Got all of my shooting stuff together, swabbed the Optimas bore with a windex patch, run into the bathroom before i head out and sure enough i hear rain hitting the skylite[:'(] Its pouring now so this is going to delay my shooting i had planned. Finally had another cold snap and it starts raining!
That's what is supposed to happen. It keeps you from wasting ammo.
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It let up after 20 minutes. I made a big mistake and paid for it with the scope to the nose deal My first shot was obviously 80gr Pyrodex P, next shot i held the rifle loose and holy cow, that was a hot 90gr Pyrodex P load and the scope smacked me right in the nose and left a pretty good gouge in it. I am taking 3 more shots, 1 80gr charge and 2 90gr charges to get a complete group of 6 shots total.
Well it will not be the last time you get a scope eye... those things can really smack you. I am talking from experience here.. better luck next time.
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a total wreck, screaming Yahoo, with a big smile on your face."
That scope to the nose must have fixed an eye sight problem as Ihave never shot a 3 shot 90gr group like this in the Optima! Its the very top hole, the other 3 shots are with 80gr Pyrodex P.
Wheres the picture of your nose? Everybody shows their great shooting abilities with targets, sometimes we need a reminder of what not to do. And a good laugh [lol]. Just kidding we've all been there, done that.
lol i found out later that is was the button on the scope covers that got me! I moved that bastard around to the other eye. Nose still is numb and tender but i have learned my lesson and went and dumped all my premeasured loads into the powderhorn and went and made new ones.
Well I should have taken a picture of the slash to my cheek from the other day. I was shooting my Renegade and felt something hit me in the face. Never thought a thing about it until I went in the house and saw all the blood. A tiny little cut on the cheek (I am guessing from a blown cap)and you'd of thought I was bleeding out. That Aspirin therapy the doctor put me on might be good for my heart but it makes you bleed like a stuck pig.
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"Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, a total wreck, screaming Yahoo, with a big smile on your face."
my dad used to take some meds that thinned his blood and like you, any tiny cut bled like a SOB. After he cut his knee cap one day with the chain saw, he hasnt been allowed to use one since then
Just my luck
My first shot was obviously 80gr Pyrodex P, next shot i held the rifle loose and holy cow, that was a hot 90gr Pyrodex P load and the scope smacked me right in the nose and left a pretty good gouge in it. I am taking 3 more shots, 1 80gr charge and 2 90gr charges to get a complete group of 6 shots total.
