Re: Got a souvenir today <g>

On Nov 9, 9:11 am, Al Patrick <a...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
# I got a souvenir today, but not one to brag about....
#
# Took a Winchester 94AE (not sure diff. in that and reg. 94, unless just the gold trigger)
# out to the woods and attempted to sight in a scope.  Didn't have a bench rest.  All the
# trees were too wobbly -- or was that me? :-)  Finally laid prone on the ground and got a
# bit steadier across a rotten log.  Had to push the eye relief almost all the way in with
# glasses which kept slipping and almost all the way out w/o glasses.  Past retirement age,
# but not yet 70, it was a bit difficult to get the stock back on my shoulder and still get
# my eye on the scope properly, so decided to hold that little 30-30 off my shoulder and
# just grip it good. :-)  My souvenir looks like a tiny horse shoe kick right between the
# eyes.  Barely broke the skin, ...

Tell me about it. I was sighting in my Savage 99 last week and
didn't have a good grip on it.
The scope came back and slammed the nosepiece of my glasses. Made a
little nick on the bridge of my nose. We geezers need to be careful.

A couple seasons back some guy at the range was sighting in a new .300
Rem. Ultra Mag. On the first shot,WHAM! the scope tore a 3/4inch long,
really deep gouge between his eyebrows. Blood everywhere. That lad
needed stitches, but he couldn't afford to get them.

J. Del Col


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