I went in half way on the puchase of a chronograph with a friend and on our first trip to the range it met an early demise. My friend had setlled in to his stance with an S&W 457 that he knew shot a little low, well the chrono was launched about 10 feet straight up and we only found one of those little aluminum rods that you shoot between. Oh yeah, he bought the whole thing after that. I also let a non-gun owner friend of mine touch off some 125gr federal 357's from a 2.5 snub, he was not as amused as I was.
funniest thing i ever saw
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Did you tell him in advance that this was going to be a hard kicking combo? Did you have him shoot a few .38s first? If he was warned and ready for it, he now knows that he may not want to make that combo his first choice for regular shooting. If he was NOT warned and you let him hurt his hand and look foolish, then SHAME on you. That's one of the quickest ways there is to knock a fence sitter over to the anti side. Same goes for guys who take their new, 110 pound GF out and hand her a 12Ga. riot gun with magnum buckshot in it and then laugh when it knocks her on her butt.
Sorry to lecture, but I've had to deal with trying to re-convert too many people who had similar tricks played on them.
Balog
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Tricking people into having bad experiences with guns is a terrible thing in this day and age. We have enough enemies without going out of our way to make more.
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A guy took a group of friends to Wade's Bellevue Guns (near Seattle WA) circa '96-'97 IIRC.
One of his friends was a women with very little shooting experience. She wanted to fire a rented .44 Magnum. What happened next is terrible, and I pray to God that the guy didn't do this to be "amused", but it went something like this:
He loaded all of the chambers with very powerful rounds.
He handed her the gun, and then stood behind her so she could aim and shoot.
She shot. The gun began to fly up and back due to recoil she was unable to control.
She struggled to regain control, and in tightening her grip, she pulled the the double action trigger again.
At this point the gun went off and the bullet hit the man in the neck.
He was dead before he hit the floor.
Big laughs all around? No I don't think so.
One of his friends was a women with very little shooting experience. She wanted to fire a rented .44 Magnum. What happened next is terrible, and I pray to God that the guy didn't do this to be "amused", but it went something like this:
He loaded all of the chambers with very powerful rounds.
He handed her the gun, and then stood behind her so she could aim and shoot.
She shot. The gun began to fly up and back due to recoil she was unable to control.
She struggled to regain control, and in tightening her grip, she pulled the the double action trigger again.
At this point the gun went off and the bullet hit the man in the neck.
He was dead before he hit the floor.
Big laughs all around? No I don't think so.
redneck2
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Have a friend...
who is rather slight of build. Family gathering. After significant quantities of alcohol the guns came out . The uncle thought he'd be real cute and have my friend shoot his .460 Weatherby. Told him it was a .270
Literally knocked my friend over. Best part was that the new Weatherby went flying and landed about 10 feet away in the mud and gravel. Uncle didn't think it was so funny after that
who is rather slight of build. Family gathering. After significant quantities of alcohol the guns came out
. The uncle thought he'd be real cute and have my friend shoot his .460 Weatherby. Told him it was a .270Literally knocked my friend over. Best part was that the new Weatherby went flying and landed about 10 feet away in the mud and gravel. Uncle didn't think it was so funny after that
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Of course there are some instances of things going the other way. I know a young lady who will shoot anything that shows up at the range. Once she asked to shoot somebody's uber tactical ugly black shotgun. He thought he'd be funny and loaded it with heavy buckshot. She promptly blasted the bejeebus out of the target with every round in the gun. Handed it back with the action open and smiled at the guy and told him his shotgun was "sweet". He was dragging his jaw in the dirt for a few minutes after that. On another occaision, I was crazy enough to shoot a 45-70 Derringer. The SOB twisted out of my hand, flew back behind the firing line and hit this girl in the leg. She picked the d**ed thing up, opened it, wiped the dirt off and asked for a cartridge! 
And yes, she shot it. It got away from her too, but she still had the guts to try it.
If she hadn't been half my age and on the wrong side of 18 to boot, I'd have asked her to marry me.
And yes, she shot it. It got away from her too, but she still had the guts to try it.
If she hadn't been half my age and on the wrong side of 18 to boot, I'd have asked her to marry me.
SMLE
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You're in the same club as myself, (a 350 pound redneck), and then lady I mentioned who was about 110 pounds of seriously spirited red head and at the time, 16 going on 20 to life.
That's her in the foreground of this pic.
When you look at the image on her shirt and then the fellow in the background, you can see what an "eclectic" mob my particular circle of friends is.
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Yeah, but look at the bright side of things; it probably improved the appearance of the Weatherby.
...and then I posted in on the internet for everyone to see how funny it was.
The really funny part is that the place I posted it was full of considerate shooters who didn't laugh at my super funny joke on my non-shooting friend...they must not have as keen of a sense of humor as I do...
Nice work, dude.
First of all since all of you seem to work for the psychic friends network and probablly know what I'm going to say..........The magnums were fired from a Taurus 65 (31 oz.) with a 2.5 barrel. (Didn't kick very hard just a hell of a fireball) The friend was 6'2" about 215lbs. Gee wiz try and have a little fun to lighten things up and you get jumped from behind by a buncha, well anyway you get the point. Ya'll can all stop stressing out over my friend getting hurt, he didn't. He is also still my friend so I guess it was at least good for me to laugh at.
jimbo
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Hey y'all, hold mah beer while I hand my unsuspectin' friend my .357 Snubbie. **** Guffaaaahhhh!!! Hardeehardeehar! ********:banghead:
P95Carry
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May be, a tad too much ''judgementalism'' provoked by the thread ... but seriously ...... if we ''have fun'' giving someone something heavy ... then I would certainly suggest ... just one shot. The .44 mag story is distinctly salutary.
I have given people a hot load .454 to try ... but only ever one round ... something just for people to ''experience''.
I have given people a hot load .454 to try ... but only ever one round ... something just for people to ''experience''.
Come on guys, give it a rest. There's no need to continue until someone gets completely flamed and insulted. mrvickery got the point several posts ago and besides, as it turns out, the scene he described wan't quite as bad as many imagined.
Now, to address the main reason for the thread. I've found that one of the main reasons chronos get shot is because people try to aim at a distant target over the chrono. I have rigged up a target holder that is part of the chrono screen bar. The target is about 6 inches beyond the second skyscreen uprights. It is much easier to hit the center of that target than to try for a target 25, 50 or 100 yards downrange while consciously trying to miss the chrono. IOW, with the closeup target, it is almost impossible to hit the chrono. Just be sure that your backstop is also in line with the gun position and the chrono target.
Now, to address the main reason for the thread. I've found that one of the main reasons chronos get shot is because people try to aim at a distant target over the chrono. I have rigged up a target holder that is part of the chrono screen bar. The target is about 6 inches beyond the second skyscreen uprights. It is much easier to hit the center of that target than to try for a target 25, 50 or 100 yards downrange while consciously trying to miss the chrono. IOW, with the closeup target, it is almost impossible to hit the chrono. Just be sure that your backstop is also in line with the gun position and the chrono target.
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Based on the additional info posted by MrVickery, it's all good. No harm, no foul. Letting a big ox of a man try a hot round in a light gun he knows is going to have a little kick is entirely ok.
I just wanted to make the point that playing pranks on unsuspecting neophytes is a very bad thing.
If you ever make it to Albuquerque Mr. Vic look me up and I'll buy you a drink.
I just wanted to make the point that playing pranks on unsuspecting neophytes is a very bad thing.
If you ever make it to Albuquerque Mr. Vic look me up and I'll buy you a drink.
While this is a nice bedtime story to teach people the follies of introducing people to weapons they arent prepared for. Indeed it is even the story that was told to the police. Unfortunatly the truth of the matter is that the tragedy was simply the result of violations of good ole rules 2 and 3. Horsing around with loaded guns (and they are ALL loaded) is a bad thing. There is a lesson to be learned from this but, giving big bore revolvers to newbies isnt it.
general
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Was at the range and say a guy chronoing a 45-70... I think they were around 1695fps(?) and went to talk to him about it.. he lets me fire it and I was afraid the whole time I was gonna hit the dang chrono.
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