Now the bad. The drive belt on my lawn tractor departed just before I finished cutting the grass and I discovered another fire ant mound which will get nuked again. Don't know how those ants got into my property.
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Not the best Range day I have had....But
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Not the best Range day I have had....But
did get some shooting in with my Charter Arms 44 Special Bull Dog revolver. Have not shot it in a long while so I loaded it with what I carry in it being 250 gr. cast full wad cutter from Matt's Bullets loaded with 5 gr. of Red Dot. A slow heavy sharp edge wad cutter is perfect from a short barrel SD type use. So 7 yds. back and in DA shooting put 5 rounds into center mass and then tried 5 in the head. This one shoots a bit low so had to hold a little high so aiming at head I had to aim above it loosing my windage point. Will trim the front sight a touch. Not too bad as the light revolver likes to jump a bit but close enough to take care of business. Nice big holes!
Now the bad. The drive belt on my lawn tractor departed just before I finished cutting the grass and I discovered another fire ant mound which will get nuked again. Don't know how those ants got into my property.
Now the bad. The drive belt on my lawn tractor departed just before I finished cutting the grass and I discovered another fire ant mound which will get nuked again. Don't know how those ants got into my property.
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Re: Not the best Range day I have had....But
I've always liked 44 specials. It's a great cartridge.
Re: Not the best Range day I have had....But
Nuking fire ants sounds like a dangerous activity. Short of riding one down like Slim pickens, standoff ability sounds like a good idea. Do you use gasoline?
Remember, it's not how many guns you have. It's how many bullets you have.
Re: Not the best Range day I have had....But
Hmmmmm, I see a bad guy with both a headache and some heartache. 
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Re: Not the best Range day I have had....But
I have two more jugs of that super concentrate Orange oil that you mix with water and it dissolves those ants. What I do is mix it in two 5 gallon buckets at a much higher strength. I get in back of my truck with tailgate down and have a buddy slowly back me up over the mound area. A shock dump on the mound followed by a couple of holes punched in mound followed by another 5 gallon dump. Usually nukes anything in the mound area and runs into the tunnels. I will follow with a pesticide dust treatment in a wider area after the mound is dead.
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