Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
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Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Last fall when I was developing a load for my 38-72 rifle, I stepped out the back door and carefully fired a round over the chronograph into a large stump I use as a backstop. I had no idea that my wife was hanging clothes on the line on the deck above me and she had no idea I was down below. I was wearing those fancy earmuffs that block the shot out but amplify everything else. I pulled the trigger, heard the boom coupled with an almost simultaneous scream above me. Now there is a new rule my wife has instituted around the house and backyard ...... I have to let her know every time I'm going to let one rip.
Last edited by KirkD on Tue Feb 28, 2012 3:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
That would have been fun to see in person.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
We have that rule but it is not about that.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Well Kirk, was there any supper that night????
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Beat me to it.Old Savage wrote:We have that rule but it is not about that.
Glad everyone is ok.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Aw Kirk... are ya just now gettin' 'puter priviledges back?
+1 to both of the above!Pitchy wrote:Beat me to it.Old Savage wrote:We have that rule but it is not about that.
Glad everyone is ok.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
That there's funny, I don't care who ya are!
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Communication break down...
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Well, looks like time to clean those shorts!
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
wow...if i did that--don't even want to think about it--now you're under wife supervision... :)
Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
yup.Griff wrote:Aw Kirk... are ya just now gettin' 'puter priviledges back?+1 to both of the above!Pitchy wrote:Beat me to it.Old Savage wrote:We have that rule but it is not about that.
Glad everyone is ok.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Test fire, test fire, test fire....
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Did that to the EX. Might be part of the reason she's an Ex.
Though it was a .222R and a woodchuck in the garden.
Funny then but really funny now!
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Though it was a .222R and a woodchuck in the garden.
Funny then but really funny now!
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
glad no one was hurt, and funny, but still a scary lesson.
cycle the action several times when you're done shooting and test-fire before you head for home.
cycle the action several times when you're done shooting and test-fire before you head for home.
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You would have had to catch my wife but then you would have been sorry you did.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Kirk,
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
What we all would of liked is a photo as your good lady entered the room just after, thats a face I would of liked to see, come to think of it yours too
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
Scary!!
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
I should clarify here that this was not an accidental discharge. I wanted to chronograph a load and deliberately fired a round over the chronograph into a large stump. I don't know what the stump originally weighed, but I've been using it for several years now and it is a good deal heavier to move around now.bulldog1935 wrote:glad no one was hurt, and funny, but still a scary lesson.
cycle the action several times when you're done shooting and test-fire before you head for home.
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cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
That's an old rule in my house especially after eating baked beans.KirkD wrote: Now there is a new rule my wife has instituted around the house and backyard ...... I have to let her know every time I'm going to let one rip.
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
We are still talking about guns, right?KirkD wrote:... I have to let her know every time I'm going to let one rip.
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Yep. We don't have that rule about 'anything else' ...... the constant warnings from me would just be too much.Washita wrote:We are still talking about guns, right?KirkD wrote:... I have to let her know every time I'm going to let one rip.
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cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
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Re: Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun
JReed wrote: That would have been fun to see in person.
+1
Well, not my house though. My wife would have beat me senseless!