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Yesterday itook my cheap old CVA Mag. Hunter to therange in order to shoot up some Clean Shot pellets thatwere bought in02 or 03:These were the round pellets. The pellets had never been reliable. We had to put about 5 grains of Pyrodex down the barrel first to get them to light. Shotthree roundsof two pelletswith five grains of Triple Seven for a booster. Shot a nice 2" inch group at 100 yards using 300 grain Hornady XTP bullets.The shooters on each side of me said the report was very loud.

Then i did something dumb. i loaded myfive grains of Triple Seven and three pellets, wrong answer. The recoil wasreally bad. Had not been hit by a scope in at least 40 years, until yesterday that is.The recoil was worse than the recoil from my 7 pound Siamese Mauser in .375 Alaskan. Got a cut on my nose and another one between my eyes. Luckily my glasses were not broken.

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Glad you weren't hurt worse.

Now, who else wants to see a picture? :D

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"Now, who else wants to see a picture? :D"

I should be ashamed of this, but.:)

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Glad you shared. Good reminder. I bet I'd have a few of those if not for 5" + of eye relief in my Aetec!

Thanks

Tom

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Bad one falcon but it has probably happened to most of us at one time or another. Around here at the range we call them an idiot cut.:D:D:D

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yea those suck. i did it with a savage 270 with not much eye relief. im tellin ya what, that thing bled for the whole day, lol no lie. it was right in between my eyes. i think i still have a tiny tiny scar from it lol. not a ggood day at the range. i wander if anyone has been seriously hurt by doing that6. maybe even put an eye out, i duhno it just seems like its pure luck i, or yourself, wasnt injured more. i will tell ya another thing, i have never did it again and i doubt i ever will.

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I was reading and thinking WOW! Then I noticed where your from!:DJust joking glad your alright and just had a learning experience and a couple worm bites.I poke fun at my brother in Oklahoma all the time,he did a endo on a massey Ferguson a few years ago and was amazed he didn't spill his beer...broke ribs,perfed lung,ruptured spleen...but no spilled beer!:D

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Glad to hear you aren't injured too badly and a tough man to show the picture. A friend of mine tried shooting my 7mm mag at the range last year. The gun slipped and he received a half moon gash between the eyes that required 4 stiches. He was a little miffed when my first concern was that he may have put my scope out. Sorry just a guy thing.

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AAAWWWW Hell.....Thats just a little love tap

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I scoped myselfwith the first shot of my rifle, I was dissapointed, but I kept on shooting it,andheld the fore-arm tighter.
I learned to respect my gun that way.

Turned out later that the scope was mounted too far back,so I had it adjusted, and no problems since!

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Those marks are called "the learning curve"

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Don't feel bad. I got hit twice during the same session one day with my 7mm. I was just too close to the scope, was creaping up on it and too far forward. The first time I was, "Well, that was dumb, I better move back a little." Then I got bit the second time and the blood really started to pour down my face. I did what any one would do though, and just wiped off the blood and kept shooting. It was a nice half-moon on my eyebrow, much worse than yours. It happens though, I hate to admit it, but if you shoot enough I suspect it'll eventually happen to anyone.

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U could avoid this problem and shoot a bow


Bows FTK