Or hit zero when the pan is off and it starts fast trickling.+1 on the Chargemaster drain
Bad luck stories of shooting/reloading/gunsmithing
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Not sure I should tell this one, but here goes... A year or two out of Gunsmith School I had a magnum 870 with feeding problems but I only had 2-3/4 dummy rounds. No problem, some 3" copper 4s should work in a pinch. It was laying on my lap and pointed directly at a full gun rack when it went off. It cut a real piece of junk Noble pump shotgun in half. Sitting in the two slots on either side of the Noble were a pristine 20 Superposed and a nicer grade Arietta 12. Neither of them had a scratch on them. Luckily nobody was hurt and filing cabinet covered the huge hole in the wall nicely. Still not exactly sure what happened, but I suspect that that it was my keys wadded up in my pants pocket while I was jacking a slide. It was a really good lesson for somebody that had gotten a little too comfortable with guns.
D Coots
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I have a good luck story from the early ninety's. Was cronographing loads in my 22/250 AI tn trued Rem 700 Hart bbl. I fired a cleaning shot off to the side of the crono. Crap blew back in my face and I made a mental note of why I always wear safety glasses. Couldn't get the bolt to open so I used a piece of 2x4 to tap on the handle. Finally got it open and the case was welded to the bolt face. Took pliers and pried it off. After close examination of the primer pocket I thought maybe the load was a bit hot???? Needless to say I went back home to the loading room to determine WTF I did. After some thought I realized I used the wrong powder, and no I didn't have more than one powder on the bench, I had just grabbed the wrong one. The AI used W760 and the other 3 PD rifles used W748. The usual load in the AI with a 55 gr bullet, 45.2gr of W760 and ran 4064fps with no pressure. I mistakenly put 45.2gr of W748 in those cases. I always wondered how fast that one round was going. So, due to the strength of Remington actions I didn't eat the bolt or get a eye or face full of shrapnel. Had to replace the extractor. Pay attention when loading and always wear safety glasses. I am amazed at the number of guys at matches that don't.
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I was helping a friend move years ago and in his garage was a few loose 209 primers from his trap loading venture. One of the other guys helping put a primer in the jaws of a vise, grabbed a hammer and nail, and popped the back of the primer..... The 209's primer face blew back over that nail tip and just shredded that guys fingertips of the hand holding the nail. Lotta blood on that one.
I had a new 30 caliber barrel chambered and installed with a 223 brake. The gunsmith wrote down workorder instructions on everything / pertinent information including opening up the brake. I picked up the gun and drove 80 miles home , then discovered the brake had not been opened ! Very lucky i discovered it before- boom ! 80 miles back , fix , and 80 miles back home. If they were not exceptional , i might have been disagreeable.
TheOtherZilla
Pull my finger
All right my latest. Took the factory scope rings off a CZ550 in prep for a barrel change. Yeah, I hid em from meself.
DirtySteve
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I wonder if HillBillyDrugist is feeling better now... lol..
Adam in WI
Practically lives here
He's probably thinking he picked the wrong forum like "man what a bunch of dummies"
Yes i am
Did he wear his safety glasses?
xswanted
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Shooting bad luck.......
Went hunting with a good friend with our bows. We sat on a coulee edge waiting for a deer to walk by.
just before dark a nice big doe comes walking in and stops roughly 20 yards from us with no clue we are there.
so he draws back and shoots. WHACK we here. Didn’t seem like it sounded quite right.
Turns out the deer had stopped directly behind a stump that my buddy couldn’t see.
He got the stump in the heart, but the deer got away.
Lucky deer, un lucky hunter!
Went hunting with a good friend with our bows. We sat on a coulee edge waiting for a deer to walk by.
just before dark a nice big doe comes walking in and stops roughly 20 yards from us with no clue we are there.
so he draws back and shoots. WHACK we here. Didn’t seem like it sounded quite right.
Turns out the deer had stopped directly behind a stump that my buddy couldn’t see.
He got the stump in the heart, but the deer got away.
Lucky deer, un lucky hunter!
Here’s something I’ve done TWICE now, to the detriment of a very good friend. Was mounting a scope for him and snugged the rings on the weaver base (hand tight). Leveled scope, got everything just right, tightened ring caps......and forgot to torque the rings to the base. He does things last minute so it’s a mount scope, load a few rounds and sight in, load 50 rounds of proven load. then go kill a deer.
When doing so, typically you can zero the rifle with no ill effects, but give it just a little time, travel , and handling, such as when you actually take the rifle hunting in a few days, that scope will be loose on the base and NOT direct your shot anywhere near the buck you are aiming at........two different rifles, two years in a row, same guy. Only time I’ve done that and we check his scope mounts annually now
When doing so, typically you can zero the rifle with no ill effects, but give it just a little time, travel , and handling, such as when you actually take the rifle hunting in a few days, that scope will be loose on the base and NOT direct your shot anywhere near the buck you are aiming at........two different rifles, two years in a row, same guy. Only time I’ve done that and we check his scope mounts annually now
He did not have glasses. This was 25 years ago but I remember him doing it at arms length...and he was 6’2. Lesson he never forget I imagine
Bulpup air rifles, driving around in the fields shooting. I don't know how many side mirrors I have destroyed like that
i have a buddy who just busted one of those big mirrors off of his dually
I wonder how long this thread could go if these accidents hadn’t killed so many prospective posters.
^ Kinda like going to an AA meeting claiming you don't drink .
foxguy
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Yep,
Chargemaster 1500. I bet everyone has forgotten to close the Drain Port at least once. I have a couple of times. After the 2nd time I made a warning label to be placed and left on top of the Powder Hopper Cap.
Red Letters "DRAIN CLOSED - ??"
It's worked for me so far....
Chargemaster 1500. I bet everyone has forgotten to close the Drain Port at least once. I have a couple of times. After the 2nd time I made a warning label to be placed and left on top of the Powder Hopper Cap.
Red Letters "DRAIN CLOSED - ??"
It's worked for me so far....
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