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Was looking at my ol' 1951 Mod 336 Marlin and how ####ty it looks with two different stocks.:(

I was out hunting moose a few years back on the quads and drove to far up the side of a hole. My quad was going over and I didn't have time to grab my rifle so I broke the back stock clean off it.:mad:

Have put a new rear stock on since and the rifle shoots great but still looks ####ty.

What's your worse busted gun story?:cool:
 
Had a hunting partner close a tailgate on my Browning A 5. Had a real funky looking rib after that. I should not have left the gun leaned in that place anyway. New jap barrel solved that problem.

cheers Darryl
 
Gun trouble

Many years ago I foolishly leaned my 338 against the rear tire of my dads truck. Needless to say he decided to move the truck, I yelled just as he started to pull away. When he stopped the muzzle was directly under the center of the wheel and the rest of the gun was sticking out at a 45 degree angle. I mentioned that I was a little unhappy with the situation, he proceeded to do a nice burnout and shot the gun over to me. He had a great sence of humor. I cleaned it out and shot it, no problem still zeroed.:)
 
15 years ago I went hunting with my dad's 1300 defender and due to el-cheapo Canadian tire shells (which burned a hole in the casing ) forced the brunt of the gas discharge though the working parts of the gun and literally blew the guts out of it .
needless to say Canadian tire replaced the gun .
 
I have a rifle that laid at the bottom of a Yukon river for a number of years. The barrel and stock were a wright off, but the action is working fine, it was loaded and chambering when it went in. The action has another stock and barrel and is great. Looks pretty pitted and bad but functions fine, has "character" too.
 
My dad's old double had a rough life. The trigger guard is busted and the but stock is split and has a big hole in the side. I guess someone tried to tighten the long screw at the end, but couldn't figure out how to use a long screw driver. Instead, they chipped a hole in the side of the stock where the bolt ended and used a wrench to tighten it. For real!! Black tape now covers the hole.

Used the gun a few times after some repairs, but the darn thing kept misfiring. A flock of geese was very happy to hear "click" "click" one morning. Spent a bunch more money on firing pins and springs. Not much success. It now collects dust in my cabinet.
 
I saw a shotgun get run over by a 3/4 ton Dodge truck a couple weeks ago. The driver pulled up to pick up a load of decoys, and didn't see the shotgun laying in the field. Broke the stock off and bent the stock bolt.

And no, it was not my shotgun, nor was I driving the truck.
 
Casull said:
I have a rifle that laid at the bottom of a Yukon river for a number of years. The barrel and stock were a wright off, but the action is working fine, it was loaded and chambering when it went in. The action has another stock and barrel and is great. Looks pretty pitted and bad but functions fine, has "character" too.
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I would like to hear that story sometime!!:D :D
 
My SKS...
When I first got it I opened the bolt which on the original fixed magazine version locks open. I then without thinking pushed the Magazine follower down with my left thumb which released the bolt to slam closed, the offending thumb happened to be near the barrel side of the receiver so that bolt had lots of speed when it landed. :eek:

Nothing serious, but my wife says I did make a strange noise, and do a funny little dance for a few seconds with my thumb stuck in the rifle.
:runaway: :D

I hear Garand, and Hakim thumb are similar experiences. :D
 
Hmm... In order of "occurance"...

I was out bird and rabbit hunting with two buddies and our dogs... I passed my shotgun to one of my buddies and asked him to hold it for a second while I dealt with my dog and the beeper collar... He decided to "lean" the shotgun against the truck and it fell from that position... It landed on a rock, right between two posts that supported the vent rib. This bent the vent rib in making it touch the barrel... Needless to say, I learned several things from that experience...
--> Handle your own gun, place it securely when it's not in hand
--> BPS shotguns are not tough, or should I say, as tough as I need my shotgun to be...

And... I once placed a rifle on the roof of my truck... Drove 1/2 way across the Princess Margaret bridge here in F'ton and the friggen thing fell off!!! I stopped traffic BOTH ways on that one... Ya ya, dumb, but that's what happens when you skip a night of sleep... Just imagine the decisions doctors make due to lack of sleep... and that concerns your personal saftey/health!!!

Cheers
Jay
P.S. Had a buddy "loose" a shotgun in a stream/swamp when they flipped, but it was recovered several days later...
 
I normally find enough ways to hurt myself without involving my guns in the foolishness. There was a time though when I one handed a Cooey 12 gauge single shot loaded with 3", 17/8 ounce BB's. The scar is still visible after 35 years!

Another time - I might of been 14 or 15, I was in the sporting goods department of our local Sears store. The guns in those days were in racks in the isles, not behind the counters. I was admiring a Browning BAR when I noticed the bolt was locked back. I don't know what possessed me, but I stuck my finger in the ejection port, and promptly released the bolt. I was quite surprised by the strength of the spring, and also by the fact that the bolt head turned as it closed. Sort of brought a tear to the eye. As quietly as discreetly as possible I pulled back the bolt and released my bruised and bleeding finger.
 
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Why Eaton's went broke

I had a moose hunting partner years ago who bought a Sporterized Lee Enfield from Eaton's. We were hunting next to a swamp that to get through we had to climb over the blow-down form the tornado that went through the area in 1970. While we were waiting just before dark, a pack of wolves put a moose through the swamp between our watches. We were far enough apart that neither of us saw it, but we heard the wolves howling, the moose coming, splashing through the water, the wolves losing the scent and milling around and then picking it up and howling away across the far shore. He decided to leave in hurried fashion, tripped and fell down on a rocky spot and scraped up the stock pretty badly. That wasn't the end of the story, he got a case separation in the chamber and a "bubba" friend of his went at the gun with crude instruments (no, not me) and after that the fired cartridges wouldn't extract from the damaged chamber. He returned the gun to Eaton's and got his money back. Some people have all the nerve!
 
Blackduck said:
My dad's old double had a rough life. The trigger guard is busted and the but stock is split and has a big hole in the side. I guess someone tried to tighten the long screw at the end, but couldn't figure out how to use a long screw driver. Instead, they chipped a hole in the side of the stock where the bolt ended and used a wrench to tighten it. For real!! Black tape now covers the hole.

Used the gun a few times after some repairs, but the darn thing kept misfiring. A flock of geese was very happy to hear "click" "click" one morning. Spent a bunch more money on firing pins and springs. Not much success. It now collects dust in my cabinet.
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hA,ha I remember that shotgun.:D
 
Jay said:
Hmm... In order of "occurance"...

I was out bird and rabbit hunting with two buddies and our dogs... I passed my shotgun to one of my buddies and asked him to hold it for a second while I dealt with my dog and the beeper collar... He decided to "lean" the shotgun against the truck and it fell from that position... It landed on a rock, right between two posts that supported the vent rib. This bent the vent rib in making it touch the barrel... Needless to say, I learned several things from that experience...
--> Handle your own gun, place it securely when it's not in hand
--> BPS shotguns are not tough, or should I say, as tough as I need my shotgun to be...

And... I once placed a rifle on the roof of my truck... Drove 1/2 way across the Princess Margaret bridge here in F'ton and the friggen thing fell off!!! I stopped traffic BOTH ways on that one... Ya ya, dumb, but that's what happens when you skip a night of sleep... Just imagine the decisions doctors make due to lack of sleep... and that concerns your personal saftey/health!!!

Cheers
Jay
P.S. Had a buddy "loose" a shotgun in a stream/swamp when they flipped, but it was recovered several days later...
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LMAO

Did it shoot ok after hitting the tarmac?
 
Boomer said:
Another time - I might of been 14 or 15, I was in the sporting goods department of our local Sears store. The guns in those days were in racks in the isles, not behind the counters. I was admiring a Browning BAR when I noticed the bolt was locked back. I don't know what possessed me, but I stuck my finger in the ejection port, and promptly released the bolt. I was quite surprised by the strength of the spring, and also by the fact that the bolt head turned as it closed. Sort of brought a tear to the eye. As quietly as discreetly as possible I pulled back the bolt and released my bruised and bleeding finger.
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The way the world works now, this would likely have resulted in a lawsuit.

I've never been injured by any of my guns. Injuries to my guns? I set my almost brand new Mossberg 500 on the tailgate of my truck which I had just finished using as a work bench to repair a broken recoil cord on my chainsaw. Something (likely gas or possibly chain oil) got on part of the buttstock and ate the finish off to bare wood.
 
Found out that deet will eat the shellac off a Mosin. Also, when I saw about 6 or 7 I was carrying my dads rifle and tripped while walking up the stairs, put a nice gouge in the stock and mashed up the scope.
 
Drove over a CZ .22 with the landcruiser when I left SA (We had to hand it in for destruction the next day) And so did it on purpose.
 
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