Posted on 06/29/2012 9:58:23 PM PDT by smokingfrog
Now, I’m fixin’ to get into this week’s junk, but first I’m gonna have to do some explainin’. The reason I’m explainin’ is because it has to do with the story. This explainin’ may be borin’, but hang with me because the story at the end is worth it.
There are a lot of you out there that already know about what I’m fixin’ to explain, but some of you won’t, and I want to those that don’t know, to know. Man, I may have to do some explainin’ just to explain what I just explained. Anywho, here’s the explainin’.
As some of you know, I’m in the sporting trade. I deal in goods that deal with huntin’, shootin’, and stuff like that. Well, sometimes part of my job is showin’ people how the firearms I represent operate. This is my favorite part of my job, especially when I’m out at a gun range and the people I’m workin’ with have the opportunity to shoot the guns.
Now, when a firearm is fired, and the bullet has left the barrel, the shell casing is still in the gun. If the gun is say a semi-auto, the shell is just in the chamber for a millisecond or so, but until it is ejected it is still in there.
If it is a bolt action rifle, it is in there until you work the bolt, to eject the shell, but until you do that, it is still in the rifle. I know, any idiot knows that, but some of you might not know what is takin’ place with the spent shell.
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This guy aint no Patrick F McManus
Mostly it ends with the old spent cartridge case strip act.
Some damn funny stuff...
http://www.amazon.com/Never-Sniff-Gift-Patrick-McManus/dp/B000JLK0KA#reader_B000JLK0KA
The “Mountain Car” makes me split my sides a laughin.
Poor Mrs Beasly LOL
But my daddy taught me well. I did not flinch or make a sound. I finished my course of fire, cleared the pistol, set it safely down, then pulled the hot shell out of my shirt.
I still have a little tiny semi-circular scar.
McManus writes some funny stuff.
As much as I loved my .50 Desert Eagle, it had a propensity to throw about one case per magazine right back in the shooter’s face. It was a great convincer for people who didn’t like to wear shooting glasses, as the spent cases are roughly the size of an umbrella stand or a small trash can...(at least they look that way when they’re flying right at your nose).
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