[Okiecruffler]

Went to the range to blow off some steam and set the scope on my Contender. I had it all boresighted just like I always do, I line up the crosshairs, and miss the whole 2'X3' target. A few more shots prove that I'm not crazy, the gun is kicking up dust about 10 feet up the berm. So I pull the barrel off, check the boresight, and it's way off. So I convince myself that I never really boresighted it in the first place, and realign the crosshairs. This time I hit right at the bottom left corner of the 2'X3' target with the first shot, and who knows where the second shot went. I check the mount, still solid as a rock. Look down the bore, and the crosshairs are off by a mile again. My scope is kapput. And this is my nice T/C 4X pistol scope:fire:
So I put my cheapo NcStar 2X scope on, bore sight it, first shot about 6 inches low. A few clicks and second shot is dead on, third shot touches the second one, forth shot never leaves the barrel. Trigger goes click, hammer doesn't fall.:cuss:
So I put it away to fix when I get home and start to shoot my .22. Nice nickel sized groups, just the way I want them, when the guy beside me starts rapid fire practice with his AR15 and I get showered with brass. That's it, I'm going home.:rolleyes:
I get home, take the Contender apart, and the hammer spring is broken. So now I have a box full of parts that I'm not sure if I can put back together, a spring I'm going to have to hunt down, and a burn on my back where some .223 brass went down my shirt.:banghead:
Some days it just don't pay to get out of bed.

[Sir Galahad]

You should have told that guy to watch where his brass is going. Of course, out here, we don't have a range. Some places, you have to watch where the other folks' BULLETS are going.:what:

[Okiecruffler]

but I figured with the way my day was going I was better off cutting my losses, putting my tail between my legs and sulking home.

[cool45auto]

I hate to hear that, Okie. I know you were looking forward to trying out your new Contender.:(

[WonderNine]

Oh well, just a bad hammerspring that it came with. Easy to fix.

Better luck next time!

[Jim March]

Oh relax :).

"REALLY bad" is when you shoot yourself in the foot :D.

This was just annoying :D.

(OK, that didn't help much, sorry, but...it really does pay to avoid "sweating the little stuff".)

[P95Carry]

Been there Okie ... sympathies dude. Hope to hear the T/C is back on song soon ... and a good report to follow (oops .. part pun there!).

Reminds me of one of my bad range days ..... front top strap screw loosened on Smith revo .... I didn't notice quick enough .. fell out .. lost! Same day ... main spring broke on my Webley mkVI . and that one was a real b*tch to find replacement..... good one anyways. And finally (always the dreaded three!) ...... lost a compo potential win cos of powder flakes under revo star ..... wouldn't close after speedload.

Some days it's just ..... sh*t happens!

[BigG]

I allus say a bad day at the range beats a good day anywhere else.

[Henry Bowman]

I didn't get to go to the range. Have had the chance in a long time. I'm looking forward to going on Father's Day (my gift). I'll take a bad day at the range over no day at the range.

[blades67]

That just means you have to go to the gun shop and buy a new hammer spring.And a new gun to go with it!:evil: