WilliamDahl Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 You really should not fire a 12-gauge shotgun shell in one of the 12-guage plastic flare guns, even if you can make it fit with a bit of sandpaper on a wooden dowel. It definitely hurts when the gun explodes all around your hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rick88 Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 Post on a Internet gun forum after having wine during and after dinner Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted January 16, 2014 Share Posted January 16, 2014 That very well might account for some of the incoherent posts we occasionally run across. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarge Posted January 17, 2014 Share Posted January 17, 2014 You got that right Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trebor Snave Posted January 23, 2014 Share Posted January 23, 2014 Have you ever seen an Unertl 100mm "Team Scope" that used to be prevalent on the firing line at Camp Perry? They are quite heavy and have a special, spring-loaded tripod. My National Guard rifle team had one in storage and for some reason I had it out, just messing around. Before I mounted the scope, I was bent over the tripod and wondered, "what does this knob do?" Yep, elevation release. Right on the chin. Fortunately I was the only person in the room so I quietly sat on the floor until I felt better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeerfieldCurly Posted February 15, 2014 Share Posted February 15, 2014 How about checking to see if the paint spray can was really empty by turning the nozzle toward your face and depressing the button. You got it....it wasn't empty yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted February 24, 2014 Author Share Posted February 24, 2014 How about checking to see if the paint spray can was really empty by turning the nozzle toward your face and depressing the button. You got it....it wasn't empty yet. That brought back a memory, or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redial Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Bob (snave), I am VERY happy that the Unertl team scopes seem to have gone the way of the dinosaur! Logged many miles at Perry and other places humping that thing all over Creation ... Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biloxi23 Posted March 24, 2014 Share Posted March 24, 2014 Don't ever pull the back plate (housing the triggers) from an M-2 .50 caliber with the bolt to the rear. The plate is hard to get off and the spring guide comes flying out the back like a bullet. It hit the guys chest with enough force to shatter a button on his utilities and left a bloody gouge over his sternum. When I caught my breath, I told the class "And that's why you don't do that." I then laid down on the floor of my armory until the tears stopped. What a minute, did I say I??????????? It still hurts when I think about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdinga Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 Went the beach as a young man and went to sleep with a my hand on my chest. Took in a lot more sun than I would have thought. Ended up with terrible sun burn and the imprint of my hand on my chest was solid white against the tanned skin for weeks to come Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WilliamDahl Posted June 17, 2014 Share Posted June 17, 2014 (edited) Went the beach as a young man and went to sleep with a my hand on my chest. Took in a lot more sun than I would have thought. Ended up with terrible sun burn and the imprint of my hand on my chest was solid white against the tanned skin for weeks to come Went to Blacks Beach in San Diego once. Found out that there or certain part of a man's body that should not be sunburned. Edited June 17, 2014 by WilliamDahl Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fuelie777 Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Decided to fix a steel plate for the club. Maybe 1 minute of arc time. Was at home with just a sleeveless short and flip flops. Welded the plate. Next day forgot I had an appointment at the dermatologist, you should of seen me trying to explain the "sun" burn on one arm righty at the sleeveless area. At least he did not see my one foot where a weld splatter hit . If you decided to weld, wear a long sleeve short and more than flip flops. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outerlimits Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Welding? Gotta be more stories of welding fun. BTW, don't put a pair of glasses on a bench near where you are welding. That little splatter melts right into glass. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lifeislarge Posted July 11, 2014 Share Posted July 11, 2014 Don't weld wearing a TAG watch either. Splatter melts into the crystal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastphil Posted July 27, 2014 Share Posted July 27, 2014 your wife ask for tips at her first match so you tell her to watch the "hot chick" in the squad ahead of us. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vincerama Posted August 1, 2014 Share Posted August 1, 2014 I started changing the oil on a friends car and it took about a pint before I noticed that I was draining transmission fluid. Oops! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted August 1, 2014 Author Share Posted August 1, 2014 I started changing the oil on a friends car and it took about a pint before I noticed that I was draining transmission fluid. Oops! A friend of mine did that, once log ago, but didn't notice that he'd drained the tranny fluid. Then he added 5 quarts of oil, and didn't check the dipstick. Runined the engine and the tranny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sparky Posted August 2, 2014 Share Posted August 2, 2014 In 1986 at the Illinois Sectional (when IL was only one Section) we went to dinner after first day of shooting. I was getting out of the side door on a mini-van and Perry Wilson shut the passenger door and caught my first two fingers on my weak hand with that door. The door had locked and the driver had to run back and unlock the doors to get me out. I sat at dinner with the first two fingers of my weak hand in a glass of ice water. The next day, of course we had weak handed shooting, I shot and won the Section Title. Only one I have ever won, maybe I should try it again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted August 4, 2014 Author Share Posted August 4, 2014 In 1986 at the Illinois Sectional (when IL was only one Section) we went to dinner after first day of shooting. I was getting out of the side door on a mini-van and Perry Wilson shut the passenger door and caught my first two fingers on my weak hand with that door. The door had locked and the driver had to run back and unlock the doors to get me out. I sat at dinner with the first two fingers of my weak hand in a glass of ice water. The next day, of course we had weak handed shooting, I shot and won the Section Title. Only one I have ever won, maybe I should try it again? It's interesting how a hightened sense of awareness, in a specific area, often enhances performance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan550 Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 In 1986 at the Illinois Sectional (when IL was only one Section) we went to dinner after first day of shooting. I was getting out of the side door on a mini-van and Perry Wilson shut the passenger door and caught my first two fingers on my weak hand with that door. The door had locked and the driver had to run back and unlock the doors to get me out. I sat at dinner with the first two fingers of my weak hand in a glass of ice water. The next day, of course we had weak handed shooting, I shot and won the Section Title. Only one I have ever won, maybe I should try it again? It's interesting how a hightened sense of awareness, in a specific area, often enhances performance. A similar situation happened to Kevin Angstadt, this year's Bianchi winner back in 2010. We were still getting things finished up on our range just before the Regional Action Pistol match and he was helping stack some cross-ties when one got dropped on his trigger finger (right hand). He won the match! The next year at the Bates City MO Regional, they presented him with a 2" thick section of a cross-tie that had a hammer handle installed, mounted in a nice glass-fronted presentation case, with a note to use it to "sensitize" his trigger finger before the match. He won that one too! Alan~^~ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranoel Posted August 5, 2014 Share Posted August 5, 2014 I have long laid claim to the three stupidest sports injuries of all time: Broke three ribs playing golf. (my buddy was driving the cart, pulled up next to my ball and just as I was stepping off he spots his ball and floors it.) Lesson: I drive the cart. No ifs, ands or buts. (BTW: That was the 15th hole. I finished the round and parred the 18th.) Broke my right leg playing Ping-Pong. (Jumped sideways to get a ball going of the edge of the table, foot slid and hit the wall. CRACK! ) Lesson: Make sure all sides of the table are at least 6 feet from any obstructions or obstacles. Broke my collar bone playing cards. (Not even gonna explain this one) Lesson: Never play Spoons with your SO's brother if he is a body builder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rottenit Posted August 20, 2014 Share Posted August 20, 2014 So my dog had a no bark collar on, the kind that sprays citronella oil out of the end. I get home and he is barking his head off, so I take the collar off and look at it, figured it was empty let out a loud "woof" and BAM oil right in my face. My wife still thinks its funny. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
benos Posted August 21, 2014 Author Share Posted August 21, 2014 So my dog had a no bark collar on, the kind that sprays citronella oil out of the end. I get home and he is barking his head off, so I take the collar off and look at it, figured it was empty let out a loud "woof" and BAM oil right in my face. My wife still thinks its funny. As she should! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R.Elliott Posted August 21, 2014 Share Posted August 21, 2014 Couple of years ago I was doing a workout at the gym in the morning of the day I was flying out to shoot our National Championship (Canada). While taking a 45 lb plate off the rack to load the bar it slipped out of my sweaty fingers and of course I tried to grab it, pinching my finger between the edge of the plate and the rack it had just come off of. Had to get my nail pierced before I got on the plane and shot the match with my ring finger swollen up like a christmas light. It's really amazing how much fingers can hurt. I did not win. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WeDefy Posted September 16, 2014 Share Posted September 16, 2014 Don't get excited and forget your ear pro while firing the 120mm, especially not on charge 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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