OK, it's off topic but I don't care.Creedmoor more so than dead frog.
If airguns count, when I was ~12 I set up an old, thick Coke bottle on a fence about 15 yards away. I pumped up my Benjamin .22 pellet rifle and shot it. The bottle didn't break but the pellet bounced straight back and thumped me square in the sternum.Was twirling my Red Rider BB rifle on my finger.
I was smoothing the trigger on my Sigma and I didn't see it but a spring took off, I was at my kitchen table. When I started to assemble the gun I couldn't find the spring. I took the kitchen garbage can and emptied the contents on a piece of plastic, found it!Replacing a 686 rear sight blade over carpet. That detent was sure tiny and launched with the force of a thousand suns. I just sat there and said to myself: “yeah you just decided to change that out over carpet you butthole”.
To everyone’s surprise I didn’t find the detent. Ordered a new one.
If this story is boring as it likely is because it doesn’t involve an nd or hurting myself, try reading it with Morgan Freeman’s voice in your head.
Creedmore is how I shot, Dead Frog looked dangerous to me. Ps I'd forgotten about the names, thanks.OK, it's off topic but I don't care.
It always bugged the ever-lovin' shit out of me that Creedmoor was named Creedmoor. The actual, historic Creedmoor rifle matches from the 1870s were shot from positions that were more like (sometimes exactly like) Dead Frog.
If history and logic prevailed -
- Dead Frog would be named Creedmoor,
- Creedmoor would be named Sidewinder, and
- Sidewinder would be named "I want to shoot my toe off!"
Did she beat the shit out of you with the shotgun?I once removed everything but the primer of a 12 gauge round. Then stuffed the shell full of toilet paper. Next I hunted down my sister with my Dads Browning A5. Thought it was great fun till I noticed the toilet paper was on fire. Put it out no damage, but when she ratted me out my Mom went ballistic.
No, she took the car that was always promised to me and gave it to my older sister.Did she beat the shit out of you with the shotgun?
Spare the rod indeed.
Ruger Mark I pistol. The way I gripped it, the joint of my thumb was just below the bolt. And then it was just high enough for the bolt to remove the skin from that joint. And, yeah, it hurt.
I was about 16 when a friend let me shoot his 1911, first shot with my thumbs overlapping and the slide cut a groove along the top of my left thumb, still have the scar as proof, 50 years later, the 1911 is still my favorite.
If airguns count, when I was 3, I taught my 7 year old brother several lessons. First was, don't pump your Crosman .22 when your 3 year old brother is sitting next to you. Second, don't pump your Crossman .22 with your thumb over the muzzle. Third, don't load the pellet before you pump your Crosman .22. To teach him these valuable lessons, all I had to do was pull the trigger.If airguns count, when I was ~12 I set up an old, thick Coke bottle on a fence about 15 yards away. I pumped up my Benjamin .22 pellet rifle and shot it. The bottle didn't break but the pellet bounced straight back and thumped me square in the sternum.
I think that was the first time in my life I was glad I wore glasses. Even at that age, I knew that the pellet could have done awful things if it had come back a few inches higher.
Anytime I work on anything with tiny springs/screws/detents I place the item in a large ziploc bag and work on it in the bag so I don't lose anything.Replacing a 686 rear sight blade over carpet. That detent was sure tiny and launched with the force of a thousand suns. I just sat there and said to myself: “yeah you just decided to change that out over carpet you butthole”.
To everyone’s surprise I didn’t find the detent. Ordered a new one.
If this story is boring as it likely is because it doesn’t involve an nd or hurting myself, try reading it with Morgan Freeman’s voice in your head.
That’s logical. But sometimes you gotta live a little on the wild side. If it wasn’t for that dang carpet I would have found it. I’m a master at recovering detents and springs in a shop.Anytime I work on anything with tiny springs/screws/detents I place the item in a large ziploc bag and work on it in the bag so I don't lose anything.