01-06-2008, 01:28 AM
Oh.. forgot the best (Most expensive) part of the deer hunting story. After I tracked down the last doe through the swamp along the creek I shot off my last remaining round that was still in the chamber. I didn't really want to walk back through the swamp with it loaded. It's extremely thick in some spots and didn't want to take a chance walking back through it with a loaded gun even if it did have a saftey. So I shot the last round into the ground.
Ok... here is the problem. In tracking down the deer there was a few spots where I had to get down on all fours to get under some stuff. Snow must have gotten packed into the top of the barrel. I didn't even think to check it before shooting. I'm ok, but the end of the barrel didn't survive. It split from the top down about 5 inches. STUPID STUPID STUPID... why didn't I check? MAN !!!
Oh well... it was time to get a new gun anyway. How long to shotgun barrels have to be to still be legal?
Pictures to follow.. standby...
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Ok... here is the problem. In tracking down the deer there was a few spots where I had to get down on all fours to get under some stuff. Snow must have gotten packed into the top of the barrel. I didn't even think to check it before shooting. I'm ok, but the end of the barrel didn't survive. It split from the top down about 5 inches. STUPID STUPID STUPID... why didn't I check? MAN !!!
Oh well... it was time to get a new gun anyway. How long to shotgun barrels have to be to still be legal?
Pictures to follow.. standby...
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