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Old 08-11-2016, 05:24 PM
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Originally Posted by 8mm/06
When you get too close and wear the scars of the encounter, I call it "The Learning Curve"!
I call it the idiot cut and yes I have fallen victim to that one too. Bench shooting a brand new Ithaca 37 Deerslayer with a scope and shooting a magnum slug. Ouch knew right away what had happened then I saw red. A light weight shotgun shooting a slug was way more recoil than I expected.
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