BlackMagic308
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He's lived that long because he hasn't laid down out there yet. LOL!
Funniest thing that's ever happened to you while shooting.
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Me and a buddy were out at his farm shooting shotguns, since he had just gotten a new one, so we're shooting some buckshot and just sort of messing around. I walk up with m7 870, and shoot it one-handed. He did it too, and his flies back three feet, and he drops it. I'm sure he just wasn't used to the way it felt, but I laughed for a good five minutes at him dropping his brand new gun.
Also scared a guy with my first shot with some Brenneke 3" Black Magics (they're incredibly loud out of an 18" barrel, especially under the metal-covered firing line).
Also scared a guy with my first shot with some Brenneke 3" Black Magics (they're incredibly loud out of an 18" barrel, especially under the metal-covered firing line).
I was shooting my .44 Super Blackhawlk at my gun club when I went to empty the cyl. and everything was gone.The ejector housing,plunger,spring and screw.I though I'd never find those parts but on the ground I found them all,the screw was still om the housing.A little cleanup with an old toothbrush from my bag and I was back to shooting.Moral of my Story,ck. your gun screws!!!!!!! biker
Once watched a guy "walk on" to the ceiling at the local pistol range. One of the few times I have laughed that hard in my life. Came to find out later from the range owner, the gentleman had tried working on his 1911 himself...enough said.
Dueling1911s
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i used to sell guns for a bass pro
had a customer walk up to me one day saying he couldnt put his brand new benelli montefeltro together, it has extra parts and he doesnt know where they go. i tell him those are just the stock shims and choke tubes and that you only use 1 at a time. he had the gun out in his car so i had him bring it in and i would put it together for him.
so i put it together for him. it was a little tight putt the reciever and the barrel togther but i get it in eventually and cycle the bolt a couple times for a function check. he then picks up 3 choke tubes and says where do these 3 parts go. i procede to show him how they go in the muzzle.
he then asks me about the choke tube in the back. i ask him what choke tube in the back. then i look down and notice he only has 3 extra chokes. montefeltros come with 4 extra chokes
HE HAD CRAMMED A CHOKE TUBE IN THE CHAMBER AT HOME!!! and of course i had cycled the bolt several times on top of that. you couldnt even see the choke tube in the chamber had you not been looking for it. benelli warrantied it amazingly. i bet that barrel is mounted on their wall some where at their american office
had a customer walk up to me one day saying he couldnt put his brand new benelli montefeltro together, it has extra parts and he doesnt know where they go. i tell him those are just the stock shims and choke tubes and that you only use 1 at a time. he had the gun out in his car so i had him bring it in and i would put it together for him.
so i put it together for him. it was a little tight putt the reciever and the barrel togther but i get it in eventually and cycle the bolt a couple times for a function check. he then picks up 3 choke tubes and says where do these 3 parts go. i procede to show him how they go in the muzzle.
he then asks me about the choke tube in the back. i ask him what choke tube in the back. then i look down and notice he only has 3 extra chokes. montefeltros come with 4 extra chokes
HE HAD CRAMMED A CHOKE TUBE IN THE CHAMBER AT HOME!!! and of course i had cycled the bolt several times on top of that. you couldnt even see the choke tube in the chamber had you not been looking for it. benelli warrantied it amazingly. i bet that barrel is mounted on their wall some where at their american office
Dueling1911s
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had another customer once who had way too much money and wasnt too bright. he bought a leupold vx-3 6.5-18x by 50mm with 30mm tube and had me put it on...
a marlin lever gun in 45 long colt. we tried to talk him out of it but he insisted. 100% true
a marlin lever gun in 45 long colt. we tried to talk him out of it but he insisted. 100% true
I squatted down at the match on Sunday to figure how I wanted to shoot the first target of the stage and ripped the crotch in my pants. Going commando does have it's disadvantages... Thankfully one of the other shooters had duct tape so I made a field expedient patch and was able to finish out the day.
Possibly, I told this one before :
Way back in the 1980's, a friend asked us to let him try his hand at handgunnig, as he only had experience with shotguns (trapshooting) at the time.
This being a thoroughly good guy, liked by everyone who ever met him, one of us lend him his brand new 1911 (forgot the make).
Now our new-fangled pistolero was a construction worker known as "Strong Freddy" standing 6'4", with arms about the size of my thighs.
Anyway, the owner of the aforementionded .45 instructed Strong Freddy to grip his pistol "thight ! thight !"
So after a few magzinefuls, Freddy asked us " Hey guys do you also get that kind of crackling feelingin your hands when you shoot this gun ?"
After inspecting the gun, we discovered Strogn Freddy he indeed gripped it THIGHT : both grip panels were splt !
Way back in the 1980's, a friend asked us to let him try his hand at handgunnig, as he only had experience with shotguns (trapshooting) at the time.
This being a thoroughly good guy, liked by everyone who ever met him, one of us lend him his brand new 1911 (forgot the make).
Now our new-fangled pistolero was a construction worker known as "Strong Freddy" standing 6'4", with arms about the size of my thighs.
Anyway, the owner of the aforementionded .45 instructed Strong Freddy to grip his pistol "thight ! thight !"
So after a few magzinefuls, Freddy asked us " Hey guys do you also get that kind of crackling feelingin your hands when you shoot this gun ?"
After inspecting the gun, we discovered Strogn Freddy he indeed gripped it THIGHT : both grip panels were splt !
Sam1911
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Once volunteered as a Safety Officer for a Glock Shooting Sports Foundation event.
One of the stages I was running had was supposed to start from the "low ready" position. We had an orange dot painted on the ground about 10 feet out to help shooters visualize where about the gun should be pointed for a "low ready" position.
One lady stepped up to the line and I gave her the stage description, "Starting from the low-ready, on the signal engage the targets, etc., etc."
On the signal she put six into the orange dot on the ground.
One of the stages I was running had was supposed to start from the "low ready" position. We had an orange dot painted on the ground about 10 feet out to help shooters visualize where about the gun should be pointed for a "low ready" position.
One lady stepped up to the line and I gave her the stage description, "Starting from the low-ready, on the signal engage the targets, etc., etc."
On the signal she put six into the orange dot on the ground.
Great Stories, many flubs that I've seen too over the years. Y'all would have had a great laugh whatchin me put out a grassfire with my coat. Seems I wanted to see what a lantern size propane tank would do when hit by a tracer. I wont do that again!
Alex
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Too_Pure
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I had a piece of hot brass lodge itself between my temple and my glasses. Left a pretty bad burn that worsened for several days before it started to fade.
stonecutter2
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I was shooting skeet with some friends out in an open field. We reload, waiting to start throwing more clays.
We hear that distinctive honking, and a beautiful formation of geese flies overhead pretty low, we all stare up at them and watch them fly by.
My friend's uncle then declares - 3 loaded shotguns, and all those geese fly by - NONE of you takes a shot?! We all laughed and were like - oh man, DUH.
Man did we feel like idiots for not getting a free, fresh goose dinner that night!
We hear that distinctive honking, and a beautiful formation of geese flies overhead pretty low, we all stare up at them and watch them fly by.
My friend's uncle then declares - 3 loaded shotguns, and all those geese fly by - NONE of you takes a shot?! We all laughed and were like - oh man, DUH.
Man did we feel like idiots for not getting a free, fresh goose dinner that night!
This reminds me of the second time I took the shotgun badge class at scout camp (passed the first time, I just wanted to get some trigger time) I was sitting waiting for my turn and listening to the instructor go over the procedures with a younger boy from my troop. The instructor told the kid "you'll get one free shot... Bang!" the kid pointed the 12 ga about six feet in front of the line and just shot the ground. What the instructor meant was that the kid would get one shot at a clay to familiarize himself with how the gun shot, and the rest of his throws would count. Well he didn't get his familiarization shot but the kid still somehow passed.Once volunteered as a Safety Officer for a Glock Shooting Sports Foundation event.
One of the stages I was running had was supposed to start from the "low ready" position. We had an orange dot painted on the ground about 10 feet out to help shooters visualize where about the gun should be pointed for a "low ready" position.
One lady stepped up to the line and I gave her the stage description, "Starting from the low-ready, on the signal engage the targets, etc., etc."
On the signal she put six into the orange dot on the ground.
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Me, my father, and my fiancee were at the range.
I was practicing with my AK at 100 yards. Hitting little squares of steel. I did this for a while and it started to get a little too easy
so I decided to try my hand and 200 yards. The same steel squares. At this time a guy came up to a shooting position to the right of me. I went cold for a little bit just to make sure he had protection on and whatnot. He gets set up and starts shooting at the 100 yard plates. Missing badly. He had a tacticool M4 with an Eotech, a magnifier, and front vertical grip etc etc
He was practicing transitioning from a rifle to a pistol. So he fires a string of shots at the 100 mark then pulls out his FiveseveN and shoots at the silhouettes that are close (15 yards, maybe)
At this point I begin to laugh quietly inside, and decide to mess with the guy a little.
I was shooting my WASR-10 with an old Simmons AETEC. My package totaled less than $600. He had, at least, a $2000 package.
So, every time he went to shoot the 100 plates, and missed, I would hit the target he was aiming at. I did this about 10 times before the full comedic effect wore off. I went back to the 200 yard mark. Not long after I start rocking those plates he packed up and left...
He was driving a Porsche....
I was practicing with my AK at 100 yards. Hitting little squares of steel. I did this for a while and it started to get a little too easy
so I decided to try my hand and 200 yards. The same steel squares. At this time a guy came up to a shooting position to the right of me. I went cold for a little bit just to make sure he had protection on and whatnot. He gets set up and starts shooting at the 100 yard plates. Missing badly. He had a tacticool M4 with an Eotech, a magnifier, and front vertical grip etc etcHe was practicing transitioning from a rifle to a pistol. So he fires a string of shots at the 100 mark then pulls out his FiveseveN and shoots at the silhouettes that are close (15 yards, maybe)
At this point I begin to laugh quietly inside, and decide to mess with the guy a little.
I was shooting my WASR-10 with an old Simmons AETEC. My package totaled less than $600. He had, at least, a $2000 package.
So, every time he went to shoot the 100 plates, and missed, I would hit the target he was aiming at. I did this about 10 times before the full comedic effect wore off. I went back to the 200 yard mark. Not long after I start rocking those plates he packed up and left...
He was driving a Porsche....
Screendmon
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I was at the range and the guy that was shooting next to me was asking me how I liked my Kahr CM9. I looked over to answer and he was totally cross-eyed to the point I thought he was joking and almost laughed at him. When I realized he wasn't joking I got worried that he was shooting next to me.
Ironman
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About a year ago I was at an indoor range and had a strange thing happen....
My buddy was shooting my suppressed HKUSP45T at the line and I was standing behind him half watching and half loading mags for my next turn. In front of me between him and I was a shooting bench that we had ammo/mags on.
Well I had a 50rd box of federal 45auto laying on the table with the primers facing up. So he's blasting away and a casing bounces off the partition and lands on one of the primers and sets it off!!!! The only funny part was that I shat myself. Lol
It took out three other casings from the case rupturing. The bullet was just laying on the table at the bottom of the shattered tray. Crazy!
My buddy was shooting my suppressed HKUSP45T at the line and I was standing behind him half watching and half loading mags for my next turn. In front of me between him and I was a shooting bench that we had ammo/mags on.
Well I had a 50rd box of federal 45auto laying on the table with the primers facing up. So he's blasting away and a casing bounces off the partition and lands on one of the primers and sets it off!!!! The only funny part was that I shat myself. Lol
It took out three other casings from the case rupturing. The bullet was just laying on the table at the bottom of the shattered tray. Crazy!
CFletch08
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A while ago my grandpa let me borrow an old Stevens 12g single shot that had been gathering dust in the coat closet for a few decades. I looked it over and it seemed fine. I loaded some mild birdshot, pulled the hammer back, took aim, and fired. The gun fired and then the action immediately opened and spat the shell into my face. I spent the rest of the day with a red circle on the middle of my forehead. My friends couldn't stop laughing.
tyeo098
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I was watching a friend of mine shoot his WASR at the range (this was before I had any guns) I got the bright idea to catch a brass as it flew through the air.
Yeah. Ow. Those things are hot!
Seem like a brilliant idea at the time...
Yeah. Ow. Those things are hot!
Seem like a brilliant idea at the time...
Vyacheslav
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so, you can't afford his gun or his car so you try to boost your ego by making fun of his shooting and messing with him at the range?
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I was at the range with a buddy and we were both set up to shoot rifles at 100 yard targets. There are 3 ft high dirt berms right behind the 100 yard line. So we are each at a shooting bench looking through our rifle scopes ready to fire when I spot some movement behind the berm. I stopped my buddy from shooting and as we looked down range we didn't see anything. I knew I saw some movement in the scope, but maybe it was just a bird flying by. About that time, an 8 point rack from a whitetail buck raised up from behind the berm. he was right behind our targets browsing on grass!!!
VT Deer Hunter
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I guess its funny, but i was at the range in my signature Hale Mountain Fish and Game Club in VT and after we were shooting and picking up a big black bear runs across the range a 300 yrds! It was really cool to see that!
When I was a kid I hunted squirrels every weekend and never failed to hit what I aimed at. One sunny day I hadn't seen any squirrels and mostly just enjoyed walking through the woods and listening. It was during one of these moments that I heard a squirrel in a bush about 10 feet in front of me. I prepared myself and raised my rifle, a Browning .22 lever action with (I think) 15 shots. Here it comes! The world's biggest squirrel? Nope, a six foot long rattle snake! He crawled slowly out of the bush, straight as an arrow right between my legs and into another bush behind me on the opposite side of the trail. Slowly too! And I missed every dang shot at point blank range!!!!! As I looked at him, upside down and between my legs, he calmly looked back over his body at me and I swear that snake laughed!
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