[ACP230]

And the shotgun fired.

Mine was a single-barrel blackpowder percussion shotgun a friend was tryng out.
We chucked some targets over a frozen lake.
It was cold and that helped us miss.

[P95Carry]

Hmmm (embarrassed moment!) ... in my basement!!

Well actually, walking down the stairs, to put away Mossey 500C after takin out a snake. I had put two rounds in the mag - fired one. Stoopidly on way down steps ... pointing safe direction I should emphasize - racked and failed to look and see second round chamber. Pointed safe still and pulled trigger to ease mechanics - BOOM!!!

Very red face and coupla pellets bounced off wall and took a chunk out of my otherwise pristine .577 Enfield (front stuffer) two band musketoon's stock.

Had to repair that! Permanent reminder of my ineptitude!

[HSMITH]

From under a Ford F250, gun was a Remington 870 Wingmaster wearing camo tape for a full undercover concealment. The statuate of limitations has expired on this one so I can talk about it LOL. Kids do dumb things.

Redwing Blackbirds by the flock would land in the gravel driveway, I decided to shoot a few thinking I would breast them out and fry them up. A huge flock landed and I snuck out doing the full-on mall ninja belly crawl out of the garage, under one truck and back to the next, they saw me as I approached the rear axle of the last truck and started getting nervous so I made a stand. 3" magnum load of #4 shot in the barrel, I lined up and shot from ground level into the middle of the flock. Felled over 80 birds with one shot, they FILLED a 5 gallon bucket and half of another. Took me darn near 3 hours to breast them all out and clean up. Fried them cajun style over the next hour and each breast half was perfect for a Ritz cracker. We ate well as they were nice tasting, but to this day I have left blackbirds alone. that was a LOT of work after one half baked decision....

[P95Carry]

H !!!! ... and all this time I thought you were such a level headed guy!!! :p :neener: :D

[sm]

Well H- all I gotta say - "sounds like normal behavior to me" :D

Well since you asked...

- Fired a full bore 3.5" load from a 835 Ulti- Mag while sitting in a wheelchair , on an incline, and the wheels were not set. I was "supposed" to be teaching some handicapped shooters - I actually learned a lot that day. Much of which had nothing to do with firearms.

-Fired not once , but multiple times a shotgun from inside a vehicle. I was wearing a motorcyle helmet, and dressed like the Michelin Man. I was testing what a shotgun and various loads do if fired from inside a vehicle. Yes it was a wrecked car in a safe area with safe backstops.

Seemed only appropriate - I had shot handguns and rifles the day before whilst inside other vehicles...

-Did you know if you fire a shotgun at a Rabid 100+# Dog that is hell bent on on causing you personal injury at < 4 feet while in an old abandoned farm house - you will not hear the shot, you will not feel the recoil, and not realize you have shucked another rd until the farmer brings this to your attention?

Well confirmed my belief in 1 oz slugs for "serious situations" for sure. That is what I was loaded up with, slugs only. Part of my reasons for choosing this load today - still.

[Sisco]

Off the starboard side of a cruiser somewhere in the Pacific. Someone aboard realized that each crewmember was allotted X amount of ammo per year and no one had used up their allotments.
It was decided the best way to use up the stuff up was to shoot clay pigeons from the starboard gun tub, just get in line and use up your ammo. Guess they had a lot of 12ga to spare. I wanted to use my allotment through an M60 but no such luck.
Hitting clays while the ship is pitching and rolling is not an easy thing to do but somehow I shot well enough that I qualified to come back the next day and do it again. Didn't do so good the second day.

[Smoke]

Inside the aluminum tool box on the back of my pickup. Not a good experience.

From the back of a pickup doing 55 across a sunflower patch.
From the front of a pickup doing 65 across a sunflower patch.
While driving a pickup doing....you get the idea.

While standing on the back of a Volswagon Beetle and leaning over the top, all the time doing 45 -50 across a sunflower patch.

Riding on the front fender of that same VW doing that same thing.

Shot a rat once with my Stevens single shot 20ga when I was a kid. Blew that sucker away. Also blew away the roof right above the rafter where that rat had been. Ever shot a gun off inside a metal pole barn with a concrete slab, then realized what your dad is going to do to you for blowing holes in the roof of the grain barn. It was not a good experience. I was not allowed any points for marksmanship either.

There may be others....I take the Fifth.

Smoke

[Dave McCracken]

Inside a schoolbus.

It was retired, parked at the edge of a field, and used as a large blind in deer season. I had set up a varmint rifle to take care of some woodchucks in it when I noted various birds pitching into the edges of the field. Got an 870 and loaded it with 8s. Took two chucks and several barn pigeons before lunch. The pigeons were in better shape than the chucks. 6 MM Rem ruins a lot of meat.

[Preacherman]

In an attic of an old farmhouse in South Africa... <blush>

The farmer had a major problem with birds nesting in the thatch roof of an old farmhouse on his property. He had decided to take off the old thatch, renovate the building, and re-roof with tile, to make it into a guest-house: but instead of removing the thatch and letting the birds fly off, he wanted to have a "guest shoot" of them, so that they wouldn't simply re-settle in other buildings nearby. So, he invited his friends, and off we went...

Lessons learned:

1. No matter how good your hearing protection, the auditory impact of half-a-dozen 12ga. shotguns in an enclosed attic will make you deaf. :what:

2. When you hit an old thatched roof with a full charge of #7 shot, interesting things happen... such as thatch, splinters, bits of roof beam, etc. spraying all over the place. Typically, since so many of us were shooting, we all succeeded in covering each other with debris in short order.

3. Interesting things live in old thatched roofs - such as spiders, snakes, scorpions, and various other things that creep, crawl and sting. :what:

4. The most enjoyable part of shooting birds in an enclosed thatched attic is getting a long shower afterwards, and removing the results from your hair and beard!

[Red Label]

I don't know if this is real strange but its the strangest place I've done it. Friend of mine is a dairy farmer with a big enclosed concrete manure pit. The rats down there were profuse. We would take our guns and flashlights down there at night and let 'er rip. Rats and cow @$%$! flying everywhere :cool:

[Rembrandt]

.... in the backyard to trim out of reach tree limbs......

[Soap]

I used my NEF single barrel to clean up some raccoons on my father in law's farm. The strangest place I shot from was probably the bed of his 2500.

[sm]

Speaking of Sunflower patches...

...you know those roof racks you see folks use on TV for Safaris, with the spare tires and gear? They work real for that....

...they ain't real comfortable for a ...err...Surveyor yeah that's it - Toyota LC -...kinda messes with the forward lead a bit...day or night...so I've heard

[HSMITH]

Sisco reminds me of the strangest thing I have ever shot with a shotgun, flying fish. From a cruiser making good speed through the caribbean, flying fish are a tough target with cylinder bore riot guns and magnum loads of OO buck.

[PJR]

Place:Holland and Holland Shooting grounds near London
Guns: H&H Royale Deluxe 28 bore o/u, H&H Sporting 12 bore o/u.

The VERY odd part is that I was there in the first place.

Paul

[Bluecard]

Inside the cab of a 1972 Ford F-150. I was 12 and my dad told me to make sure there wasn't a shell in the chamber. I did it the easy way and right through the the transmission cooler line. Boy he was pissed!

Not me, but I had a rookie that fired one inside my patrol unit through the roof of the unit taking off part of the overhead emergency lights. We were in the parking garage of the central booking facility at the time!

[CTI1USNRET]

Off the fantail of the USS Oldendorf DD-972 Christmas 1986 near Mombasa, Kenya.

[TrapperReady]

Oddest Place You've Fired Shotgun


Illinois. :neener:

[Joshua Hutchison]

hell, of course..... :D







what, you havent played doom? :neener:

[carebear]

The backseat of a Volkswagen.

[Chuck Dye]

In the middle of a 5’x5’x300’ hard rock aqueduct tunnel. :what:

One of the guys swore he saw a rattler, would not move another inch until I took the point and shot the "snake." One round of 12 gauge 2¾ inch #7 from the Ithaca Model 37 obliterated the combination of sand, gravel, and leaf detritus that looked like a coiled snake and convinced all three of us to 1) bring flashlights when tunnel running; B) bring hearing protection; and iii) consider leaving the less adventurous (who shall remain unnamed :) ) at home or, at least, keep him off point.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW??

[308win]

Standing in a 'hole' (that I knew was there but walked into anyway), with late November in Illinois water pouring into my waders until they filled up, at one of the biggest bull mallards I have ever seen. Ever try to walk up the side of a slick mud hole with your waders full of water, a shotgun in your hand, and your hunting buddies laughing their ***es off and retain some semblance of dignity?

Yes, I did get the bull mallard and that helped ease the embarrasment a little. I still hear the story when I talk to my old hunting buddies.

[Sisco]

Sisco reminds me of the strangest thing I have ever shot with a shotgun, flying fish. From a cruiser making good speed through the caribbean, flying fish are a tough target with cylinder bore riot guns and magnum loads of OO buck.
I always wanted to try that!

[vwfool]

Smoke and I must have grown up in different towns together. A good friend's mother had a big barn out on her land that we would sometimes use for throwing parties or whatnot with other church members. It was a nice big space with a concrete floor electricity, etc.; however, it was missing one roof pannel and had one or two busted out windows. We only did this a few times a year and pigeons would occupy it the rest of the time. We'd go out and shoot pigeons the day before the party (or any other day we were bored throughout the year). In the early years we used an old Remington .22 blot action that was missing both the magazine and the rear sight. In later years we were reeeeeealy livin large and high on the hog when I picked up a used 10/22. No frills, no bull barrel, no scope... nothing but a skinny blued barrel and wood stock, but boy we were special. With these two guns there is no telling how many dozens of pigeons we laid to rest each year.

Anyway, one day I dropped by and Mike and I went out to the barn to shoot some pigeons. I just so happened to have a Stevens side by side 12 gauge with me. We had no reason at all to quit using our .22s, but we both thought it would be a great idea to see what the 20" 12 gauge would do to a pigeon at 15 feet or so. We found out that it would deffinately get the job done. I shot the bird and blew about a 4" hole through the wall about a foot behind the bird and right below the overhang of the roof. The funny thing is that the shot hit the bird right in the head, it blew a hole in the wall, the birds body went sailing through the air and plugged up the hole we just made. We about fell over laughing cause all we saw after hearing the boom was the feet and lower half of the pigeon's body stuck in the wall. We ran outside, looked up and saw nothing but a red circle around a 4" hole. I still don't know if the mom ever knew.

12 gauge= dead pigeon+hole in the wall+plug for the hole=prblem solved

.22LR= dead pigeon+less $ for ammo+no hole to plug=problem solved

For the fear of his mom finding out and using the shotgun on us, we stuck with the.22s from that point on.

[Risasi]

Nobody has shot one at a wedding? :D

[vwfool]

Now that is a very good question.

[LeonCarr]

Inside a crack house just after kicking the door in.

Just my .02,
LeonCarr

[carebear]

Nobody has shot one at a wedding?

Isn't the typical rural practice to fire just one barrel immediately before announcing to the traveling salesman that there is going to BE a wedding and saving the other to ensure he sticks around until the preacher gets there? :D

[Gordon]

I had a rat infested convertable bed sofa in a concrete block shop that none of my employees would go near to haul away. With nobody around and my hearing protection and a griding face shield and a heavy leather long coat, I fired 18 rounds of #6 bird shot at suspected areas of sofa. Some rats came out and were splattered. Didn't check the sofa for bodies, but my employees carried it to dumps after that!They looked a little sheepish! :p

[Chuck R.]

Off the stern of a 22’ Aquasport while shark fishing.

BTW, if you ever do this, DO NOT assume that one well placed shot will be enough, and have a camera ready :eek:


Chuck

[standingbear]

shot a hornets nest hanging on a low branch, stupidest thing Ive ever done.



I cant for the life of me understand why I did and thought that #7 load would get them in one shot... was kinda chilly so I figured I was safe, afterall, they cant fly when its chilly..wrong!

I shot the nest..nothing happened.. and about the time I walked over there to inspect the basketball size nest, they started coming outta the new hole in globs.

[Hkmp5sd]

On top of the sail of a 688 Class submarine in the Pacific Ocean with nothing in sight. Rules said we had to fire our firearms for familiarization to stay qualified. Didn't say we had to hit anything.

[1911Ron]

Off the fantail of an Ice Breaker in the South Pacific shooting trap with a Mossberg 500 w/a pistol grip only hit 1 out of 5 :what:

[QuarterBoreGunner]

From inside a old trench coat.

What?
I was working at an indoor range we had the opportunity to test out a lot of stuff like this.

We also tried the office chair with wheel/shotgun propulsion thing.

[DevLcL]

It's not so much where I was shooting that was odd, but rather what.
The family computer, It crapped out anyway but the mom insisted it could be fixed. She wasn't too happy but it made her get a new one :)

[Ron L]

In the attic of an upper flat we rented while first married. Got tired of listening to one particular squirrel between the walls all night long so.....

it was dispatched with great prejudice.