Gave the wife a good scare with my levergun

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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.
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:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That would have been fun to see in person.
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We have that rule but it is not about that. :D
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Well Kirk, was there any supper that night????
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Old Savage wrote:We have that rule but it is not about that. :D
Beat me to it. :lol:

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Aw Kirk... are ya just now gettin' 'puter priviledges back?
Pitchy wrote:
Old Savage wrote:We have that rule but it is not about that. :D
Beat me to it. :lol:
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That there's funny, I don't care who ya are! :lol: :lol:
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Communication break down... :lol:
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Well, looks like time to clean those shorts! :D

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wow...if i did that--don't even want to think about it--now you're under wife supervision... :)
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Griff wrote:Aw Kirk... are ya just now gettin' 'puter priviledges back?
Pitchy wrote:
Old Savage wrote:We have that rule but it is not about that. :D
Beat me to it. :lol:
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Test fire, test fire, test fire....
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Did that to the EX. Might be part of the reason she's an Ex. :oops:

Though it was a .222R and a woodchuck in the garden.

Funny then but really funny now!

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that is priceless........
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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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You would have had to catch my wife but then you would have been sorry you did. :lol:
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Kirk, :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
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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 :lol:

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Scary!! :(
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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.
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.
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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.
That's an old rule in my house especially after eating baked beans. :lol:
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KirkD wrote:... I have to let her know every time I'm going to let one rip.
We are still talking about guns, right? :lol:
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Washita wrote:
KirkD wrote:... I have to let her know every time I'm going to let one rip.
We are still talking about guns, right? :lol:
Yep. We don't have that rule about 'anything else' ...... the constant warnings from me would just be too much. :D
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JReed wrote::lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: That would have been fun to see in person.

+1 :lol:

Well, not my house though. My wife would have beat me senseless! :shock:
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