{"id":81480,"date":"2017-10-26T14:28:06","date_gmt":"2017-10-26T18:28:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/?p=81480"},"modified":"2017-10-26T14:28:06","modified_gmt":"2023-08-21T10:45:50","slug":"carve-pumpkin-like-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/carve-pumpkin-like-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Carve Your Pumpkin Like A Man!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_81490\" style=\"width: 410px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumb_IMG_6242_1024-1.jpg\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"carve-pumpkin-like-man\" title=\"Carve Your Pumpkin Like A Man!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81490\" title=\"Carve Your Pumpkin Like A Man!\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-81490\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumb_IMG_6242_1024-1-400x267.jpg\" alt=\"Carve Your Pumpkin Like A Man!\" width=\"400\" height=\"267\" srcset=\"https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumb_IMG_6242_1024-1-400x267.jpg 400w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumb_IMG_6242_1024-1-150x100.jpg 150w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumb_IMG_6242_1024-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumb_IMG_6242_1024-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/gunsamerica.com\/digest\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/thumb_IMG_6242_1024-1.jpg 1086w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-81490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">In what was a Goldilocks approach, Clay finally found the right tool for the job.\u00a0 A Springfield Range Officer chambered in 9mm.\u00a0 The .45 Range Officer proved to be a lot too much.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>As Halloween approaches, those of us now domesticated will no doubt at some point be tasked with carving a jack-o&#8217;-lantern. No reason not to perform this task in as manly a manner as possible.<\/p>\n<p>Using just a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.coldsteel.com\/kukri-machete.html\" campaign=\"ColdSteelKukri\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Cold Steel Kukri<\/a>, a 12 gauge <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stdgun.com\/\" campaign=\"SKOStandardManufacturing\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">SKO from Standard Manufacturing<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.springfield-armory.com\/products\/1911-range-officer-9mm\/\" campaign=\"SpringfieldRangeOfficer9\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\">Springfield Range Officer <\/a>chambered in 9mm, and some glow sticks, this week I will show you just how to get it done.<\/p>\n<h2>SEE ALSO:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/blog\/meet-clays-favorite-target-bc-c-zone-mgm\/\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"carve-pumpkin-like-man\" title=\"Carve Your Pumpkin Like A Man!\">Meet Clay\u2019s Favorite Target: The BC-C Zone from MGM<\/a><\/h2>\n<p>Before anyone asks, let me preemptively answer the questions. Of course I didn\u2019t almost cut one of my fingers off with said Kukri, I always wear duct tape on my left hand when I shoot. It&#8217;s what all the operators are doing these days.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, we wanted to shoot two versions of this one video.\u00a0 The mics not working at the range in the Kung Fu Voiceover version was completely by design.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, pack your range bag, stop by your local pumpkin patch, and get ready to get some. And should anyone gives you guff about it being overkill?\u00a0 Tell them the practical advantage of having a pumpkin carved by flying lead, it&#8217;s a good deterrent against having your house toilet papered by the neighborhood hoodlums. Enjoy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Shop for some new pumpkin carving tools<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gunsamerica.com\/Search.aspx?Keyword=springfield%20range%20officer\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"clickTracking\" campaign=\"carve-pumpkin-like-man\" title=\"Carve Your Pumpkin Like A Man!\">\u00a0on GunsAmerica<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The practical advantage of having a pumpkin carved by flying lead, it&#8217;s a good deterrent against having your house toilet 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