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tractortad
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Melon Blasting

Post by tractortad » Fri Oct 04, 2019 8:57 am

Had a couple of water melons starting to go bad, so we decided to use a pair of Henrys and a Ruger to "blast-plant some seeds"

The blasters:
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The before:
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The after:
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It sure is fun planting water melon seeds with a Henry 45-70.....
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Re: Melon Blasting

Post by BigAl52 » Fri Oct 04, 2019 9:05 am

Need to get out with mine again and pick on some bowling pins. Looks like alot of fun Tad
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Re: Melon Blasting

Post by RanchRoper » Fri Oct 04, 2019 12:00 pm

Golf balls blow up real good too...
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Re: Melon Blasting

Post by fortyshooter » Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:20 pm

Love blasting melons especially with a 12 ga. slug!
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Re: Melon Blasting

Post by Vaquero » Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:32 pm

:lol: 444 :o :lol:

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Re: Melon Blasting

Post by JEBar » Sat Oct 05, 2019 10:34 pm

sure scattered seeds over a pretty good size area .... who knows how many vines may sprout next spring .. :?:

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