Used Gun Nonsense

[Claude Clay]

"Guess I was just yarning, but this obviously is not the place to do so....."

i have learned that also. took me 4 times though. guess i'm a mite slower on the uptake than you. and to those who 'got it' i thank you for your encouraging comments.

and now, back to the previously sponsered OP

 

[Old Fuff]

I am reminded of the time long, long ago when as a youngster in his low-end teens I plugged the barrel of an original Colt 1860 Army with no less then 6 balls, one after the other...

I wasn hurt, and so far as I could tell, the revolver wasn't either. It worked fine after I'd pushed out all of that lead with a wood rod.

I would like to think that with age and additional experience I wouldn't do that again. But the same degree of age and experience tells me that giz didn't do anything foolish.

Opinions not backed by knowledge or experience with the particular subject aren't often worth a whole lot...

 

[Old Grump]

Old saw but its still true. "The only people who don't make mistakes are the people who don't do anything. I would add a proviso that refers to arm chair quarterbacks. "There ain't nobody so smart as a keyboard commando."

OP screwed up and admitted his mistake and did what he could do to rectify it. Can't ask anymore from a man, any man.

 

[mgregg85]

I would have used a nice long string for this but then again I do value my fingers and face.

 

[Loosedhorse]

Opinions not backed by knowledge or experience with the particular subject aren't often worth a whole lot

If that is supposed to say that, unless you've ignited a BP firearm with plugged barrel, your opinion doesn't matter, well, okay. It's a strange standard to use, though--and, frankly, I hope by that yardstick I never gain ANY "experience."

(By the way, I would have thought that a revolver--with its cylinder gap and smaller charges--is not the same as a BP rifle. But I may not have the experience to know which experiences count, and which don't.)

I have had the experience of working with explosion-injured victims. That probably colors my thoughts.

Personally, I always thought that people with knowledge and experience different than my own did not mean they had no relevant knowlege or experience--heck, I actually thought that might mean I could learn something from them.

So, then the take-away here for me is supposed to be that it's all-righty to ignite a firearm with an unkown charge and a possibly plugged barrel, as long as you're "careful" and willing to take the consequences--well, fine: so says THR! Stamp of approval given. You young shooters listening?

Still, I'm going to admit to being perhaps a little slow on this one, so it might take me a while to get it.

But to each his own.

 

[PavePusher]

"Guess I was just yarning, but this obviously is not the place to do so.....
But my story has a point, nobody picked up on!

I bought this gun from a reputable dealer who said the gun had been inspected. It obviously wasn't.
And with all my experience, I still screwed up. I personally should have made sure I had cleared the barrel ~ before putting in that snap cap. Lessen learned. Never again. Even though it was a BP gun and could not fire without a percussion cap ~ it was still a loaded gun. Therein lies the moral of this story....

Always check first...."

Actually, I caught that as soon as I read it. But you already beat me to the punch line... Consider yourself castigated.