”
  
  Indeed.
  
  Isn’t that the one Tom took on safari?
  - Accur81 October 30, 2015 At 14:54
    
    I think so.
Desert Ranger October 30, 2015 At 01:56

Robert,

Awesome vid. Made me laugh after one of the most tough days of my life!

You should make one for every holiday.
DaveC October 30, 2015 At 07:37

Used to do the same thing with firecrackers when I was kid. Cant get M80s any more – darn.
Ryan S. October 30, 2015 At 12:18

Loved it Robert!

That was just the .500 S&W correct? Tell us there was no tannerite.
Roymond October 31, 2015 At 21:52

We used to gather jack-o-lanterns after Halloween and turn the best into pumpkin for pies. The rest went to the woods to become… organic splatter.

Now you can get a hefty fine for doing that in a state or national forest in Oregon: the law now only allows paper or cardboard targets.

Moron lawmakers.