I got this via email today from a friend of mine. I don't know where this happened, or when, but when you're bore sighting in a weapon,
please MAKE SURE THE BORE IS CLEAR before you try to fire it.
Regards
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To: harpseal; TexasCowboy; nunya bidness; AAABEST; Travis McGee; Squantos; Shooter 2.5; wku man; SLB; ..
I'm betting this gun owner won't make that mistake again.
34 posted on
12/09/2008 5:04:39 AM PST by
Joe Brower
(Sheep have three speeds: "graze", "stampede" and "cower".)
To: Neil E. Wright
A lot of folks don't know that Colt ships AR-15's with a carboard device in the barrel.
Why they do this, I don't know. But always, always, ALWAYS make sure the bore is clear before you fire it for the first time.
L
57 posted on
12/09/2008 6:28:36 AM PST by
Lurker
("America is at that awkward stage. " Claire Wolfe, call your office.)
To: Neil E. Wright
Answering the riddle - When is a Gun like a Banana?
To: Neil E. Wright
62 posted on
12/09/2008 7:17:30 AM PST by
CodeToad
To: Neil E. Wright
Looks like another contender for a Darwin Award.
I would also say that this is no $1200 dollar rifle. It looks like a rather low-end Winchester, or some other mass produced model. The stock has been stamped out of Ash or cheaper hardwood.
The scope is not in the $550 dollar range either, it is a Nikon, usually around $200.
The medical costs are definitely accurate though, and so is the level of rank stupidity. This shooter has obviously had very little experience or training with guns.
Who in their right mind could not see that large object protruding from the end of the barrel, and what idiot would think that it was possible to shoot through such a device?
Besides, bore sighting is easily done in the gun shop or the home without firing a shot. The whole reason is to get the rifle on paper at 25 yards only and final zeroing is absolutely necessary at 100 and beyond.
63 posted on
12/09/2008 7:21:02 AM PST by
PSYCHO-FREEP
(WHAT? Where did my tag line go?)
To: Neil E. Wright
A little sheet metal and he’ll have a blunderbuss!
64 posted on
12/09/2008 7:45:11 AM PST by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Neil E. Wright
Looks like Wile E’s “used” rifle.
73 posted on
12/09/2008 8:44:22 AM PST by
going hot
(Happiness is a momma deuce)
To: Neil E. Wright
i have been looking for a picture to post on this thread since yesterday, but i cannot find it anywhere.
it's a pic of what happens when a cartoon character (bugs bunny or daffy duck) put his finger in elmer fudd's gun barrel.
the barrel explodes just like this one did and elmer's face is all black. that is immediately what i thought of when i read this, but i cannot find any pics.
78 posted on
12/09/2008 8:58:15 AM PST by
thefactor
(yes, as a matter of fact, i DID only read the excerpt)
To: Neil E. Wright
He ain’t never gonna get that thing back in the case.
99 posted on
12/09/2008 3:31:09 PM PST by
DuncanWaring
(The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
To: Neil E. Wright
This incident occurred at Clark Rifles, Brush Prairie, WA, 30 September 2006.
I WAS THERE.
I TOOK THE FIRST FOUR PHOTOS.
NO ONE WAS INJURED.
Read about it here:
http://tinyurl.com/6luzx7
101 posted on
12/09/2008 5:35:30 PM PST by
Jeffersonian1
(Oppressive regimes prefer unarmed subjects.)
To: Neil E. Wright
105 posted on
12/09/2008 8:06:14 PM PST by
TheConservativeParty
("A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not why the ship was built." by The First Gal of AK)
To: Neil E. Wright
Well that’s a great way to make a rifle useless. Can I at least have the main body? Just something to look at and oogle.
107 posted on
12/09/2008 10:42:52 PM PST by
wastedyears
("Life's tough... It's even tougher if you're stupid." - John Wayne)
To: Neil E. Wright
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