Wow, whata testimony I got. Yesterday I was sika deer hunting. I got 22ft or so in a pine tree, and hung up my gun by the shoulder sling on a screw in hook. I turn around to get settled in and look as the browning gold stalker slug gun with a VXII 2-7 falls 23ft to the ground. hits right on therecoil pad barrel straight up pointing at me.
I couldn't believe it. I was in shock. So Iclimb down and figured it was destroyed. I look thru the scope and all is fine. I examine the gun and notice my cheap sling has came loose from the plastic piece breaking. I guess it happened in the truck? The synthetic stock was not hurt at all. I had to take the gun apart and take a stick to get snow out of the barrel, where it bounced. I figured no reason to hunt unless I know its on. So I take two shots at a tree 50 yards away. And it hits where I aim. Get back in the tree and hunt.
It hit so hard, it thru out the shell in the gun and didn't go off thank God in heaven. I am so lucky it didn't go off.
I did some calculation with a 10lb gun falling 20ft, hitting on the stock, is over 200ft-lbs of KE. Thats assuming a infinitly hard ground. Thats twice a 458winmag almost. I know the 4" of snow and leaves helped.But it still bounced upafter impact.
So I took to the range, and nice 2" groups at 100 yards. Still zeroed. Still think I am going to send back to leupold to check things out.
Since they came out with the VX line, I have not liked the fact its a 3 piece body. But I guess its not that bad after all.
Sounds like your lucky you didn't get shot out of the tree. There was a very similiar accident to that last year and the guy was killed. Someone was watching over you and that Gold has a heck of a rugged trigger/sear mechanism for it not to fire. I had a bad fall about 20 ft a long time ago in PA. I had a Model 70 featherweight in 270 and my baker tree stand went down the tree like an elevatorwhen I hit the root at the bottom of the tree the stand split in half. The rifle was 3 feet away stuck in the ground barrel first down to the foreend and it was oscillating. Round in the chamber and it didn't go off either. There was a 12" plug of dirt in the bore that had to be pushed out. Gun was sighted in still(Leupold 2.5-8) and I killed a buck the next day.
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Sounds like your lucky you didn't get shot out of the tree. There was a very similiar accident to that last year and the guy was killed. Someone was watching over you and that Gold has a heck of a rugged trigger/sear mechanism for it not to fire. I had a bad fall about 20 ft a long time ago in PA. I had a Model 70 featherweight in 270 and my baker tree stand went down the tree like an elevatorwhen I hit the root at the bottom of the tree the stand split in half. The rifle was 3 feet away stuck in the ground barrel first down to the foreend and it was oscillating. Round in the chamber and it didn't go off either. There was a 12" plug of dirt in the bore that had to be pushed out. Gun was sighted in still(Leupold 2.5-8) and I killed a buck the next day.
I am just glad its not my older Rem 700's. I still have the older trigger on several 700's. Glad to see you still around.
Those Baker stands were death traps. I saw one for sale on a forum a couple months ago. I believe you could be convicted for homicide if they proved you gave it to someone you disliked.
Glad to see both you and your slugger came out of that incident alright Bigcountry.
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you cant beat a leupold best scope out there IMO i will never buy anything else The VX Rifleman scopes are indistructable...............glad you are ok
Glad to see both you and your slugger came out of that incident alright Bigcountry.
Ditto!
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23ft sluggun drop from a tree
