Do Not Do This
#1
Do Not Do This
Yesterday itook my cheap old CVA Mag. Hunter to therange in order to shoot up some Clean Shot pellets thatwere bought in02 or 03:These were the round pellets. The pellets had never been reliable. We had to put about 5 grains of Pyrodex down the barrel first to get them to light. Shotthree roundsof two pelletswith five grains of Triple Seven for a booster. Shot a nice 2" inch group at 100 yards using 300 grain Hornady XTP bullets.The shooters on each side of me said the report was very loud.
Then i did something dumb. i loaded myfive grains of Triple Seven and three pellets, wrong answer. The recoil wasreally bad. Had not been hit by a scope in at least 40 years, until yesterday that is.The recoil was worse than the recoil from my 7 pound Siamese Mauser in .375 Alaskan. Got a cut on my nose and another one between my eyes. Luckily my glasses were not broken.
Then i did something dumb. i loaded myfive grains of Triple Seven and three pellets, wrong answer. The recoil wasreally bad. Had not been hit by a scope in at least 40 years, until yesterday that is.The recoil was worse than the recoil from my 7 pound Siamese Mauser in .375 Alaskan. Got a cut on my nose and another one between my eyes. Luckily my glasses were not broken.
#7
Join Date: Dec 2006
Posts: 362
RE: Do Not Do This
yea those suck. i did it with a savage 270 with not much eye relief. im tellin ya what, that thing bled for the whole day, lol no lie. it was right in between my eyes. i think i still have a tiny tiny scar from it lol. not a ggood day at the range. i wander if anyone has been seriously hurt by doing that6. maybe even put an eye out, i duhno it just seems like its pure luck i, or yourself, wasnt injured more. i will tell ya another thing, i have never did it again and i doubt i ever will.
#8
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2007
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RE: Do Not Do This
I was reading and thinking WOW! Then I noticed where your from!Just joking glad your alright and just had a learning experience and a couple worm bites.I poke fun at my brother in Oklahoma all the time,he did a endo on a massey Ferguson a few years ago and was amazed he didn't spill his beer...broke ribs,perfed lung,ruptured spleen...but no spilled beer!
#9
RE: Do Not Do This
Glad to hear you aren't injured too badly and a tough man to show the picture. A friend of mine tried shooting my 7mm mag at the range last year. The gun slipped and he received a half moon gash between the eyes that required 4 stiches. He was a little miffed when my first concern was that he may have put my scope out. Sorry just a guy thing.