I recently hosted VUPDblue and his dad for an enjoyable day of shooting and family history.
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...at_the_range_a_family_legacy.html#post3131500
After dinner, we decided to try and finish a job left unfinished last fall at the 2011 NFA Alumni Day. On that day, I wanted to drop a hollow beech tree at the far north end of our pond. It was a miserable day weather-wise but a great day of shooting and INGO friends!
Here is a clip of what happened when I loaded a few pounds of tannerite in the tree. The blast occurs at 2:34. Yawn....
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMMY1hNq_uw[/ame]
We just managed to crack the tree a bit, but didn't drop it. Very disappointing.
Back to this weekend:
I loaded 4 pounds of H2Target material (H2Targets.com - The #1 Exploding Rifle Targets Company) into the hollow portion of the tree. I added some soil around and above the material to try to direct the charge to blow out the right side of the tree. VUPDblue and I also used a winch and rope to pre-load the tree to the right so it would drop in that direction. There wasn't anything in the area around the tree that would be hurt, but it would be easier to cut it up if it fell to the right.
Blue's dad, Kim, with his M1 Garand, took aim from about 90 yards away using open sights. It took six shots for him to walk his way in to the 2" target. But the results were spectacular! There was no doubt when the .30-06 round found its mark.
There are two videos of the tree dropping. One is shot zoomed back showing the whole tree. The other is zoomed in showing the detonation closer. The detonation in this first video occurs at 0:59.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEbFhUCcDR0[/ame]
This is the same attempt, but zoomed in closer. There is a brief introduction on this video. (Detonation at 1:24.)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHPHKY6pcq0[/ame]
This was a fairly large tree as evidenced in this picture of the aftermath.
I did a few screen captures of the blast sequence.
The one down side to using H2Targets to help landscape your property is that it's all over so fast. Moments after the BOOM and the big old tree hit the ground, it was once again quiet and a white smoke cloud floated lazily over the pond.
Shooting, eating, and blowing up trees with INGO buddies. What a great way to spend a summer afternoon!
https://www.indianagunowners.com/fo...at_the_range_a_family_legacy.html#post3131500
After dinner, we decided to try and finish a job left unfinished last fall at the 2011 NFA Alumni Day. On that day, I wanted to drop a hollow beech tree at the far north end of our pond. It was a miserable day weather-wise but a great day of shooting and INGO friends!
Here is a clip of what happened when I loaded a few pounds of tannerite in the tree. The blast occurs at 2:34. Yawn....
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMMY1hNq_uw[/ame]
We just managed to crack the tree a bit, but didn't drop it. Very disappointing.
Back to this weekend:
I loaded 4 pounds of H2Target material (H2Targets.com - The #1 Exploding Rifle Targets Company) into the hollow portion of the tree. I added some soil around and above the material to try to direct the charge to blow out the right side of the tree. VUPDblue and I also used a winch and rope to pre-load the tree to the right so it would drop in that direction. There wasn't anything in the area around the tree that would be hurt, but it would be easier to cut it up if it fell to the right.
Blue's dad, Kim, with his M1 Garand, took aim from about 90 yards away using open sights. It took six shots for him to walk his way in to the 2" target. But the results were spectacular! There was no doubt when the .30-06 round found its mark.
There are two videos of the tree dropping. One is shot zoomed back showing the whole tree. The other is zoomed in showing the detonation closer. The detonation in this first video occurs at 0:59.
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEbFhUCcDR0[/ame]
This is the same attempt, but zoomed in closer. There is a brief introduction on this video. (Detonation at 1:24.)
[ame]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHPHKY6pcq0[/ame]
This was a fairly large tree as evidenced in this picture of the aftermath.
I did a few screen captures of the blast sequence.
The one down side to using H2Targets to help landscape your property is that it's all over so fast. Moments after the BOOM and the big old tree hit the ground, it was once again quiet and a white smoke cloud floated lazily over the pond.
Shooting, eating, and blowing up trees with INGO buddies. What a great way to spend a summer afternoon!
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