|
|
Catoosa Don't ask me how I know There's a country song making the rounds right now entitled "Don't Ask Me How I Know". The theme is useful little life_lessons learned the hard way. Got me to thinking. For the entertainment and edification of the board, would anyone care to contribute any little "experience" gained while shooting? No lengthy stories required, just enough detail so that others can use their imagination to figure out how you learned what you learned. For example: When practicing close_range hip shooting with a .357, don't use fresh cowflops as targets. Don't ask me how I know. GBA Catoosa John Ammeter I learned that with a .22 rimfire... stonewalrus Don't plant firecrackers in them and stand too close either... my wife's nephew did that
Jeff Stamper If you use a cardboard box to staple a target onto, even on a windless day, do not leave your staple gun on top of the box when shooting said target with anything bigger than a BB gun _ especially say, a .357 magnum! John Ammeter Nor on the post next to the target hanging from the fence...
Kilted Cossack If you want to practice dry fire at Sam Donaldson make sure you've ejected all six rounds from your revolver. Don't ask me how I know. Glen "This one's for you Elvis...."
~JM~ If You Find An Old Bloated Cow Carcass ... rotting in the sun ... don't 12 gauge it with your pistol gripped Mossberg. Amazing how far that putrid brown gack can fly back at you.
If you'll excuse me now... I need to go gag again just thinking about it. ~JM~
cas A .22 rifle has a lot of recoil if....you fire it with a steel cleaning rod still down the bore. Don't ask me how I know..... twice. Jeff Stamper A neighbor did that with a Hawken... after spilling his percussion caps off the bench while loading the gun, got distracted by picking them up, left the ramrod in the barrel, shot it and never did find his ramrod. cr I understand that was a common occurrence during the Conflict for Southern Independence. Drago Most re_enactment groups don't allow using the ramrod just for that reason.
Jeff Stamper Related... While casting bullets once I swept the sprues off the table and onto the palm of my hand, and dumped the mess into the pot. Boy, it sure don't take long for heat to set one off, do it? Just lucky I was not burned in vital areas and did have safety glasses on! See why I hardly fool with passing fads such as percussion caps?
OwenB Resting your rifle too low on the hood of your truck can result in scorched paint. Hoot and a busted wind deflector. :_( Scootter Or a cracked windshied OwenB Or if you really rest it low enough, extra vent holes in the hood and fender. I don't have experience with that one myself, but I do know a fellow who does. Scootter I always wanted to see if my 300 grain .44 mag load would penetrate all for sheets of metal in the bed of my S10. There were a few times I was about to do it. Then I'd imagine the look I'd get from The lovely wife and I never went through with it. I know it would have gone clean through, I just wanted real bullet holes instead of those sissy stickers. I wonder if it'd go clean through the Caddy.......... Scootter OwenB If I remember correctly... from my car shootin' days, a 300gr .44cal. goes through both doors of a derelict auto. I think Jim Taylor just had a car shoot and can give you more up_to_date info:)
cr You can ask how I know, just don't tell the better half. If you use your wife's antique quilt that made by her grandmother, rolled up as a rifle rest, MAKE SURE it is securely tucked in. A .35 Marlin will make cotton dust out of it if it sticks above the muzzle. Scootter They don't seem to care for burn marks either......
Scootter There is enough pressure from a .357 BC gap To chip the paint off the cab of your truck. cr Dang scooter, we should write a book. Scootter I'm game man I've thought about it for a while and my whole life has been sculpted by a series of "Don't ask me how I knows". It's not like I don't have the time to put one together.
cr - 30 years ago, still feel the pain Never stand on an icy hood and pull the trigger on the '06
OwenB Having part of your hand...caught between the butt of your SA revolver and a fence post can cause you to have a surprised expression. mcassill Or between a TC Contender butt and the hood of the pickup OwenB The rear corner of a... Ruger Super Blackhawk grip frame will put a nice dent in a car hood when held too closely. Don't ask me how I know. Flatlander No need to ask _
cr now this was funny Never under_ estimate just how fowl mouthed.. your best friend can get when you slip a .45 ACP loaded with Black Powder into the clip of his race gun. You'd a thunk I did it on purpose. HEEE HEEE.
Scootter Never underestimate the amount of trouble you will get in if you slip your 10 year old cousin a goose load while shooting clay pigeons.
stonewalrus When firing a semi auto pistol NEVER cross your off hand thumb over your other thumb when firing. Catoosa Dang, stone. That was going to be my next "Don't ask me how I know". You stole it (and I still have the scar on my thumb to prove it!) stonewalrus So do I As I recall you were present at the time. Catoosa Ohhhhh yeah. THAT time.
stonewalrus Never pull the trigger to see if the safety is on ex mother_in_law shot 22 holes in 5 neatly folded pairs of blue jeans on the top shelf of the closet that way. cr Too much info, suppose to allow room for 'magination So now you gotta think of another.
Scootter Never underestimate the amount of trouble you will get in if you talk your ten year old cousin into deflating a bloated cow with a pitch fork. And you'd think we'd have ALL learned, but two days later he learned that goats are just as bad.
Scootter A muddy trail can swallow your truck up to the axles in the time it takes to miss a squirrel with a shotgun without opening the door. stonewalrus 4WD works better if you have it turned on BEFORE you need it.
Wilson Dew 4 wheel drive... will get you about 50 yards further into the mud than 2 wheel drive. That means you have less time to shoot because you have to dig your way out at the end of the day. stonewalrus When you're stuck in a 4WD you're REALLY stuck OwenB And if you wait till the end of the day and the mud hardens it will be harder digging but easier backing out.
AaronE You are assuming that the rain STOPPED
Scootter Firecrackers do sound like gunfire to Joe Public and they will call the police. Even if you weren't the ones lighting the fireworks (honest) The rooky cop will cuff you because you have a firearm in the vehical. And it will take a senior officer to get you out of this without black fingertips.
OwenB You can make a cow go through just about any kind of fence, and usually more will follow.
Paul A TTT sized lead ball will penetrate over an inch into brazilian hardwood when propelled by a .22 shotshell full of firecracker powder. .22 shells full of fire cracker powder behind a TTT sized lead ball WILL blow their heads off. When a .22 shotshell full of firecracker powder blows its head off your ears will ring for about three days. Sometimes it's best to "lose" the coin toss.
Paul Melted ice on fresh sealer on asphalt is slick. Chat on melted ice on fresh sealer on asphalt is slicker still. You DON'T want to use your front brake when you're riding your motorcycle on chat covered melted ice on fresh sealer on asphalt _ even if you're only going 5 mph.
Ken G. A chronograph is taller than it looks thru the sights. I actually did not shoot the chrono, my brother did. Jim Taylor A real gun nut has shot up more than 2 chrono's ... and I'd be glad to tell you how I did it if I could figure it out. John K. In my case, I shot the top sun screens off my Pact with my .500L _ I'm figuring the chrono saw it coming and ducked. :_)
Paul A '68 Ford Fairlane's axle is not nearly as far off the ground as a Jeep or 4WD pickup's is.
Paul Belgian made "half auto" rifles originally chambered for .22 shorts are NOT up to the pressure created when someone dumps the powder from a dud .22 LR shell into another .22 LR shell and then fires it in them.
Paul Red clay does NOT wash out of clothes easily. Older sisters DON'T appreciate being used as a human shield in a red clay mudball fight between their brothers. Mothers have been known to assign clothes washing duty to brothers who used their sister as a human shield in their mudball fight.
stonewalrus You CAN run over yourself with your pickup truck vrmn1 I came very close to learning that myself. Jim Taylor Now THAT sounds like an interesting story ... Especially since I found out when I was 14 that my desert buggy could run over me full length of my body and not hurt much more than my pride. stonewalrus It was my former mother_in_law She was climbing out of her truck to get her mail and apparently knocked it into reverse. Ran over her right leg and arm. They hospitalized her but really all she ended up was badly bruised. It was a gravel road and driveway, might have made a difference. Jim Taylor My mother_in_law tried to run over her son_in_law at the wedding. Missed him, got wedding cake all over the front of her Rambler.
mcassill Your mom will be REALLY mad if you and your brother take a shower from the diesel fuel barrel. Don't ask how I know this. ;_)
Jim Taylor When you tell an MP that he better bring a lunch because it's gonna take him awhile (after he has threatened to kick your butt if you don't straighten up), you can end up with nightstick marks on your head. Don't ask me how I know. Scootter My favorite line was "Bring a friend to even the odds." Sometimes they did...... And sometimes it more then evened the odds.
Jim Taylor Peeing on the electric fence won't make you sterile ... but it will make you think that your equipment may never work again for quite awhile. Don't ask me how I know this. the Alsatian Isn't it interesting just how far back the pain goes? Don't ask me how I know.
Jim Taylor A cat can stop a bicycle immediately causing one to fly over the handlebars and land face_first on the road.
mcassill Never sing along to the Hank Jr. song "I like to have women I've never had" in the presence of the wife. Trust me on this one.
Jim Taylor NEVER NEVER NEVER butcher deer with a skill saw in your kitchen. AkRay Sounds interesting, Jim....might be a story in that hehe Paul I LOVE that story. It's always made me wonder... if we ain't related by blood somehow. Other than by the Blood of Christ that is. :_) I've always maintained that's the kind of thing my dad and uncles would have thought up. In fact, I'm surprised they've never mentioned doing such a thing... ;_)
stonewalrus Don't shut your nose in the car door vrmn1 This I would like to hear! stonewalrus Friend of mine's father_in_law who has a rather large nose had reached through the back door to get something and when he shut the door didn't have his head back far enough. Told me this after I had related to him that my wife had moved a kitchen chair over her toe and then sat on it.
stonewalrus Never fire both barrels of a 12 gauge double at once bmize Bird shot ain't bad, but 000 buck will leave a mark!
Paul "Flash bangs" as issued by the DOW for "deer control" to spook deer away from hay stacks lose their effect on the deer after a while. Shooting them AT the deer so they explode in their immediate vicinity, perhaps even bouncing off them, will improve results. The "flash bangs" don't recoil much. When shooting "flash bangs" at deer from the pickup it's best to hold the shotgun against your shoulder in case someone has slipped a load of shot in there instead of the "flash bangs" you were using earlier.
vrmn1 Man I have led boring life. vrmn1 Most of the "don't ask me how know" in my life starts with "man I got drunk one time"! Scootter That's a whole different chapter But fortunately not gun related.
vrmn1 NEVER NEVER NEVER tell your wife you can make better biscuits than she does. If however you make this mistake you better be able to do so.
Jimmy P. When you walk up to a pen containing a BAD, MAD, bull. Make sure the gate is latched.
Jimmy (fast foot) P.
Jimmy P. When you see a gooseneck trailer hitch plate hanging..... Oh never mind... John K. Tannerite echos really loud in Porta_potties, right, Jimmy? Jimmy P. OH YEAH. When there is unshot tannerite still taped to the trees, don't step in the porta_potty. (How could I forget)
Goldbrick Never lip a mudfish Jimmy P. Never lip a gator admittedly not me and not by design. I had a hold of the other end. Luckily for all involved, it was a smallish gator.
Flatlander No need to ask _ and when shooting the heavy kicking sixguns, put something under your elbows if you are using your truck's hood for a rest. Elbows can dent too.
JohnM Cured hardwood can have a trampoline effect and refuse to absorb bullets; especially lightly loaded 38 Specs. The rebounding bullet looks like it could be caught in your hand, but your thigh will do. Don't ask me how I know __ twice.
Slow Hand A Turkey deep fryer will melt through a T_fal Soup pot at full throttle!
|
|
Copyright © 2004-2007
The Sixshooter Community
|
