As title says or don't be stupid.. Any who a big group of us were at a ranch for my birthday. We did a skeet shoot and things went great. We had a few buddies out in deer blinds on the back of the property. They asked if they could get a pickup at dark instead of walking back. Well when night came I was peeling shrimp for a fish fry and I asked my buddy to take my ranch truck (1982 toyota Hilux) out to go get the guys. Well I had a double gun case with my Browning Citori 20g and my Winchester 101 12g in the back. Now a big part of this story is it wouldn't have happened if my friend wasn't F'ing around but he was. So he went to pickup my buds and decided to hot rod my truck on the way up there.. The case flew out of back of the pick up on a bump and then on the way back to the ranch house he ran over it with the truck as it was at the bottom of the hill and he couldn't see it in time.
So basically $3000 worth of shot guns smashed up. The toyota hilux is a rather light truck and it has big 12.50 mud tires on it. He also ran over the case right where the two steel receivers were. So I took the guns to mcbrides and they said I dodged a bullet as they are not ruined and still function fine... However The wood on both guns is very gouged and ruffed up. Both guns had absolutely beautiful wood and both guns were 20-30 years old also and although had heavy hunting use were in great condition.
So long story short.. Close your tail gate, take your guns out of the truck, or do things yourself if do want results like these. there is nothing I can really do so it is water under the bridge now but the fact my friend was treating my Hilux like a go-cart was pretty frustrating.. However it is a big go-cart.. Just stupidity that almost had a multiple thousand $ price tag. Secure your loads always!
This should probably be in rants and raves..
Jeremy
So basically $3000 worth of shot guns smashed up. The toyota hilux is a rather light truck and it has big 12.50 mud tires on it. He also ran over the case right where the two steel receivers were. So I took the guns to mcbrides and they said I dodged a bullet as they are not ruined and still function fine... However The wood on both guns is very gouged and ruffed up. Both guns had absolutely beautiful wood and both guns were 20-30 years old also and although had heavy hunting use were in great condition.
So long story short.. Close your tail gate, take your guns out of the truck, or do things yourself if do want results like these. there is nothing I can really do so it is water under the bridge now but the fact my friend was treating my Hilux like a go-cart was pretty frustrating.. However it is a big go-cart.. Just stupidity that almost had a multiple thousand $ price tag. Secure your loads always!
This should probably be in rants and raves..
Jeremy
