Whats the craziest thing you have ever heard some one about a gun?
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I was in a pawn shop one time and there was a guy looking at AR's. The fellow behind the counter was telling him you could shoot 223 ammo in a 5.56 but you shouldn't shoot 5.56 in a 223. OK so far. Then he told him the reason was the difference in the twist rates.
We were whitetail hunting some years ago. Staying in a DOW cabin thanks to some close connections. We invited the area wildlife manager out for supper and he regaled us with stories about shooting whitetails with his favorite 50mm. We asked if he really meant 50 cal. Absolutely not says he. "I've been around guns my whole life and I know the difference." "I had to move back to more than a mile so I didn't blow them in half."
And if it doesn't, you're tomorrows fresh bear feces!
madmixerman
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While whitetail hunting a guy told me he had his 7mm RUM sighted dead on at a 100 yards. It would shoot dead on out to 800 yards before dropping an inch. I just said OK & walked away.
It totally came in hooked it was a savage . The barrel expanded and split separate the The side of the of the action broke the scope off and the stock bolt was fine .
Looks like a junk savage . Larry
Ok, it was not a firearm it was a Bow. Owner of an Archery Shop in the late 80's had an old Martin Dynabo that he used to hunt with. He said " the amazing thing about that bow is when using a broadhead the arrow gets to 20 yards, it acually picks up up speed and really takes off "
I said "that's a neat trick, you don't suppose you should have tuned it properly and used helical fletching to prevent it from planing?"
He just looked at me like I had 2 heads.
I said "that's a neat trick, you don't suppose you should have tuned it properly and used helical fletching to prevent it from planing?"
He just looked at me like I had 2 heads.
jds holler
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My buddy Fince Patterson told me that one time he was taking a shot at a nice buck with his grand daddy's 45-70. Said that as soon as he pulled the trigger, he knew he had flinched and shot in front of the buck.
"Lucky thing though, with that big slow bullet from the "45" was that I immediately waved my hat and hollered at the buck, and got him to jump in front of the bullet just in the nick of time."
"Killed him dead as a doornail".
I guess ya could say that Fince did his part. jd
"Lucky thing though, with that big slow bullet from the "45" was that I immediately waved my hat and hollered at the buck, and got him to jump in front of the bullet just in the nick of time."
"Killed him dead as a doornail". I guess ya could say that Fince did his part. jd
that would be a good time to pull out your phone with ballistics on it and prove him a liar. Don't suffer fools.....embarrass them so bad they quit.
I once (when I was about 15) had an Ithaca pump shotgun go "full auto" on me. Good thing it only held 3 rounds. The last one was straight up in the air.
Those guys are the fun ones to take shooting at distance.
I did shoot a white tale doe at maybe 50 to 80yds right in the spine with a 300gr smk out of my 338lm. The doe jumped up so I snapped a shot off. I knew it hit high. My brother started laughing hard. He said when the gas from the brake hit him he blinked. When he opened his eyes all he could see was legs in the air. That bullet turned so much spine to powder it was amazing. Never did it knock anything bigger over.
Spike A
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was killing some time at the local gun shop a guy walked in .. said I need 45 ammo .. trying to help the owner I asked auto or what? And what grain.. quote " It's a 45 cal, they are are all the same"... I looked at the owner and said I don't have that much time and headed out... later on in week stopped in to bullshit... owner said 45 min later he still didn't under stand different cartridges for a certain caliber... but the guy was adamant he didn't want no heavy bullets ... gun had a short barrel and didn't want to blow it up .,.. owner sent him on his way and wouldn't sell him anything...
The TV stuff drives me nuts. A 90 lb woman shooting a large pistol and no trace of recoil. And the same gun that produces no visible recoil knocks a 200 lb man off his feet and 10-15 feet backwards when he is hit. Hiding behind car doors that wouldn't stop a pellet rifle. Revolvers than can shoot 20 rounds without reloading. Seen scopes mounted upside down. A "Sniper" that shooting 30-40 degrees downhill or a mile shot and never resets the scope. And the biggest thing I call the "Clickety Click" sound. Every time someone moves a rifle or a pistol, it clicks. Change aim and it clicks again. Put it away and it clicks again. Every movement makes a sound like releasing the slide even though nothing is touched, not even a safety lever. My wife just tells me to shut up and watch the show.
KMart
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Just to add to this, is the guy that is shooting a scoped rifle and he puts his eye right against the rear of the scope. You never get to see the blood running down his face after he shoots.
There is an interesting story about the "wrist snap". Hollywood in the old days was a lot like it is today in that most actors had little real life experience with firearms. During the making of the early Westerns a great many of the folks involved, particularly the older bit players had been brought up when cap and ball revolvers were still in wide use. The reason for the "wrist snap" was that using cap and ball revolvers quite often the cap (primer) would back off partially and cause the cylinder to hang up instead of rotating. The "wrist snap" was to let the cap fall instead of hanging up the cylinder. The "wrist snap" carried on even to this day in Westerns, but very few folks think about how it evolved.
drover
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Local "hunting expert" buys one of the first 30-378 WBY's that came off the line about 20 years ago. "Yep....brand new caliber......just developed....broke the shoulder of a bunch of factory tec's". Same guy...buys a new scope with said Weatherby...a scope with dials on it.. 
eek:
)....says dial to 1 for 100 yards, 2 for 200, 3 for 300 all the way up through 2 or three revolutions!!
Another "hunter guy" with his trusty 270/130 grain something or other......."Killed him at a touch over 600 yards (no rangefinder, mind you)....just held at the top of his back and let 'er loose....that 270 is the flattest shootin gun made".
What did I win...What did I win???? I want that dudes 270. Or the other dudes scope.
Tod
eek:)....says dial to 1 for 100 yards, 2 for 200, 3 for 300 all the way up through 2 or three revolutions!!Another "hunter guy" with his trusty 270/130 grain something or other......."Killed him at a touch over 600 yards (no rangefinder, mind you)....just held at the top of his back and let 'er loose....that 270 is the flattest shootin gun made".
What did I win...What did I win???? I want that dudes 270. Or the other dudes scope.
Tod
I will never forget the day my pops had someone call the shop and try to explain that his gun was broke and what his gun was doing. Dad told him to hold it up to the phone so he could look at it. Guess the phone when dead on the other end.
Thanks for the laughs; I would add my own stories; but I've become too bitter at those exercising their 2nd amendment rights who probably shouldn't have had caveman rights to fire...
I'm always happy to educate and guide in at least what I hope the intended user takes as the right direction; we all learned somewhere after all.
Typically I find the biggest ignoramouses are those LR shooters who don't really LR shoot. At that point I'd expect someone to know better; but I'm often surprised. I totally get trajectories; but I'll never believe that a 147gr from a 308 has a flat trajectory when fired from a gas gun instead of a bolt. Or that wind has no effect on cartridges loaded with a Magnum primer.
To each their own. No you don't need to know the science behind shooting (we're still working on the details like barrel harmonics); but one should know that when bench shooting a 375 Steyr; scope bite may not be fun. Or that a click without boom may mean you best check the barrel.
Maybe in the end the gas gun guys have it right. Special gas used is LOTS of hot air. I know I sure have plenty to spare. Hmm 'bout time for a 300SUAM that shoots quarter minute at 1500y all day; but only if I use small rifle primers instead of Fed 215s...
-Mac
I'm always happy to educate and guide in at least what I hope the intended user takes as the right direction; we all learned somewhere after all.
Typically I find the biggest ignoramouses are those LR shooters who don't really LR shoot. At that point I'd expect someone to know better; but I'm often surprised. I totally get trajectories; but I'll never believe that a 147gr from a 308 has a flat trajectory when fired from a gas gun instead of a bolt. Or that wind has no effect on cartridges loaded with a Magnum primer.
To each their own. No you don't need to know the science behind shooting (we're still working on the details like barrel harmonics); but one should know that when bench shooting a 375 Steyr; scope bite may not be fun. Or that a click without boom may mean you best check the barrel.
Maybe in the end the gas gun guys have it right. Special gas used is LOTS of hot air. I know I sure have plenty to spare. Hmm 'bout time for a 300SUAM that shoots quarter minute at 1500y all day; but only if I use small rifle primers instead of Fed 215s...
-Mac
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