gun/scope failure when hunting?

[H&Hhunter]

As far as gun failures go, yes I have had my own and have seen others. Ruger M-77 that would fire on bolt closeing. Weatherby Mark V that would fire on bolt closeing. Two Remington 700's that would fire when flipping the safety off. Weatherby Mark V that cracked the stock at the pistol grip in recoil. A browning Safari that was fired with the muzzle plugged with mud. A Weatherby Mark V in .270 Weatherby that had a .270 Winchester fired through it, it nearly blew the guys hand off with escaping gas through the magazine and a combination of the floor plate flying open at high speed.

I had a case head separation in a .375H&H once. I couldn't get the remaining part of the case out of the chamber in the field rendering the rifle useless. I've seen a Savage 110 that absoloutley would not stay attached to its stock, no matter what we did. After several rounds the stock screws would come loose. I had a firing pin spring break once on a double rifle. Fortunately the other barrel remained operation.

 

[jmorris]

I haven't but I generally have a backup if I am traveling very far.

Worst spot I have ever put myself in was dove hunting after work, I once made it out to meet up with my buddies with everything I needed, except a shotgun....

So yeah, I like to have a backup plan, if I can forget one all together, I'm sure I could figure out how to mess one up, if I had no other options.

 

[Captcurt]

As far as gun failures go, yes I have had my own and have seen others. Ruger M-77 that would fire on bolt closeing. Weatherby Mark V that would fire on bolt closeing. Two Remington 700's that would fire when flipping the safety off.
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Sounds like you got a hold of some of my trigger jobs.

I adjusted the trigger on my Vanguard and the safety wouldn't engage. Thirty miles from home when I discovered the problem. I sat on my stand with the a round in the chamber but without lowering the bolt handle. When the buck came through I eased the bolt down and busted him. It was an easy fix when I had access to tools.

 

[H&Hhunter]

Sounds like you got a hold of some of my trigger jobs.

I adjusted the trigger on my Vanguard and the safety wouldn't engage. Thirty miles from home when I discovered the problem. I sat on my stand with the a round in the chamber but without lowering the bolt handle. When the buck came through I eased the bolt down and busted him. It was an easy fix when I had access to tools.

The Ruger was stock with no modifications. The Mark V had a cracked bolt stop that was somehow releasing the sear on bolt closing. One of the 700's had a trigger job, the other was factory new and unaltered.

One of my best ever dumb moments was leaving my rifle leaning against a camper then driving 500 miles home. Fortunately buddy was there the next day and he picked it up for me and took it to his home in Dallas.

 

[CraigC]

I never understood the affinity for Japanese Tasco's. Every Tasco I had fail was Japanese. The only Tasco I ever felt was a decent scope are the ProClass pistol scopes. Of which I still have several.

 

[MCgunner]

Jeez, after reading some of this, I don't feel so bad, now.

 

[outlawjw]

I once dropped my rifle out of a tripod stand & the scope caught a ladder rung just above the ground . It bent the sun shade up pretty bad , flipped over & hit the ground scope first . It really looked pretty bad , but I unscrewed the shade & took it to the range our club kept up for members . Shot one shot at 200 , it was dead on .
I also had one get busted up pretty good when a crazy horse took off with it , tripped & rolls down a mountain side into a rocky Creek . It bent that superb tasco up beyond use , but I had a backup rig in camp. All is well

 

[ZeroJunk]

Outfitter friend of mine had a wreck with a pack string and bent the barrel on a Browning Safari. Didn't exactly jump out at you and I understand there was a bit of head scratching going on.

 

[HoploDad]

I always carry a Leatherman Wave. The leather pouch has a flashlight holder on it and I carry a Bushnell single AAA powered flashlight. That flashlight is more handy than the leatherman, tell ya the truth. I have a hard time reading stuff like instructions on boxes, the light really helps. Living out here in the sticks, there's not a lot of light around at night, either, and I always have that light in the pouch.

I'll be using that light less after November when I get these cataracts fixed. Meanwhile, I can still use rifles and my crossbow with optics. FORGET the iron sights. The scope breaks, I'm out. LOL

I do have a set of millett "scope toppers", iron sights that mount above my Weaver scope on my .308. The sight radius is pathetic, but I've practiced with it and to about 50 yards, I can hit a paper plate every time. I bought those scope toppers for a pistol scope, actually, but ended up putting a 30mm scope on that pistol, so they were just laying around when I set up the Weaver on my .308. I don't think Millett makes the scope toppers anymore.

 

[Mr. Hill]

Yup I think it's easier to have a back up rifle. Which means I need to buy one, right?!?

 

[Odd Job]

It struck me that a reasonable backup might be a See-All sight. You wouldn't have a lot of flexibility with range, but it's small and robust and you could at least get something, rather than abandon an entire hunt.
Greg, what do you think of it as a spare sight requiring no batteries, which you can just throw in a bag and forget about?

 

[MCgunner]

It struck me that a reasonable backup might be a See-All sight. You wouldn't have a lot of flexibility with range, but it's small and robust and you could at least get something, rather than abandon an entire hunt.
Greg, what do you think of it as a spare sight requiring no batteries, which you can just throw in a bag and forget about?

That's interesting. I've never heard of it. Thanks. Might be a solution to some eye problems if not a spare sight for hunting. I use a red dot on my Ruger Mk 2 pistol, but it takes batteries.

 

[Odd Job]

As a backup sight it might be okay. Maybe even for a primary crossbow sight. But I wouldn't recommend it as a primary sight. I wrote a short review of it here. I'll see if I can find it.

 

[Odd Job]

https://www.thehighroad.org/index.php?threads/see-all-open-sight.772147/

 

[H&Hhunter]

It struck me that a reasonable backup might be a See-All sight. You wouldn't have a lot of flexibility with range, but it's small and robust and you could at least get something, rather than abandon an entire hunt.
Greg, what do you think of it as a spare sight requiring no batteries, which you can just throw in a bag and forget about?

Interesting concept. I'd gave to play with one before I could say wether or not I'd use it.