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Anybody have a rifle malfunction that made them say what!
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<blockquote data-quote="crkckr" data-source="post: 1605456" data-attributes="member: 78056"><p>I have another opps moment but this is definitely not a matter of a rifle malfunction, it's more of a brain failure. A buddy of mine from wanted very badly to learn to hunt so several of us at work helped him out thru all the stages, getting a rifle, hunter safety course, etc. He and I went out opening morning and saw nothing but hunter orange dots all over the place, so we decided to try another place. While getting all of our gear together back at the truck, he laid his rifle down in the bed (same truck I'd blown the window out several years earlier), so I asked him if he had a round chambered and he said yes. I told him rounds in the mag ok but not in the chamber. So he pulled the rifle out and had a senior moment, much to my dismay! No, not the window again... he intended to take the bolt out, which required pulling the trigger first. Except he forgot to take the round out first! He had the rifle pointed straight up (but not at the window this time), and when that -06 went off, the muzzle blast took my ball cap off!! The look in his eyes was priceless and definitely a lesson learned for him... fortunately, only at the cost of our hearing for the day. The rest of the day was strictly hand signals! The hearing loss was a drop in bucket, as we both worked at the airport and were both a bit "deef" from spending most of our adult life around jets. I guess just about everyone has a ND eventually but as long as we stick to the 4 rules 99% of time, they'll just be a lesson, instead of a tragedy. The only real problem is that went we mess up more than than that 1% and someone pays a steep price. Personally, I think they should be called the 4 Laws, just like gravity is a law!</p><p>Cheers,</p><p>crkckr</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crkckr, post: 1605456, member: 78056"] I have another opps moment but this is definitely not a matter of a rifle malfunction, it's more of a brain failure. A buddy of mine from wanted very badly to learn to hunt so several of us at work helped him out thru all the stages, getting a rifle, hunter safety course, etc. He and I went out opening morning and saw nothing but hunter orange dots all over the place, so we decided to try another place. While getting all of our gear together back at the truck, he laid his rifle down in the bed (same truck I'd blown the window out several years earlier), so I asked him if he had a round chambered and he said yes. I told him rounds in the mag ok but not in the chamber. So he pulled the rifle out and had a senior moment, much to my dismay! No, not the window again... he intended to take the bolt out, which required pulling the trigger first. Except he forgot to take the round out first! He had the rifle pointed straight up (but not at the window this time), and when that -06 went off, the muzzle blast took my ball cap off!! The look in his eyes was priceless and definitely a lesson learned for him... fortunately, only at the cost of our hearing for the day. The rest of the day was strictly hand signals! The hearing loss was a drop in bucket, as we both worked at the airport and were both a bit "deef" from spending most of our adult life around jets. I guess just about everyone has a ND eventually but as long as we stick to the 4 rules 99% of time, they'll just be a lesson, instead of a tragedy. The only real problem is that went we mess up more than than that 1% and someone pays a steep price. Personally, I think they should be called the 4 Laws, just like gravity is a law! Cheers, crkckr [/QUOTE]
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