Mumptia said:
Yup, it shot to the same point of aim, BUT... I sold it cause I couldn't stand looking down the vent and seeing the damage... I now run a Benelli Nova, tough as nails and it WORKS!!!
Cheers
Jay
Worst gun injury
- Thread starter Mumptia
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Yup, it shot to the same point of aim, BUT... I sold it cause I couldn't stand looking down the vent and seeing the damage... I now run a Benelli Nova, tough as nails and it WORKS!!!
Cheers
Jay
canucklehead
CGN Ultra frequent flyer
- Location
- Calgary, AB
A guy I was deer hunting with (he was from the US) brought up a brand new Marlin in 30.06. While we were sighting in, the FIRST shot out of the gun - stock broke right in half. Not cracked, two separate pieces.
Ended up borrowing a rifle for the trip, called Marlin while he was still here , and there was a brand new rifle sitting at his house when he arrived.
Ended up borrowing a rifle for the trip, called Marlin while he was still here , and there was a brand new rifle sitting at his house when he arrived.
fatally wounded Marlin
In winter I hunt with my rifle in a gun boot that goes on my ski-doo, and have done so for a long time now. Last winter, at my buddy's shack, I hauled the Marlin out one afternoon (first time I had handled it since I cleaned it and stuck it back in the boot) to do a sight-in. A bunch of that cotton/wooly stuff they line cases with had wadded up and plugged the end of my barrel. That's all we could figure as there was nothing else in the boot. When I fired it, the barrel peeled back like a banana.I quoted some hefty scripture over that one.
I bought another model 95 from a fellow CGNer and his brother bought my action for a project. I was still out some $$$ but managed to replace my gun for about half the cost of a new one.
I check the barrel religiously now.
In winter I hunt with my rifle in a gun boot that goes on my ski-doo, and have done so for a long time now. Last winter, at my buddy's shack, I hauled the Marlin out one afternoon (first time I had handled it since I cleaned it and stuck it back in the boot) to do a sight-in. A bunch of that cotton/wooly stuff they line cases with had wadded up and plugged the end of my barrel. That's all we could figure as there was nothing else in the boot. When I fired it, the barrel peeled back like a banana.I quoted some hefty scripture over that one.
I bought another model 95 from a fellow CGNer and his brother bought my action for a project. I was still out some $$$ but managed to replace my gun for about half the cost of a new one.
I check the barrel religiously now.
While out rabbit hunting one winter I must have dipped the barrel into the snow and when the rabbit come out of the bush I landed on my butt. I didn't realize what happened at first (was kind of in shock) but my barrel was about ten inches shorter than a minute before.
I have two one was while bear hunting we had spent the day mountain biking decommisioned logging roads. We were comming down at the end of the day and I was letting the wheels spin I round a bend and there is 1 fist sized stone right in the middle. Even though all of the "don't hit the rock" going through my head. I hit the rock, I suspect that is when I broke my wrist I went over the handle bars my gun was slung and on impact the sling broke and the gun went clatering away, other than the crown needing to be re-cut it was mostly just lots of scratches.
The other was a newly and properly sporterized swede with a full load of 4198 when it should have been 4831, pretty close to a grenade lucky I was wearing my glases I had some steel slivers in my face, never load from memory, good thing I am not as young and stupid anymore. Yes the gun was good and fubar.
The other was a newly and properly sporterized swede with a full load of 4198 when it should have been 4831, pretty close to a grenade lucky I was wearing my glases I had some steel slivers in my face, never load from memory, good thing I am not as young and stupid anymore. Yes the gun was good and fubar.
I wopuldn't call it an *iunjury* bit I once had a rifle stolen fomr my house.
It is a Ruger 77MkII, 7mmRM, stainless.
I had replaced the stock wiht a B&C one, and the trigger with a Timney.
Almost a year exactly later, I found it, stashed in the bush by my house, probably no more than 199 yards fomr the house. I must have walked past it a dozen times withotu seeing it...
I took it iside,a nd dissasembled it.
The onlyimperfections were a bit of rust on the Timney trigger and the stock was a bit muddy.
I washed off the stock, rubbed out the rust, ran a patch through the barrel (no rust) reassembled and went outside and shot it...It was still zero'd.
Stainless works, apparently...
It is a Ruger 77MkII, 7mmRM, stainless.
I had replaced the stock wiht a B&C one, and the trigger with a Timney.
Almost a year exactly later, I found it, stashed in the bush by my house, probably no more than 199 yards fomr the house. I must have walked past it a dozen times withotu seeing it...
I took it iside,a nd dissasembled it.
The onlyimperfections were a bit of rust on the Timney trigger and the stock was a bit muddy.
I washed off the stock, rubbed out the rust, ran a patch through the barrel (no rust) reassembled and went outside and shot it...It was still zero'd.
Stainless works, apparently...
open-sights
Regular
- Location
- Aldergrove BC
cool story!Casull said:
